Executive Director of the Education Insights Center
Job no: 541966
Work type: Management (MPP)
Location: Sacramento
Categories: MPP, Administrative, At-Will, Full Time, Telecommute eligible (work onsite as scheduled and/or as requested and telecommute as scheduled)
Working Title: Executive Director of the Education Insights Center (EdInsights)
Classification Title: Administrator II
Position Summary
The Executive Director of EdInsights, a self-supporting center, reports to the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies and is responsible for leading all areas of operation while ensuring the quality and integrity of the center’s purpose, vision, and services. The director provides direct oversight of the Center and its projects, grants and contracts, budget, and personnel, while adhering to campus and university auxiliary policies. The director leads efforts to secure funding through grants, partnerships, and other sources. The director will work with the dean to ensure the strategic planning, visioning, and direction of EdInsights is in alignment with the mission, priorities, and needs of the CSU system and broader educational community.
FLSA: Exempt (Not eligible for overtime compensation)
Anticipated Hiring Range: $12,000 per month - $12,500 per month
CSU Classification Salary Range: $4,812 per month - $15,449 per month
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public policy/administration, education, educational psychology, educational leadership, economics, political science, sociology, or other fields requiring statistical analysis and social science research.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- At least ten years of advanced professional and/or research experience in a self-supported/funded community, academic, non-profit, consulting, research or related settings, with at least five of those years in a leadership/management role incorporating education policy, research or evaluation, and/or professional learning.
- Demonstrated initiative in the development and implementation of business planning and strategic visioning and direction for an equity-focused organizational unit.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing research, evaluation, and/or professional learning efforts that advance equitable student success.
- Demonstrated commitment to working with minoritized student populations, with examples of applied work that has advanced anti-racist approaches to education policymaking and practice through operations, programming, and planning.
- Experience with equity-minded supervision, management and successful development of diverse personnel across a broad range of classifications and consultants.
- Record of accomplishment of successful fundraising and stewarding of funder relationships, and experience overseeing grants, contracts, including state and non-state funding from inception/acquisition through timely completion.
- Demonstrated success in the strategic financial management of a department or other unit.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and oral communication skills in a variety of internal and external settings.
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituents and interests across sectors.
- Broad understanding and knowledge of contemporary California’s K-12 and higher education systems, policies, and issues.
- Commitment to maintaining a welcoming and inclusive work environment with diverse colleagues and constituents.
Conditions of Employment:
Ability to successfully pass a background check.
Documents Needed to Apply:
Resume, cover letter, and diversity statement.
Diversity Prompt: How will your work as a leader contribute to a culture of inclusion, equity and diversity within the workplace and across the programs you oversee? Please provide examples of your experience working to promote anti-racism. (500 word limit)
Equal Employment Opportunity: California State University, Sacramento is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Advertised: August 27, 2024 (9:10 AM) Pacific Daylight Time
Applications close: Open Until Filled