Washington, DC with potential for remote

Organization: The Center for Education Reform (CER) on behalf of the Yass Prize.

About The Yass Prize:

The Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education celebrates the country’s education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. In addition to the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides more than $10 million in additional support to honor educators who achieve excellence. The Yass Prize is administered through the Center for Education Reform and works in tandem to ensure exceptional execution of all efforts that advance the STOP principles.

About the role:

The Digital Media Manager is responsible for managing all digital media content for the organization – including but not limited to social media platforms, e-newsletters, and all other online communication. This role will report to the Senior Communications Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage digital communications content, including social media, e-newsletters, press releases, presentations and other communications as assigned. Collaborate with leadership and consultants, where indicated, on design and messaging.
• Develop and distribute social and web communications (text, podcast and video) and ad campaigns as well as track and optimize performance/engagement metrics.
• Track the success of campaigns and identify options for ongoing improvement and strengthening of engagement and optimization of target metrics.
• Establish relationships with key influencers on social media.
• Manage all social media properties, including overseeing social media campaign
  schedules.
• Inform teams as well as act on important, relevant news
• Assist CER with weekly newsletters.
• Other duties as assigned.

Key attributes of this position

• Exceptional oral and written communication and proofing skills.
• Able to write and direct the creation and distribution of compelling materials.
• Comfortable and confident in working with high-level media.
• Proactive in bringing PR plans to life and have excellent relationships with reports.
• Communicate and coordinate exceptionally with team members.
• Be highly proficient in all 21st-century technologies and office applications.
• Entrepreneurial, personable, and tenacious.
• Passionate about education transformation.
• Conscientious about deliverables and continually striving to excel.
• Adaptable, flexible, innovative, and creative.
• Able to work with urgency in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in social sciences, or English.
• 3 – 5 years of experience desired in a fast-paced environment, preferred media relations experience, and/or experience within a political/public policy setting.
• Strong background in writing, copy editing, and media relations.
• Experience developing communications using online marketing platforms including but not limited to Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Campaign Monitor, Facebook Business Manager, Twitter Ads, Buffer, YouTube, WordPress, HTML, PowerPoint, and Cision.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $80,000-100,000 depending on years of experience, accomplishment and performance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Retirement
• Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time

Washington, DC

Organization: The Center for Education Reform (CER) on behalf of the Yass Prize.

About The Yass Prize:

The Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education celebrates the country’s education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. In addition to the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides more than $10 million in additional support to honor educators who achieve excellence. The Yass Prize is administered through the Center for Education Reform and works in tandem to ensure exceptional execution of all efforts that advance the STOP principles.

About the role:

The Research Associate for Operations plays a critical role in helping to support the organization’s overall, day-to-day activities, from events and technology to systems and grant-making. This individual will have experience and affinity for managing data and be strong in organizational and time management. The position reports report directly to the Vice President of Finance and Operations.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting in event management from ideation to completion
• Developing and executing written communications
• Support grants management
• Editing and proofreading
• Synthesize and report on data, including summarizing for use by leadership
• Research a variety of needs and information that assist with overall programs and operations
• Operate databases
• Manage certain kinds of data collection and metrics

Key attributes of this position

• Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple administrative duties with accuracy and excellence
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to analyze and synthesize information concisely
• Highly proficient with technology and various programs including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and social media platforms.
• Excellent time management skills, with an ability to take the initiative, work independently, and meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to analyze and execute plans based on data

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree plus 1-3 years of experience in basic research duties
• An interest in education and public policy issues and passionate for education transformation

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range – $60,000-90,000, depending on experience
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Retirement
• Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time

Washington, DC with potential for remote

Organization: The Center for Education Reform (CER) on behalf of the Yass Prize.

About The Yass Prize:

The Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education celebrates the country’s education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. In addition to the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides more than $10 million in additional support to honor educators who achieve excellence. The Yass Prize is administered through the Center for Education Reform and works in tandem to ensure exceptional execution of all efforts that advance the STOP principles.

