Achieving The Dream Inc

Role Description The HR Generalist works in partnership with the Executive Director of HR and other HR team members to create and execute work around: - Organizational development - Employee onboarding - Training and development - Performance management - Employee engagement - Talent acquisition - Compensation and benefits - Employee satisfaction This role will ensure compliance processes and legal compliance are followed across all accountability areas. The position will collaborate with all levels of the organization to develop and strengthen the employee experience and build the capacity of ATD by supporting team supervisors and staff. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree and at least three (3) years of experience or seven (7) years of direct HR experience in various functional areas at a specialist or generalist level preferred. - PHR certification and/or SHRM-CP preferred. - Experience with relevant legal requirements in relation to employment law and its application to the department’s day-to-day work, company policy documentation, and staff welfare. - Experience in developing training and coaching for staff is preferred. - Experience with integrating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging into functional work. Requirements - Monitors employee eligibility for benefits plans, reviews benefits with employees and processes enrollment, cancellations, or changes. - Coordinates health, life and disability insurance enrollments and terminations. - Assists with managing annual open enrollment communications and election process. - Maintains and distributes list of new and cancelled employees under each benefit plan. - Verifies benefit billing accuracy and processes for payment. - Resolves discrepancies with TPAs, benefit carriers, payroll as needed. - Strives to ensure employee understanding of benefits programs by regularly generating communication with employees. - Maintains HRIS, personnel files, and provides management reports as requested. - Ensures proper processing and audit of payroll deductions for taxes, benefits, and other deductions. - Submits HR and payroll changes to Finance team on a timely basis. - Assists employees with initial 401(k) enrollment, loans, contribution changes, and sends any compliance notifications. - Administers ATD HRA program including initial enrollment and employee questions. - Reviews and implements ATD’s wellness activity calendar. - Works with the Finance and the HR team to implement any yearly salary adjustments. - Works with the finance team to ensure all workers are covered by workers' compensation plans. Benefits - Participates in internal workgroups and committees. - Reviews all policies and practices through the lens of compliance. - Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in Human Resources. - Ensures ATD follows all applicable regulations governing employees. - Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to continually improve efficiency of the department and services provided. - Supports and assists in the planning and coordination of ATD employee recognition programs and special events. - Runs and distributes reports and HR related metrics. - Performs other duties as assigned. Company Description Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally-protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Role Description The Vice President of Research, Strategy, and Innovation plays a central role in advancing Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) capacity to learn from its work and apply that learning to improve results for colleges and students across the network. - Responsible for synthesizing experience to inform ATD’s programs, services, and strategy. - Leads the development and use of evidence across the organization. - Ensures learning from grant-funded initiatives is integrated into ATD’s core work. - Advances ATD’s Community Vibrancy work by developing metrics, tools, and resources. - Works closely with coaching, program, and executive leadership teams for data-informed decision making. - Contributes to ATD’s external presence through engagement with partners and national conversations. Qualifications - Ph.D. degree in a relevant field. - Significant experience leading research, data, or analytics work. - Experience designing and running applied research or evaluation. - Ability to translate research into practical tools, guidance, or decisions. - Experience in higher education or a related field. Requirements - Ability to connect research and data to both strategy and execution. - Experience developing tools, frameworks, or products used in practice. - Strong grounding in applied research methods. - Experience with program evaluation. - Knowledge of institutional research in higher education. - Familiarity with national postsecondary data sources. - Strong leadership and communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities and adjust as needed. Benefits - Moderate travel per department and organizational needs. Company Description Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs.

Role Description Achieving the Dream’s Marketing & Communications team advances the organization’s mission by shaping its voice, strengthening its brand, and driving engagement with key audiences. A key component of optimizing our digital presence is ensuring target audiences find our website when they go to the internet for help advancing their student success agendas. The internship will focus on three areas: - Improving our website visibility through Search Engine Optimization - Looking at how AI can improve our daily marketing and communications work - Improving how we use LinkedIn ad metrics Duties and Responsibilities: - Support the process of optimizing ATD’s website SEO - Conduct research and present findings on vendors for supporting our website’s long-term SEO goals - Assist with analyzing LinkedIn content capabilities and ad metrics and how they can inform the team’s work - Lead the exploration and recommendation of AI tools for the department - Collaborate with team members on daily operations Qualifications - Currently pursuing a degree in marketing and communications or a related field - Strong communication and organizational skills - Proficiency in WordPress-based websites and relevant SEO optimization tools - Ability to use AI-assisted tools and an interest in applying them to website development and optimization Requirements - Practical experience in crafting marketing messaging that boosts awareness with target audiences - Knowledge of connecting emerging technologies to marketing and communications in the nonprofit space - Opportunities to build digital advertising strategies using social media advertising analytics - Experience cross-collaborating with other organizational teams to advance a marketing and communications team’s work Benefits - Gain practical experience in a professional setting - Develop skills in marketing and communications - Network with professionals in the nonprofit sector Company Description Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally-protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Role Description This internship will support a national research project focused on strengthening dual enrollment and advising practices that improve student transitions from high school into postsecondary education and careers. The intern will contribute to research, analysis, and tool development that informs how colleges and their K–12 partners support students moving through dual enrollment programs. This role is ideal for someone interested in advising, education policy, innovative partnerships, systems change, and applied research that directly informs institutional practice. Duties and Responsibilities - Assist with synthesizing qualitative data from interviews, focus groups, and site visits - Support the development of reports, case studies, and field-facing resources on dual enrollment and advising - Conduct background research on dual enrollment, college advising models, and student success strategies - Collaborate with team members to organize findings and translate insights into practical tools and frameworks - Contribute to internal planning and design efforts related to dual enrollment and strategic enrollment management initiatives Qualifications - Currently pursuing a degree in education, public policy, sociology, or a related field - Strong written communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information clearly and concisely - Strong organizational and analytical skills - Interest in K–12/postsecondary partnerships, college access, or student success - Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a remote environment - Experience with qualitative research methods (e.g., coding, thematic analysis) is a plus but not required - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Wrike or similar project management tools a plus but not required. Benefits - Practical experience in education research, policy, and systems-level strategy - Hands-on experience synthesizing qualitative data and contributing to national reports and case studies - Exposure to how colleges design and implement dual enrollment and advising strategies - Opportunities to contribute to tools and resources used by institutions across the country Core Competencies - Collaboration: Demonstrates respect, humility, and willingness to collaborate when seeking to understand others and making decisions. - Equity Mindset: Demonstrates capacity to recognize and address racialized structures, policies, and practices that produce and sustain racial inequities. - Learning Orientation: Embraces challenges, new ideas and different perspectives as an opportunity to learn; continually seeks out and applies new learning to activate change or improvements. - Systems Thinking: Defines the system and one’s role in the system. Sees relationships and the dynamic elements of the holistic system and executes work accordingly. Influences the system and maps connections to ATD’s external landscape. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. Equal Opportunity Employer Achieving the Dream is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse work environment. Employment policies and decisions are based upon merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), gender identity or expression, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, legally-protected genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.