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Educators for Excellence · 2 months ago

Executive Director, New York

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$213K/yr - $250K/yr

10+ years exp

Educators for Excellence (E4E) is a movement founded by public school teachers aiming to improve student learning and elevate the teaching profession. The Executive Director will lead the New York chapter, setting strategy and vision, managing fundraising efforts, and overseeing a high-performing team to advocate for educational equity and excellence.

AssociationEducationNon Profit

Responsibilities

Serve as lead on the vision, strategy, and execution of the NY chapter to achieve impact aligned with E4E’s mission, theory of change, and strategic plan

Evaluate opportunities within the local landscape for educators to influence critical decisions at the district and state levels to effectuate and sustain policy change

Oversee advocacy campaigns that impact policies based on our local educator-created policy recommendations rooted in the E4E Declaration of Teachers’ Principles and Beliefs and aligned to our national policy agenda

Design strategies to cultivate teacher members to grow their participation and pursue leadership roles within their districts, states, and, importantly, within their unions

Lead the team to achieve chapter power-building goals related to organizing, advocacy, and teacher leadership campaigns

Create and implement metric-based organizing goals aligned with national goals and priorities

Manage data systems for evaluating progress toward strategic goals, ensuring that local objectives are met while also aligning efforts with the national organization

Work in collaboration with the Development Manager (who reports into the national team) and the National Development Team to execute and grow fundraising efforts, with an annual starting revenue goal of approximately $1.75M

Innovate and expand local fundraising activities, with a strong focus on diversifying our current funding base, particularly by cultivating new individual and grassroots donors, exploring earned revenue opportunities, and stewarding relationships with existing partners in partnership with the national development team

Provide strategic vision, leadership, and execution of drafting high-quality development materials including proposal content, reports, and collateral

Develop and administer the local budget, ensuring fiscal responsibility and stability, along with finance leaders

Serve as a model of our core values and promote a strong team culture

Recruit, select, coach, and retain talented team members

Manage toward ambitious programmatic and operational goals

Coach and manage a team of six, including two direct reports, focused on setting the vision for and managing execution of the chapter’s local strategy; the implementation of E4E’s grassroots organizing model; teacher leadership programs and event series; supporting the Deputy Director of Campaigns in their direct management of a team of Organizers; the effective implementation of a team culture that is aligned to our Core Values, especially DEI, and focuses on impact

Give speeches, author op-eds, attend education events and conferences, work with media, and engage with teachers and the general public to uplift the perspectives and ideas of E4E members

Serve as strategic leader and at times, convener, in external coalitions, and with funders, advocates, public officials and other stakeholders

Manage external relationships to support campaigns and increase organizational brand and reputation, in partnership with lobbyists, with District, City, and State officials

Secure opportunities for teachers to share their voices directly in local media. Build and maintain relationships with local policymakers, union leaders, key stakeholders, interest groups, and elected officials to support our local strategy

Establish E4E-New York as a source for the opinions and perspectives of progressive educators on issues that impact New York City’s classrooms

Participate in Leadership Team (LT) calls, retreats, and Executive Director (ED) Cohort meetings, requiring quarterly travel

Demonstrate Enterprise Leadership as both a chapter leader and a member of E4E’s national leadership team: Share input on key decisions that impact the entire organization and proactively develop potential solutions to the concerns identified for the betterment of our work, our culture, our staff, and our whole organization

Act as a two-way communicator between the local team and the national Leadership Team – of which all Executive Directors are part of – and vice versa, elevating issues and communicating important information

Engage in org-wide community-building and work teams (e.g., Diversity Council, identity-based learning communities, serve on hiring committees, etc.)

Qualification

Leadership in educationFundraising strategyAdvocacyOrganizingTeam managementPolitical savvyBuilding partnershipsDiversityInclusivenessStrategic visionChange managementCommunication skills

Required

At least ten years of experience in leading others within the education, education policy, campaign organizing, and/or advocacy space, including at least five years of experience in pre-K – 12 education, classroom teaching experience, community organizing, campaign organizing, and/or union organizing preferred

Experience managing high-performing teams by setting clear, well-defined goals and managing desired outcomes through layers

Political savvy and demonstrated track record of effectively navigating complex power dynamics and building coalitions, and experience managing or working on electoral campaigns and within or in partnership with labor unions

Establish a clear vision that is mission-aligned, sets measurable goals, and develops teams and activities to maintain alignment with this vision

Demonstrated experience building partnerships; and/or prior experience within fundraising/development required

An acumen for building an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the organization

The ability to build and maintain a deep knowledge of key NYC and NYS legislative, economic, social, and political trends and developments, including deep knowledge of the educational landscape, and their impact on the organization, its strategy, and its internal and external stakeholders, while digesting information to inform organizational positions and stances

The ability to identify necessary shifts in a timely manner involves key stakeholders in the planning process, promotes buy-in & follow-through, and adjusts course as needed

Make decisions in the best interest of the broader organization, constantly leveraging opportunities to advance or promote organizational goals and expand impact, while addressing short-term needs with the longevity of the organization in mind

Functional knowledge about: the New York City education, political, and donor landscape, Education systems and classroom practice knowledge, Functional knowledge needed to lead an anti-racist organization, build effective teams, effective advocacy and organizing tactics/strategy, Internal management of a small organization (i.e., budgeting, operations, development)