Anticipated Position: Postsecondary Leadership Coach (National Program Team)
Position Type: Internal/External
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports to: Managing Director of Program Implementation
Location strongly preferred within the following states: Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, California, Wisconsin, and Georgia. Flexible within the following states only: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C.
Rolling Application Deadline: see note below
Salary Range: $92,500 – $110,000 is the hiring salary range (i.e. the range a candidate would be offered to start).
***ROLLING APPLICATION DEADLINE***
Please note that we expect to begin reviewing applications as we receive them and conduct ongoing interviews with qualified candidates. Accordingly, candidates should expect a longer timeline in between interview stages. Although we do not yet have positions confirmed for this role, we anticipate more clarity on when and if positions become available for this role as early as April 2025 and hope to make our initial offers at this time.
About OneGoal
OneGoal transforms postsecondary advising and support so that every student can define their own future. Together with our partners, we’re building a movement to close the opportunity gap. We work side-by-side with partner schools and districts to build their knowledge and capacity. The result is more equitable and effective support for all students. Our unique approach, honed over 15 years, prioritizes strong human relationships. And it’s proven to deliver real student impact. 81% of OneGoal high school graduates enroll in a postsecondary institution, and 73% of those students persist one year after high school graduation. An independent study by the University of Chicago found that OneGoal students are about 40% more likely to earn their postsecondary degrees than students from similar backgrounds. We are looking for individuals to join us in our pursuit of equity.
The Person
You are driven by a strong belief that all students deserve an equitable opportunity to achieve their greatest postsecondary aspirations. There are three distinct areas of focus for this role:
- Maximize partner success through core leadership network program engagement across a portfolio of districts partners in your assigned state(s)
- Expand & retain strategic partnerships with districts and schools
- Support the ongoing expansion, improvement and impact of the OneGoal’s system level offerings through cross-team [Data Solutions, Design, Marcomm, Partnerships and Growth] collaboration and stewardship
Your primary responsibilities include:
- Maximize partner success through core leadership network program engagement across a portfolio of districts partners in across your assigned state(s)/region (70%)
- Partner Success and Goal Achievement: Drive the achievement of OLN goals across partner districts by fostering strong relationships with district leadership, ensuring alignment with district/state priorities, and providing consistent, tailored coaching. This includes tracking progress and making adjustments as needed to meet targets.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making and Continuous Improvement: Enhance the capacity of both partners and the internal team to use data effectively to drive continuous improvement. This includes tracking key metrics and facilitating regular improvement cycles leading to measurable postsecondary readiness growth
- Program Innovation and System-Level Improvements: Develop and implement innovative models and resources that drive student outcomes and district-wide improvements. This includes facilitating cross-district collaboration, facilitating and supporting the design of OneGoal’s system-level program innovations (e.g., Diagnostic), and supporting adopting new models, such as the Classroom Model, within partner districts.
- Expand & retain strategic partnerships (10%)
- Strategic Partner Management & Retention: Focus on maintaining strong relationships with current partner districts through proactive, high-quality engagement and regular health assessments to secure renewals and ensure existing partnerships remain strong
- Partnership Development & Innovation: Expand and strengthen the network through collaboration, support & engaging in pitch calls to expand Leadership Network’s reach
- Support the quality and ongoing evolution of the Systems Level team and offerings (20%)
- Leadership & Strategic Collaboration: Lead or actively participate in key working groups (e.g., P&G Supports, Design Working Group) to drive cross-functional initiatives that align with organizational goals.
- Operational Excellence & Data Management: Maintain rigorous standards for tracking and reporting (e.g., travel bookings, expenses, coaching logs) to support efficient operations and informed decision-making.
The Postsecondary Leadership Coach is likely to see himself/herself/themselves in the following examples, as they are designed to help you determine if this opportunity aligns with your own passion, purpose, skills, and experiences.
You build the capacity of others.
- You recruit, engage, develop, and retain talented, diverse team members
- You believe in empowering others where you can, as opposed to doing it all yourself
- You have multiple strategies to coach your team with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to improve the design of our system impact service offerings
- You backwards plan team goals, strategies and benchmarks and manage progress accordingly
- You provide direction, ongoing feedback, and support to enable your team’s collective ability to reach its goals
You are a champion of adult learning principles.
- You take a problem-centered approach to support adult learning
- You develop multiple ways to have adults practice a new skill or concept in the design of professional learning and coaching sessions
- You narrowly focus your support around a discrete set of objectives because you know adults must master one concept before moving onto the next
You are a strong communicator and relationship-builder.
- You are a people person and you know that clear and consistent communication is important to maintaining and building relationships. You build rapport and maintain engaging relationships with all of your stakeholders, including our staff. You consider the perspectives of others as you craft your communication and your solutions to problems.
- You are willing to bring in the voice and perspective of partners to our internal team deliberations
You are a planner and an operator.
- You are a strong planner and are constantly assessing your priorities to manage diverse projects, competing deadlines, and unexpected requests. You have experience managing a large number of requests and completing those projects on time and with quality.
- You have the ability to break-down and sequence projects into manageable pieces for yourself and others.
- While you are process-oriented, you are not discouraged when things don’t go as planned because you’ve built contingency plans and are excited by problem solving.
You are a learner
- You identify ways to engage in rapid cycles of improvement (test-iterate) to learn what parts of our new products/supports are working well, and which of those need improvement through data-driven decisions.
- You strive to fix areas that are not working.
- You use data (quantitative and qualitative) to make short- and long-term improvements and to inform future analysis and learnings.
- Your decisions are grounded in what is best for Fellows and the educators striving to support them
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Associate’s Degree (Required)
- 3+ years of school or district leadership [administrator/counselor/central office leader] experience (Required)
- Experience with data systems and tools (i.e Naviance, Xello, Schoolinks, PowerBI, Infinite Campus, Skyward) (Preferred)
- Ability to travel ~5-8 days every month (approximately 20-35% of the time)
- Familiarity and knowledge of and experience with postsecondary systems and structure in your assigned region [eg. FASFAs, common application, NSC etc.] (Required)
- Outstanding interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills
Thinking Of Applying?
Research shows that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you are excited about the role and see connection with what we are looking for, but don’t meet every single requirement, we’d encourage you to apply anyway.
Our Team
Guided by a clear set of core values and beliefs, you will join an impressive group of more than 200 OneGoal staff across the country who believe in the untapped potential within students. The OneGoal team challenges themselves and others to regularly ask, “Is there a better way?” You believe in an inclusive and culturally competent society and the essence of our commitment to diversity and inclusion. We believe that in order to create the change we seek, each person we hire brings a remarkable and diverse set of experiences, skills and characteristics that individually and collectively, will contribute to the radical change needed to move us towards a more equitable and just nation.
The Tangible Good
OneGoal offers competitive compensation based on the market for nonprofits our size. Our benefits package* includes: over eight weeks of paid time off (or 43 business days), between vacation days, wellness time, and holidays; paid medical or parental leaves should you have need; medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance; as well as a 401(k) with a 3% match.
We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, OneGoal does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the hiring process.
*OneGoal reserves the right to change benefits at any time according to business need.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit an application or to participate in the application or interview process, please reach out to our Human Assets Team to request an accommodation. Our Human Assets Team can be contacted at 773-321-2630 or [email protected].
OneGoal is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of actual or perceived sex, race, color, ancestry, citizenship, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability (mental or physical), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, parenthood, genetic characteristic or information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.