Creative Reaction Lab
Department
Learning & Education
Location
Remote
Status
Full-Time
Pay/Salary
$75,000-90,000 annually
Benefits
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Unlimited PTO (Vacation days, sick days, work-from-home)
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23 Org-Wide Days Off (Holidays, Quarterly Mental Health Days, End-of-Year Break)
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Healthcare Benefits (for employee, spouse and family) including:
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Medical (65% sponsored by the organization)
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Dental (100% sponsored by the organization)
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Vision (100% sponsored by the organization)
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Healthcare spending/reimbursement accounts
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401K account with employer matching contributions
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Annual $1,000 technology stipend
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Annual professional development stipend
Reports To
COO
Position Summary
Creative Reaction Lab is searching for a Learning & Education Director who would thrive in a team-centered, co-creation, start-up culture for racial and health equity that centers Black and Latinx youth. The Learning & Education Director is responsible for the strategic planning and management of the entire Learning & Education department and staff, ultimately improving the impact and reach of Creative Reaction Lab’s public and client-focused programming with a primarily adult ally audience: Leaders for Community Action & Equity workshops, Co-Creative Coaching, and the Redesigners in Action Webinar Series. The Learning & Education Director will also manage multi-session client partnership development, cultivate pipeline opportunities to maintain relationships and support from previous clients, and support the continual expansion of Equity-Centered Community Design curricula and online community development.
Responsibilities
Administration
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Co-create, direct, and implement Learning & Education (L&E) strategies and objectives to ensure alignment with organizational mission, theory of change, and impact metrics.
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Provide executive leadership (and the full staff) with operational and technical reports and presentations on L&E’s performance and advise how best to achieve impact goals and results.
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Co-create and manage overall L&E vision, short-term and long-term.
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Develop and monitor the L&E department budget to meet fiscal objectives.
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Establish learning engagement milestones with staff and monitor adherence to plans and schedules.
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Co-create department specific policies and procedures to enhance efficiency while sustaining company values including: power shifting, humility, focused adaptability, and equity-centered.
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Ensure that L&E operations and activities are consistent with legal guidelines, youth protection procedures, and internal policies.
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Co-develop and implement evaluation strategy, KPIs, and milestones for the L&E department.
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Recruit, onboard, and manage L&E staff, providing individualized coaching, performance evaluations/feedback, and working on averting potential problems.
Training and Learning Experiences Management
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Develop quality scaling and growth strategies for public learning engagements, client programming, adult learning communities of practices, and coaching experiences.
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Develop, manage, and expand learning development activities and tools the Equity-Centered Community Design process and racial and health equity.
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Co-facilitate public, institutional, and community-facing L&E programming with L&E staff, when needed.
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Lead executive co-creative coaching with clientele.
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Ensure L&E program alignment with Creative Reaction Lab’s Theory of Change, Equity-Centered Community Design Framework, existing community priorities, existing reports, and measurements.
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Co-create and co-manage pipeline opportunities in Creative Reaction Lab’s alumni Seeds of Power Fellowship Program.
Partnership Development
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Assist with recruitment, communication, and management of community and corporate partnerships, with a particular focus on developing pipeline opportunities for youth alumni (from the Programs Department).
Skills and Qualifications
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Master’s degree from a college or university and/or at least five years of related experience in program management and strategy development, curriculum development, training and facilitation in equity and justice, adult learning, and education.
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Three years of supervisory experience (non-traditional settings acceptable).
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Experience in budget management and understands budget forecasting has experience preparing formal budgets for future projections
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Experience with Curriculum/training development, program oversight, and partnership cultivation.
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Experience facilitating workshops, training, and/or programs for adults and racially diverse audiences.
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Strong public speaking and interpersonal communication skills.
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Experience with, and/or interest in, creative problem-solving methodologies and principles including, but not limited to Equity-Centered Community Design, Equity Design, Liberatory Design, Design Justice Network Principles, Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, and Inclusive Design.
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Highly organized and detail-oriented with strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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Strong skills in developing a team, providing employee coaching and professional development, and distributing decision-making power to staff members.
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Excellent writing, editing, financial management and planning skills.
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Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from the L&E team, program participants, the executive team, partners, and the general public.
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Ability to manage multiple projects independently and within a team.
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Ability to give and receive direct feedback.
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Ability and willingness to continuously and critically examine one’s relationship to power, privilege, oppression, racial justice, health equity, history, and healing.
Preferred Personal Qualities
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Strong adaptability to changing directions, embraces growth mindset.
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Ability to work positively and effectively as a part of a group and move beyond collaboration to co-creation.
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Reflective, trauma-informed view on labor and work.
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Values power-shifting (both accepting power and shifting to others).
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Self-motivated and able to work independently, determining priorities and direction.
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Willingness to challenge white supremacy tenets (including perfectionism, paternalism, sense of urgency, right to comfort, and quantity over quality) in self and others.
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Full professional or native proficiency in Spanish is a plus.
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Commitment to promoting racial and health equity, youth development, and continuous improvement.
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Strong enjoyment of a continually evolving, iterative environment.
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Willingness to support other team members to achieve organizational goals.
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Experience with, and/or interest in, organizational psychology, organizational culture change, change management, leadership development, community organizing, etc.
Additional Requirements
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Must be willing to travel out of state approximately 10-25% of the time (possibly resuming in a post-COVID-19 world; very limited out-of-state travel at the moment).
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Must be willing to work some weekend and evening hours as needed.
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Must be able to move learning materials weighing up to 15 pounds and/or assist with physical logistics related to program planning if physically unable.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
Creative Reaction Lab is committed to a policy of Equal Employment and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical or mental handicap or disability, medical condition, pregnancy, familial status, caregiver status, veteran’s status.
How to Apply
In order to apply for this position, please complete the following application. You will need the following materials in order to complete the application. If you require assistance or have questions, please email us at [email protected] .
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Resume and/or LinkedIn Profile
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Cover Letter and/or Video (max 4 minutes; does not need to be professionally produced) about your experience (why YOU for this role) + answering the questions “Why does racial and ethnic equity matter to me?” and “Why do I believe youth are the equity leaders we need?”
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2-3 professional references
Deadline
Applications will be reviewed immediately until the position is filled.
