Associate Director, Resource Development

BASIC INFORMATION

Place of Performance: Regional, Washington

Supervisor: Executive Director of the TMC

Direct Reports: None

Status: Full Time, Exempt

Travel Requirements: Minimal

Salary Range: $110,000 - $125,000

WHO WE ARE

The True Measure Collaborative’s mission is to foster collaboration and build educator capacity in service of equitable educational opportunities for all students – especially exceptional learners.

We serve as a full partner to district and charter public schools, offering robust, centralized expertise and supports that promote inclusive education in anti-racist environments. The TMC defines inclusive education as a school-wide data-based approach that ensures curriculum, instruction, learning environments, and school culture are designed to provide equitable access to every student.

Inclusive education ensures that students of all abilities belong and are educated together in a learning community where they feel safe, supported, and challenged, regardless of race, gender, or cultural differences. The TMC actively works to disrupt racist and discriminatory practices, policies, systems, and mindsets that affect exceptional learners and their peers.

The TMC is a program administered by Washington State Charter Schools Association (WA Charters), a Washington non-profit. This position will be an employee of WA Charters within the TMC program and report to TMC management. The TMC is in the process of spinning off from WA Charters to operate as an independent non-profit organization. As our organizational structure evolves, our mission, vision, and supports provided to client schools will remain consistent.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The primary responsibility of the Associate Director - Resource Development is to expand the financial resources available, via public and private grant opportunities, to the schools and districts we serve in support of improved outcomes for exceptional learners.

The TMC provides educators with training, coaching, and consultation to support schools in better serving exceptional learners. The Associate Director - Resource Development identifies public and private grant opportunities on behalf of the TMC and its client schools, notifies the applicant(s) of the opportunity, and provides technical assistance to the applicant(s) to support the submittal of strong proposals. School-specific technical assistance also includes the coordination of multiple applicants (local districts, the state education department (OSPI), service providers, etc.) to submit grant proposals as a consortium, when those opportunities increase the likelihood of funding for all parties involved. As part of the hands-on involvement with schools in the grant proposal process, the Associate Director - Resource Development may also play a critical role in strategically advising schools on how best to direct additional resources to serve exceptional learners.

In addition, the Associate Director - Resource Development collaborates with partner organizations and government agencies to advocate for public policy changes that result in increased public funding for special education in Washington state. For example, the Associate Director - Resource Development will lead and participate in advocacy efforts to improve the state’s Medicaid program, statewide public school funding formula, Safety Net funding, and other specialized grant programs, resulting in increased sustainable public revenues for schools to better serve exceptional learners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

FINANCIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOLS: 70%

• Provide technical assistance to school/district staff members resulting in high-quality grant proposals (single grants or consortia grants) that gain approval, expanding resources available for services to exceptional learners. This will include:
  • Research and identify public and private grant opportunities and notify TMC client schools and districts about those opportunities.
  • Provide schools and districts with key strategies and insights to maximize likelihood of grant approval
  • Advise schools and districts on how best to budget additional resources to improve outcomes for exceptional learners.
• Coordinate multiple applicants to submit grant proposals as consortia when those opportunities are available. Take the lead role in writing consortia proposals, collect necessary information from applicants, and provide general leadership and coordination to achieve grant approvals.

ADVOCACY: 20%

• Collaborate with education leaders and policy advocates to formulate public policy proposals that result in increased public funding for programs serving exceptional learners.
• Organize advocacy efforts, particularly among educators served by the TMC, to elevate educator voices in support of policy reforms.
• Research best practices in state grant programs, including Medicaid, to identify key strategies for improving Washington’s administration of public grants in support of exceptional learners.
• Develop and cultivate a network of relationships with education leaders to strengthen the TMC’s ability to influence public policies related to education funding in tangible and impactful ways.

CONTRIBUTE TO TMC STRATEGY: 10%

• Partner with the TMC team to maximize the TMC’s impact by contributing to and implementing the TMC’s strategic plan.
• Provide additional support across the organization by leading and participating in additional projects.

WHO YOU ARE

The TMC is seeking a team member with the following essential skills and experiences:

• A resolute personal and professional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Excited by the prospect of joining a start-up team and willing to do whatever it takes to support the TMC’s success.
• Exceptional writing abilities – conveys content in clear and compelling ways that ultimately lead to successful grant proposals. Track record of writing successful grant proposals preferred.
• At least five years of experience working in education, preferably in roles that supported exceptional learners in inclusive educational environments.
• Excellent customer service orientation and a high degree of professionalism.
• Ability to communicate effectively with and build consensus among diverse stakeholders
• Mastery of managing competing demands and quickly determining top priorities with a large-scale project.
• Ability to create, adjust, and implement strategic work plans.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• This position requires flexibility to travel to the work site, a valid Washington Driver’s License, and proof of minimum state-required insurance

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• Work from home and work from/at school site; monthly in-person team meetings
• Frequent computer use
• Occasional local travel, driving own vehicle or public transit
• Occasional state-wide travel, driving own vehicle or flying at the TMC’s expense
• Occasional need-based irregular hours outside of the standard workweek (e.g. nights and weekends)
• Occasionally lift/carry up to 25 pounds
• Occasionally push/pull up to 25 pounds
• WA Charters and the TMC will make accommodations where able

WHAT WE OFFER

• A passionate, fun, fast-moving, and collaborative team
• Salary range $110,000 - $125,000, depending on experience
• 401(k) Plan with an employer match
• PTO days and paid federal holidays
• Unlimited sick leave
• Medical, dental, vision, Rx benefits, and life insurance (details provided upon request)

HIRING PROCESS

The preferred start date for this position is 2/1/2023. Applications will be accepted via BambooHR until the position has been filled.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

WA Charters is an equal-opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.