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What will you do all day?

At NMSI, our people mean everything to us; they are the lifeblood of the organization. Without our staff, NMSI is just an idea. As a key member of the Program Department, the Senior Manager, District Sales & Cultivation will collaborate within both the District Sales & Cultivation team as well as the Programmatic Partnerships team to help shape and realize a nationwide school district sales and cultivation strategy. The Senior Manager, Cultivation will co-own setting and driving progress toward pod-level cultivation goals with Senior Program Managers.

The District Sales & Cultivation team grounds our goals, planning and day-to-day work in our District Sales & Cultivation strategy, which emphasizes expanding NMSI’s impact by aligning our sales and cultivation efforts with our mission.

What are the details?

Reporting to the Director, District Sales & Cultivation, the Senior Manager, Cultivation will demonstrate a commitment to NMSI’s mission, an ability to create relationships within communities that lead to programmatic partnerships, an interest in continually developing content knowledge about our academic strategy, self-awareness to know when you’re the expert or when to bring in someone else, leadership and influencing skills, ability to collaborate with others to achieve outcomes, project management, data analysis and exceptional communication and organizational skills.

While work will vary day to day, there are typical job responsibilities in this role:

District Sales & Cultivation Team Leadership

• Provide feedback on, implement, and adjust as needed, the district sales and cultivation strategy.
• Collaborate with Director, District Sales and Cultivation in setting team goals.
  
• Utilize and expand your network to share education trends from wide-ranging news sources and brainstorm responsive approaches
  
• Lead team brainstorming and problem-solving to both shape customer-centric sales and cultivation efforts, as well as internal development.
  
• Continually learn about our evolving academic strategy and how we can meet the needs of communities.
  
• Track team information in appropriate systems, utilize data to track progress to goals and adjust course where needed to meet or reset goals.

Regional Cultivation Pod & External Relationship Management

• Co-lead with Senior Program Managers implementing the strategy for your regional pod with a focus on expanding NMSI’s impact.
• Lead new community and district programmatic partner cultivation in assigned region.
• Balance strategic and opportunistic sales and cultivation opportunities to meet both team and pod goals.
• Strengthen and grow external networks in your region that lead to new partnerships and opportunities toward the goal of greater racial and socioeconomic diversity within STEM fields.
• Represent NMSI as the leader in providing STEM education and increased opportunity for student success for every school and every region we partner.

Equity & Inclusion

• Monitor cultivation efforts by socioeconomic status, race, and gender to spot gaps and disparities.
• Identify ways current cultivation and culture undermine equity and help determine path forward to improve equity and inclusion.

Internal Collaboration

• Partner with all teams in Development to ensure alignment of external messaging and marketing.
• Partner with Fundraising to collaborate on a community-centered approach to fundraising and programmatic partnerships.
• Partner with Teaching and Learning to both influence and understand ongoing development of services.
• Participate and contribute in cross-functional discussions, working groups and strategic meetings that directly impact the work of the Program Department, District Sales and Cultivation team, and NMSI as a whole.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Who you are:

• Education & Experience. You have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience. Strongly preferred experience in creating relationships with communities or with customers that lead to impact.
  
• Critical and Strategic Thinker. You have an analytical approach with a strong ability to think creatively. You think analytically, prioritize tasks and develop processes that monitor progress and performance. You rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
  
• Quick Learner. You pick up on concepts and situations quickly and are able to apply the learning to new or ambiguous situations
  
• Entrepreneurial. You live for the hustle that’s required to forge new paths. You collaborate well with others to make things happen. You work best when you have lots to do with multiple competing priorities.
  
• Strong communicator. Interpersonal skills, oral and written communication, and the ability to authentically connect with diverse constituencies.
  
• Solutions-oriented and Results-driven. You’re comfortable navigating through complex environments toward positive outcomes.
  
• Relationship Builder. You have a knack for building relationships quickly and inspiring those around you. A room full of strangers doesn’t make you nervous.
  
• Organized & Productive. You possess strong organizational skills while working in a fast-paced environment. You can work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines. You possess strong attention to detail.
  
• Inclusive. You can work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or job type—or any other factor that makes us unique!

Want to learn more?

The National Math and Science Initiative is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming math and science education in today’s classrooms and ensuring that all students have the knowledge and skills to thrive in the global economy of the 21st century. Founded in 2007, NMSI began by dramatically improving student participation and success in rigorous Advanced Placement math, science and English courses in 85 courses across seven states. Today, NMSI has scaled its proven program to serve more than 1.5 million students, 50,000 teachers, 1,000 high schools and 45 universities across 40 states, and is having a demonstrable and lasting impact on student outcomes.

