Officer of Partnerships and Certification
Harris County Department of Education
Houston, TX 77022
$100,817 - $120,739 a year
Description
Primary Purpose:
The Center for Educator Success (CES) is designed to transform educator talent pipelines by partnering with districts to reimagine a comprehensive approach to educator recruitment, certification and retention. Reporting to the Senior Director, the Officer of Partnerships and Certification will serve as a critical member of CES’s Leadership Team, responsible for setting and executing on revenue and partner strategy.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Master’s degree from an accredited university, doctorate preferred
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Excellent people leadership skills: able to provide timely and actionable feedback to inspire and move direct reports to action
- Ability to learn quickly and take initiative in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
- Demonstration of flexible thinking and problem solving
- Proven ability to coach and mentor individuals and team with a high level of emotional intelligence
- Proven ability to get results
- Values hard work and team play
- Has a history of valuing and respecting other people
- Regularly demonstrates exceptional work and work habits
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent organization, time management and follow-through
Experience:
- Experience working in traditional or alternative certification program, preferred
- Experience developing partnerships with either universities, districts, charter networks or nonprofit education organizations
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Set a vision for and manage the Partnerships and Certification team as they forge new pathways for certification and partnerships.
- Execute a strategy to consistently achieve the desired results of growing and scaling the partnerships and success of our programs.
- Generate Department revenue annually ranging from $200,000 - $300,000.
- Recruit strategic partners to build strong relationships, including with PrK-12 districts, charter management organizations, aligned teacher recruitment organizations, universities, and funders.
- Inspire trust to lead a team to deliver high-quality programming to teacher leaders and principals.
- Lead a highly effective team that ensures the teacher and leader preparation programs comply in accordance with Texas Education Admirative code.
- Remain current on all TEA updates and opportunities to advance our teacher and leader programs.
- Support individual growth of team members around a vision of excellence through calibration, feedback, and data reviews.
- Build trusting relationships with districts and charter networks to both deepen contracted work and expand partnerships.
- Secure partner districts to enact state of art talent pipeline service delivery model.
- Partner with HCDE Communications team to create and implement a marketing plan for educator certification.
- Clearly define shared goals and expectations as well as aligned supports.
- Develop systems to track vital data which speaks to both to individual and program success.
- Regularly review data to identify bright spots, determine needs and adjust.
- Collaborate with external partners, clients, funders, HCDE departments and partner organizations to support learning, development, and innovation.
- Keep informed of all legal requirements governing programs and services and comply with HCDE policies and procedures.
- Devote time to continue learning and growing as a leader.
- Willingly offer support to others and step in as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.