Role Description The Project Director for Postsecondary Education works as a part of the leadership team in the WestEd Center for Economic Mobility. The Project Director has three primary areas of responsibility: - Implementing projects that help postsecondary education systems utilize labor market information to support the economic mobility of learners. - Leading strategy and business development. - Supervising staff and cultivating their development. The ideal candidate should have the following core qualifications: - Experience in a leadership role in open-access postsecondary education, with experience leading reform initiatives. - Strong sense of labor market trends and how the focus on return on investment is reshaping the role of education in preparing people for rewarding, well-paid work. - Deep understanding of postsecondary structures and systems, including college governance, programming, data systems, and change management. - Strong facilitation skills, including leading groups of postsecondary practitioners through planning and program redesign processes that build consensus and create a shared purpose across interest holders. - A proven track record leading large, complex, multi-year projects, with demanding timelines and teams that include people not in one’s direct line of supervision, with diverse technical, programmatic, and research components. - Mastery of operational systems necessary to manage large projects such as contracting, staffing projections, budgeting, and fiscal management. - Strong business development experience, including managing a diverse portfolio of projects while continuously engaging in proposal development leading to new projects and lines of work. - Experience with supervising a team with a focus on building strong career ladders, mentoring, performance management, and staff development. Responsibilities - Provide oversight and mentoring to team members who are leading projects within the postsecondary portfolio to ensure high quality work, support fidelity to Center for Economic Mobility priorities, and foster leadership within the team. - Lead projects within the postsecondary portfolio by providing content expertise, supporting practitioners and policy makers to engage with labor market information, facilitating meetings with practitioners, and overseeing project management. - Oversee operational aspects of projects including reporting, budget development and monitoring, financial transactions, execution of project plans, and project performance. - Contribute to projects within the postsecondary portfolio in specific roles such as facilitation, technical assistance, writing reports and toolkits, and supporting planning processes. - Present information in a concise fashion in high-stakes settings such as meeting with advisory committees, legislative staff, and the press. - Support dissemination of our work through conferences, blog posts, white papers, infographics, and other presentation venues including engagement with federal and state policy leaders. - Manage partnerships across agencies and within WestEd departments. Qualifications - At least 10 years in a postsecondary education leadership or technical assistance role. - History of managing complex projects involving large project teams, multiple stakeholders, and multiple project budgets in excess of $1 million dollars. - Able to ensure that one's own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate, especially under tight timelines. - Able to communicate complex information to diverse audiences, particularly labor market information. - Track record of building partnerships that expand the impact of individual projects. - Long-term fundraising ability, including securing large-scale contracts and grants over a period of multiple years. - Experience leading teams of people in a way that supports their growth. - Able to communicate in a collaborative manner with colleagues and partners at all levels, from frontline employees to executives and external representatives. - Strong writing and visualization skills including experience with creating materials for a diverse audience with clarity and brevity and understanding. Requirements - An abiding commitment to helping people attain living wages and more stable employment. - Ability to travel – requires 25% travel time. Benefits - 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested. - Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option. - All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date. - PTO: 19 days (increases to 21 days beginning the third year of employment), 12 paid holidays. - Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary, max of 500k. - Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives. - Professional development opportunities & mentorship program. Company Description WestEd is a community of over 1,400 researchers, practitioners, consultants, and administrative professionals committed to making a qualitative difference in the lives of youth, children, and adults. We conduct and apply research, develop evidence-based solutions, and provide consulting services across the country in both rural and urban communities to improve equitable outcomes for individuals from infancy through adulthood.

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