NMSI Next, our five-year strategic plan deepens our commitment to transform our current programs. In doing so, we will also launch a bold approach to partnering with school systems that drive outcomes not only at the student and school system levels but also, at the regional and national levels. NMSI Next is anchored on the concept that the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts and that our teamwork and program work go hand in hand. Additionally, we believe that our impact on the school system, regional, and national levels will reinforce itself to ensure population-level outcomes.

We believe STEM education is the greatest lever to accessing opportunity and is unmatched in unlocking student potential. Specifically, NMSI Next will implement the following strategic levers so that all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners, pursue their passions and tackle the world’s toughest challenges.

• Catalyze bold thinking and enduring solutions for all students nationally
• Collaborate with regional stakeholders to drive sustainable changes
• Provide school systems a world-class K-12 solution set
• Build a strong, sustainable, and nimble organization positioning us to deliver exponential impact

The organization has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NMSI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which we have employees. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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What do you do all day?

This Associate will report to the Manager, Military Families Mission, and play a critical role in ensuring educators and students have the information and materials they need to participate in high quality NMSI programs. This Associate will cultivate schools to participate in Laying the Foundation trainings as part of our Military Families Mission.

This is a temporary position that will end no later than August 28, 2020

What are the details?

• Assist with the cultivation of districts for LTF training including communication and follow-up with district and school personnel
• Oversee the submission and accuracy of all required documentation for newly enrolled schools (MOUs including data agreements
• Obtain agreements for teachers participating in the longitudinal study
• Create and maintain participant records to facilitate travel and the longitudinal study
• Record and communicate work progress on a weekly basis
• Complete other duties that contribute to organizational, team, or individual goals as assigned by the Military Families Mission Manager, Sr Director of Growth & Development, or VP of Growth & Development
• Other duties as assigned
  

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Education & Experience – You have a bachelor’s degree and at least two years of professional work experience; an understanding of the school system is a strong plus.
  
• Entrepreneurial – You live for the hustle that’s required to forge new paths; you collaborate well with others to make things happen.
  
• Relationship Builder – You have a knack for building relationships quickly and inspiring those around you.
  
• Organized & Productive – You are a master at planning your day and not letting distractions come in between meeting your goals.
• Customer Centric – You support external and internal customers-in this case teachers and fellow colleagues-by providing exceptional follow-through and follow-up, no matter what. You get satisfaction from making someone’s job easier.
  
• Reliable – You can work effectively with minimal supervision, but you also know when to ask for help
• Flexible – You are comfortable working in an ambiguous environment with competing priorities; you’re able to travel when necessary.
  
• Growth Mindset – You learn from failure and crave feedback because you know that it makes you better; you are also eager to give feedback to your manager and colleagues.
  
• Expert Communicator – You can engage audiences through vivid storytelling; you are a concise, compelling writer.
  
• Inclusive – You can work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or job type—or any other factor that makes us unique!
• Tech Savvy – You embrace technology as a tool to enhance your work effectiveness but not as a means to replace hard work; you are adept at learning new technologies quickly.
  
• Sense of Humor – You don’t take yourself too seriously; work hard play hard is your mantra.
  

Want to learn more?

The National Math and Science Initiative is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming math and science education in today’s classrooms and ensuring that all students have the knowledge and skills to thrive in the global economy of the 21st century. Founded in 2007, NMSI began by dramatically improving student participation and success in rigorous Advanced Placement math, science and English courses in 85 courses across seven states. Today, NMSI has scaled its proven program to serve more than 1.5 million students, 50,000 teachers, 1,000 high schools and 45 universities across 40 states, and is having a demonstrable and lasting impact on student outcomes.

NMSI Next, our five-year strategic plan, deepens our commitment to transform our current programs. In doing so, we will also launch a bold approach to partnering with school systems that drives outcomes not only at the student and school system levels, but also at the regional and national levels. NMSI Next is anchored on the concept that the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts and that our teamwork and program work go hand in hand. Additionally, we believe that our impact at the school system, regional, and national levels will reinforce itself to ensure population level outcomes.

We believe STEM education is the greatest lever to accessing opportunity and is unmatched in unlocking student potential.

Specifically, NMSI Next will implement the following strategic levers so that all students, especially those furthest from opportunity, thrive and reach their highest potential as problem solvers and lifelong learners, pursue their passions and tackle the world’s toughest challenges.

• Catalyze bold thinking and enduring solutions for all students nationally
• Collaborate with regional stakeholders to drive sustainable changes
• Provide school systems a world class K-12 solution set
• Build a strong, sustainable, and nimble organization positioning us to deliver exponential impact

The organization has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

National Math + Science Initiative (NMSI) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NMSI complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which we have employees. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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By clicking the "Apply now" button, you'll be leaving Fazow and going to an external job application page for this company. Please research all companies before applying. When applying for jobs, you should NOT have to pay to apply. Fazow accepts no liability or responsibility as a consequence of any reliance upon information on external sites or in jobs listed on fazow.com.