About the role:

The Senior Communications Manager is responsible for managing all public relations efforts for the organization, coordinating everything from media relations to internal, external and online communications. This role will report to the CEO and supervise the Digital Media Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• Plan and execute the production of the organization’s print and digital collateral (newsletters, awardee stories, media releases, web copy, and e-communications). Interact with awardees for story development
• Manage and execute the email communications and conduct media outreach for The Yass Prize and CER. Manage all writing and editing of content for print and digital collateral.
• Develop and steward relationships with media, identify media opportunities, and conduct outreach.
• Manage daily newsclips.
• Support development of PR effort around Yass Prize events, including script
  development and awardee engagement.
• Support communication and promotion of national Yass Prize campaigns.
• Provide content and graphic design support for all uses and outlets.
• Manage issue advocacy work in tandem with other team members.

Key attributes of this position

• Exceptional oral and written communication and proofing skills
• Able to write and direct the creation and distribution of compelling materials
• Comfortable and confident in working with high-level media
• Proactive in bringing PR plans to life and have excellent relationships with reports
• Communicate and coordinate exceptionally with team members
• Be highly proficient in all 21st-century technologies and office applications
• Entrepreneurial, personable, and tenacious
• Passionate about education transformation
• Conscientious about deliverables and continually striving to excel
• Adaptable, flexible, innovative, and creative
• Able to work with urgency in a busy environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in social sciences, or English
• 3 – 5 years of experience desired in a fast-paced environment
• Strong background in writing, copy editing, and media relations
• Experience developing communications using online marketing platforms
• Strong background in project management, event organization and execution

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $100,000 – $145,000 depending on years of experience, accomplishment and performance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Retirement
• Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time

East Coast

Organization: The Center for Education Reform (CER) on behalf of the Yass Prize.

About The Yass Prize:

The Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education celebrates the country’s education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. In addition to the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides more than $10 million in additional support to honor educators who achieve excellence. The Yass Prize is administered through the Center for Education Reform and works in tandem to ensure exceptional execution of all efforts that advance the STOP principles.

About the role:

The Senior Program Manager serves as grant manager for and the primary liaison with all Yass Prize and STOP Award alumni – developing, sustaining and strengthening relationships for and on behalf of alumni. The ideal candidate will be a proven, critical and analytical thinker, a person who takes initiative but understands how to follow established processes and systems, highly proficient with technology and able to multi-task without effort. The position reports to the Vice President of the Yass Prize.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for STOP alumni, which includes developing, sustaining, and strengthening relationships for and on behalf of the alumni through in-person and online methods.
• Manage, improve and handle in full the STOP Alumni grants process.
• Track progress, promote impact of the work and ensure organizational accountability.
• Promote and manage all social and traditional media outreach related to the STOP alumni, including collaborations, activities, and updates.
• This includes ensuring the team produces alumni updates for STOP properties,
  including website and promotional materials.
• Leverage STOP alumni to help with application efforts, including serving as panelists, traveling for events, and giving them resources to promote their networks
• Serve as a resource for STOP alumni concerning laws and policies around school choice, charter approval, etc.
• Build a strategic vision around regional STOP collaborations (i.e., “STOP inspiration visits”) that work to connect STOP alumni, promote new and existing collaborations, and serve as inspiration for potential applicants and the benefactors of the foundation.

Key attributes of this position

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Able to write and speak publicly
• Communicate and coordinate exceptionally with team members
• Be highly proficient in all 21st-century technologies and office applications
• Entrepreneurial, personable, and tenacious
• Passionate about education transformation
• Conscientious about deliverables and continually striving to excel,
• Adaptable, flexible, innovative, and creative
• Able to work with urgency in a busy environment

Qualifications

• Higher education degree required
  Previous alumni leadership, philanthropic or foundation experience a plus
• Adept at research analysis, processes/system management, and strategic thinking
• Proven record of working under pressure and exhibiting professional discretion.
• Strong background in project management, event organization and execution

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range – $100,000 – $145,000 depending on experience.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Generous Retirement
• Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time

Interested? Send interest statement and resume to apply@edreform.com
More information can be found at yassprize.org and edreform.com.

About CER: Working to advance education innovation and opportunity for nearly 3 decades, the Center for Education Reform also today administers the $1 Million Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless Education which celebrates the country’s education provider which best demonstrates the STOP principles. In conjunction with the Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides over $16 million in support annually to honor educators who achieve excellence.

CER is an equal opportunity employer, especially committed to equal opportunity for all in education and life and fostering diversity in our workplaces. All applicants are encouraged to apply!