Washington, DC or Philadelphia 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:
We envision this role to be directly involved in developing messages and strategies that help communicate the work of The Yass Prize and the Center for Education Reform far and wide throughout the nation while amplifying the work of The Yass Prize alumni. The role will encompass working directly with senior leadership on developing a Yass Prize policy agenda that connects to various state efforts across the country.
Responsibilities include:
Policy & Promotion.
- Execution of The Yass Prize related policy agenda
- Support CEO and EVP on policy efforts to connect The Yass Prize work to state efforts
- External outreach & promotion for The Yass Prize to education and policy groups, colleagues, and any other key stakeholders
- Take the lead on the road show effort, including being a point person on the planning for leadership
- Formal outreach efforts to secure national exposure on behalf of alumni
- Marketing to external groups and organizations to maximize exposure
Yass Prize Alumni Engagement & Communications
- Work to place alumni in speaking positions and manage/stage their activities when they travel on our behalf
- Manage the creation and execution of the cohort parent database
- Coordination of communications work and efforts among the team, including efforts around gathering collateral (including photos and videos) during Yass Prize events
- Working with the Digital team to ensure the effective use of materials on the website and social media platforms
- Writing and promoting Yass Prize stories following all events
- Manage daily news clips and coordinate promotional emails
- Additional event coordination support and logistics
- Management of creative assets, promotion of press, people
Key attributes of this position
- Leadership acumen
- Driven, entrepreneurial, personable, and tenacious
- Experienced managing complex projects and people
- Comfortable and confident in working with and around policy and media
- Communicates and coordinates exceptionally with team members
- Highly proficient in all 21st-century technologies and office applications
- Passionate about education transformation
- Conscientious about deliverables and continually striving to excel
- Adaptable, flexible, innovative, and creative
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Qualifications
- 8-10 years of experience working in communications-related roles
- Incredibly well-organized
- Strong time management skills
- Bachelor’s degree /Master's in a business-focussed area a plus
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000 depending on years of experience, accomplishment, and performance
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Retirement
- Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time