Chief Academic Officer

Position description

Global Cities Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, connect students directly to their peers in countries around the world through our signature virtual exchange program, Global Scholars. It operates in public school classrooms in 46 cities worldwide, currently serving 10,492 students in 261 schools. Students love the engaging, real-world assignments and collaborating with their peers from far and near, whose posts and replies serve as a unique primary source for learning. Teachers love that they develop cultural understanding, critical thinking, and other skills needed for success in the classroom and their future careers. Our goal is that by the end of the program, students learn how to approach any global problem from climate change to food insecurity. They learn to embrace and respect diverse cultures and perspectives, and to feel confident in their ability to create change. In other words, they are taking steps towards becoming the leaders we need to solve the complex problems our world faces.

About the Role

The Chief Academic Officer (CAO) works closely with the President and Senior Leadership Team to advance Global Cities’ mission to ensure public-school students have access to high quality global competency education. The CAO helps develop and oversee new and ongoing initiatives to promote global competency teaching in K-12 classrooms. They will play a key role in building relationships with school districts and peer organizations critical to this work. They will also contribute to the planning and oversight of the organization’s evaluation and research agenda, external messaging, and in-person and online events for domestic and international audiences. The CAO is also responsible for identifying opportunities for qualitative data collection focused on student and educator learning.

The successful candidate will be an expert educator with deep knowledge of the K-12 education landscape, a passion for building cultural understanding and global engagement in middle school students, and exceptional ability to collaborate with organizational leadership and supervise the work of others. S/he will also be an effective public communicator who can represent Global Cities’ work to diverse stakeholders, including district and school leaders, parents, educators, and students.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a thought partner to the President and Senior Leadership Team in establishing priorities that support the organization’s goals.
• Collaborate with President on strategic planning for the future of Global Cities.
• Develop initiatives to share Global Cities’ offerings with key audiences and supervise staff carrying out this work.
• Oversee staff who are implementing and expanding existing initiatives such as 20-hour teacher professional development program, licensing of Global Scholars curriculum, and evaluation of student and educator learning.
• Identify plans and staffing needed to develop and scale new initiatives, and coordinate across workstreams of both staff and external contributors to meet these goals.
• Contribute to identifying new audiences within the K-12 education space for whom Global Cities’ resources will be of interest and utility. Work with staff to implement these initiatives with these new audiences, and create long-term engagement through direct contact, organizational partnerships, social media and other channels.
• Contribute to ongoing development of reports, videos, social media, and other communications to ensure they reflect the current K-12 landscape, Global Cities’ work, and the interests of priority audiences.
• Represent the organization with diverse audiences including district and ministry education leaders, peer organizations, and advisory board members.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in education or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years professional experience in the education field and current knowledge of K-12 public education
• A minimum of 5 years public school classroom teaching experience
• Significant leadership in a public school district
• Ability to contribute to and oversee the development of new initiatives, from conceptualization to execution to refinement
• Strong experience supervising staff and external consultants and contributing to strategic planning
• Experience in subfields such as education reform, teacher training, and global competency education
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, and ability to adapt style and content to a range of international and domestic audiences
• Knowledge of evaluation of educational initiatives in K-12 settings; knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods and a range of research preferred
• Proficiency in virtual exchange education and a modern foreign language a plus

LOCATION: New York, NY. This position is based in a physical office in New York City, with a completely full-time in-person schedule.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Annual salary range: $180,000 - $220,000

Accommodation

Global Cities Inc. provides reasonable adjustment/accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please let us if you require a reasonable adjustment/accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable adjustment/accommodation include but are not limited to making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. To request an adjustment/accommodation to apply for a job, please email [email protected].

Application instructions

Please submit a cover letter and resume.

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