Senior Manager of District Partnerships, East

Who we are

The News Literacy Project, founded in 2008, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a national movement to ensure that all students are guaranteed to be skilled in news literacy before high school graduation, giving them the knowledge and ability to participate in civic society as well-informed, critical thinkers. NLP is the country’s leading provider of news literacy education and works with districts and educators in all 50 states, primarily through our signature e-learning platform, Checkology®, and weekly educator newsletter, The Sift®. To read more about the organization and our plans, visit our website.

Where you fit in

The News Literacy Project empowers educators to teach middle and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. We are at an exciting inflection point for our work, and we are making critical investments to rapidly scale our growth and impact. To that end, we are seeking a Senior Manager of District Partnerships, East who can expand our partnership with Clever into a broader portfolio of strategic district partnerships across key East Coast states. This is a great opportunity for you to join an ambitious organization and support every aspect of its educator partnership growth efforts nationwide. We’re looking for someone who can have an immediate and meaningful impact on our work, is unafraid to collaborate with strategic district decision-makers and has the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 

This position reports to Senior Vice President of Educator Engagement.

About the position

As a member of NLP’s educator engagement team, you will execute the organization’s district-level outreach plans and foster partnerships with districts while expanding NLP awareness in the territory assigned. You will directly oversee communication, onboarding and implementation of the NLP partnership strategy, designed to expand and strengthen district partnerships.

Specifically, in this job, you will:

• Develop and manage 30-50 district partnerships in key states.
• Set a strategy for individual district partnerships based on districts’ implementation priorities.
• Oversee partner onboarding for the use of NLP resources via Clever and free professional development services.
• Track progress and share information to assist districts in achieving goals.
• Maintain partnerships database, tracking details and status of district and state-level partners.
• Prepare presentations and workshops for conferences and other training opportunities.
• Take on other educator engagement activities as assigned by the SVP.

This full-time position is virtual. Highly qualified candidates who live in, and are authorized to work in, the United States are encouraged to apply.

About you

This position will directly impact many thousands of educators and hundreds of thousands of students in schools across the country and plays a pivotal role in shaping and achieving our organizational strategy. As the Senior Manager of District Partnerships, East, you will partner with the Senior Vice President of Educator Engagement to execute the organization’s district-level outreach plans and foster partnerships with districts while expanding NLP awareness in the territory assigned. You will directly oversee communication, onboarding and implementation of the NLP partnership strategy, designed to expand and strengthen district partnerships. While we do not expect candidates to meet all qualifications, the successful candidate will have all or most of the following:

• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of seven years of professional experience in a K-12 education setting.
• A demonstrated ability to lead virtual and in-person product demonstrations and trainings to both district leaders and classroom educators. 
• Familiarity with a variety of learning resources, both digital and analog. 
• Computer skills that include the Microsoft Office suite (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel). 
• Experience and comfort with working in a virtual work environment (in terms of both technology tools and personal skills). 
• Ability to do more with less, making the most of limited resources and staff capacity to achieve ambitious results. 
• Ability to travel nationwide (up to 30% time during peak meeting season). 

Our Hiring Process

Candidates selected to participate will be asked to complete a skills assessment (1-2 hours) and up to three rounds of virtual interviews (2-3 hours total). Interviews are conducted one-on-one and in group settings.

Finalists will be asked to provide references.

The News Literacy Project welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. We offer equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons and prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service or other protected status.

We deeply value diversity in the workplace and strongly believe that a diverse team enriches our organization and strengthens our ability to realize our mission (read/print NLP’s Organizational Values [PDF] and Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [PDF]).