Icf
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Director,Education
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“Director, Education at Icf. Skills: Developing and maintaining strong, collegial relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and other clients, Providing high-quality, relevant, and useful capacity-building technical assistance, Conducting needs assessments, Developing and delivering technical assistance, Monitoring and course correcting technical assistance, Coordinating with project evaluators to curate evidence, Liaising with clients, Leading and coordinating TA teams. Developing and m”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure that training and technical assistance support services are relevant, useful, and make a positive impact; Align project activities with federal priorities, performance measures, and approved scopes of work
Industry & Context.
Analytical capabilities; Problem-solving capabilities; Decision-making capabilities
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Doctorate in education, social sciences, public administration, or related subjects, 10+ years of experience at the state and/or national level working with K-12 education policies, regulations, and systems, 10+ years of experience developing and delivering technical assistance to state and district educators and leaders, 10+ years of conducting needs assessments and developing and deliver technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs, monitor and course correct technical assistance as needed, 10+ years developing high quality technical assistance materials, including information briefs, white papers, tools, presentations, and processes, 5+ years of experience working with multiple states in the region (VA, TN, KY, or WV), 5+ years of experience directing or managing large-scale federal grants or contracts, 3+ years of managing teams of up to 40 including SUBs with personnel management responsibilities
Nice to Have
Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups as a participant, content advisor, and technical assistance provider, Content knowledge related to state education systems, key policy issues (e. g. , assessment, accountability, college and career readiness, school turnaround, diverse learners, educator development and evaluation), capacity building, coaching, and/or consultation, Experience working in VA, TN, KY, or WV., Working with MS Office and other standard office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, SharePoint, and Adobe Connect)
What You'll Do.
Developing and maintaining strong
collegial relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and other clients
Providing high-quality
and useful capacity-building technical assistance
Conducting needs assessments
Developing and delivering technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs
Monitoring and course correcting technical assistance as needed
Coordinating with project evaluators to curate evidence
Liaising with clients
Leading and coordinating TA teams to ensure the provision of high-quality services to clients
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with clients; Liaising with clients; Leading and coordinating TA teams; Fostering collaboration
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal communication skills; Excellent interpersonal communication skills; Excellent written communication skills
Process & Methodology
Managing complex budgets, Federal reporting, Staff management, Continuous improvement
Full Job Description
ICF seeks a Director, Education to work within our Child Welfare and Education Line of Business. This Line of Business provides federal, state, and other clients with a wide range of technical assistance, research, and evaluation services. Our work focuses on important education policy issues; uses proven and innovative methods for delivering high-quality, timely technical assistance; seeks to inform education stakeholders of promising practices; and involves working closely with clients to ensure that training and technical assistance support services are relevant, useful, and make a positive impact. The Director, Education will work with clients such as the U.S. Department of Education as well as state and local educational agencies in VA, TN, KY, or WV to provide high-quality services and products. Key Responsibilities: * The Director, Education is responsible for developing and maintaining strong, collegial relationships with state education agencies (SEAs) and other clients to provide high-quality, relevant, and useful capacity-building technical assistance. * The Director, Education will conduct needs assessments, develop and deliver technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs, monitor and course correct technical assistance as needed, coordinate with project evaluators to curate evidence, and liaise with clients. * The Director, Education will lead and coordinate TA teams to ensure the provision of high-quality services to clients. Basic Qualifications: * Doctorate in education, social sciences, public administration, or related subjects * 10+ years of experience at the state and/or national level working with K-12 education policies, regulations, and systems * 10+ years of experience developing and delivering technical assistance to state and district educators and leaders * 10+ years of conducting needs assessments and developing and deliver technical assistance that clearly addresses client needs, monitor and course correct technical assistanc
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