Lead Associate, Education (P2)

Summary

Save the Children’s U.S. Programs (USP) division is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities. Save the Children is seeking a Lead Associate, Education. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring programs are implemented effectively and achieve results for the children we work with. Working on-site and remotely, you will provide training, technical assistance, and management support to a portfolio of program partners, including overseeing program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at your assigned partner sites.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Program Implementation 55%:

• Guide and support program staff to ensure quality implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Save the Children’s program models according to established standards.
• Provide in-person and remote training and technical assistance for program staff; maximize the use of technology to do so.
• Visit each assigned site in compliance with the program model to conduct observation, coaching, and mentoring. Complete site visit reports. In state travel will be required for each of the site visits.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date data collection and reporting for each assigned site.
• Consult with the Advisors about program questions and needs.
• Regularly communicate with the Assistant State Director and Advisors about program implementation challenges and successes and how to resolve complex issues.

Partner Operations and Management: 20%

• Support the Assistant State Director with partner management including but not limited to annual partner planning, subaward budget and spending, grant budgets and reports, annual district/site stakeholder meetings, partnership performance management, sponsorship, and emergency/disaster communication and reporting.
• Meet regularly with each site supervisor.
• Ensure timely and accurate incident reporting and necessary follow-up.
• Support the Assistant State Director with identification and assessment of new sites.
• Provide new sites with start-up support including but not limited to hiring and training program staff, technology and program materials, and Partner Portal usage.

Local and State Relationships/Advocacy: 10%

• Support the Assistant State Director, and program partners as appropriate, with local, regional, and state community engagement activities, community partnerships/coalitions, and state level relationships.
• Support the Assistant State Director with local, regional, and state program presentations.
• Support program partners with media …