Head Of Community Engagement

JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey. All roles are unpaid and involve a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week, with a refundable deposit for members.

Location: United States

Responsibilities

• Work to continuously improve and streamline JerseySTEM’s approach to community engagement and outreach
• Manage a team of 4-5 direct reports responsible for Business Development, Account Management and Onboarding of targeted schools
• Responsible for department budgeting, planning and reporting
• Collaborate with College Engagement leadership to ensure staffing alignment between interested schools and universities (for volunteer instructors)
• Collaborate with the Corporate Engagement to ensure alignment between the Schools we reach out to and the Companies we seek sponsorship from
• Partner with other JerseySTEM department leadership to plan growth strategies (Marketing, Human Capital etc.)
• Conduct/Attend virtual team meetings weekly : (Sundays 6 pm EST)

Requirements

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
• Strong leadership/team building skills
• Resourceful, can-do attitude
• Familiarity / understands K-12 schools (as a former educator/ school personnel/ school board member etc)
• Experience leading a function (i.e. team, department manager, etc) and managing others
• Comfort working virtually with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce)
• Outreach experience preferred
• Would be a plus if candidate has flexible schedule to allow for day time calls with the school admins during the work week