Strategy & Intelligence Coordinator
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$70K - $90K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Strategy & Intelligence Coordinator
Just Right Reader
Role Description The Strategy & Intelligence Coordinator supports Just Right Reader's strategic growth efforts by monitoring, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information related to education policy, funding opportunities, curriculum adoption, legislation, partnerships, and market opportunities. Reporting to the Director of Strategy, this role serves as the operational and intelligence backbone of the Strategy function. The Coordinator ensures timely identification of emerging opportunities, maintains strategic intelligence systems, manages information workflows, and produces actionable insights that support executive decision-making, market expansion, funding strategies, and strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate is highly organized, intellectually curious, skilled at synthesizing large amounts of information, and eager to leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to improve research, intelligence gathering, and operational efficiency. Within the first year, this candidate will: - Establish reliable systems for monitoring and organizing strategic intelligence. - Improve our visibility into partnership opportunities. - Deliver actionable findings to leadership. - Increase operational efficiency through the use of technology. - Strengthen organizational awareness of emerging opportunities. - Support the research and administrative work of the strategy team. Qualifications - Required: Bachelor's degree in Public Policy, Political Science, Education, Government, Public Administration, Business, Communications, or related field. - 2-5 years of experience in research, strategy, policy, government affairs, education, consulting, market intelligence, or related fields. - Strong analytical, research, and organizational skills. - Exceptional written communication and information synthesis abilities. - Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and research tools. - Preferred: Experience with legislative, policy, funding, or education-related research. - Familiarity with curriculum adoption processes, education funding, or literacy initiatives. - Experience using AI tools to support research, analysis, workflow management, knowledge organization, or business operations (ChatGPT, Claude, Grammarly, Gemini, NotebookLM, Grok, Quincy). - Experience with intelligence, CRM, project management, and legislative tracking platforms (e.g., Quorum, GovWin, HubSpot). Requirements - Monitor state and federal developments related to literacy, education, curriculum adoption, funding, early childhood education, family engagement, and related policy areas. - Research emerging market opportunities, strategic partnerships, and competitive developments. - Maintain state profiles, market intelligence resources, and strategic opportunity trackers. - Prepare concise summaries, executive briefings, and intelligence reports for leadership. - Track federal, state, tribal, and private funding opportunities. - Monitor appropriations, grant competitions, budget allocations, and funding announcements. - Maintain funding calendars, deadline trackers, and grant intelligence resources. - Support development of grant-related tools, templates, and applicant resources. - Track legislation, regulations, agency guidance, board actions, and policy developments. - Monitor state boards of education, legislative committees, and education agencies. - Maintain legislative tracking systems and policy databases. - Prepare summaries of significant developments and identify potential organizational impacts. - Manage strategic inboxes, newsletters, subscriptions, and information sources. - Organize, categorize, and prioritize incoming intelligence. - Maintain calendars of key deadlines, adoption cycles, funding opportunities, and legislative events. - Coordinate information requests and strategic projects across departments and external partners. - Support special initiatives related to state strategy, federal opportunities, partnerships, and market development. - Utilize AI tools to improve research efficiency, information synthesis, workflow automation, knowledge management, and strategic intelligence gathering. - Develop and maintain AI-assisted processes for monitoring, summarizing, organizing, and analyzing large volumes of information. - Identify opportunities to leverage AI to improve organizational awareness, decision-making, and operational effectiveness. - Stay informed about emerging AI capabilities and recommend applications that support strategic objectives. - Develop weekly, monthly, and ad hoc intelligence reports. - Create executive summaries, dashboards, briefing materials, and presentations. - Draft first-pass analyses, research memoranda, and strategic recommendations. - Ensure leadership receives timely, actionable information on emerging opportunities and risks. Benefits - At Just Right Reader, we're transforming how children learn to read. - You'll be part of a passionate, growing team committed to educational equity, literacy innovation, and joyful learning. - Mission-driven company focused on improving literacy and education outcomes. - Collaborative and innovative work environment with opportunities for growth and development. - Competitive salary and benefits package.
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