Senior Program Officer, College Ready Work, Education

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The foundation\'s education work in the United States is focused on ensuring that all students graduate from high school ready for college. With our partners across the country, we have demonstrated that with the right opportunities, the most disadvantaged young people can achieve at high levels. Yet today, only 71 percent of students earn a high school diploma, fewer than six in 10 minority students graduate with their peers, and many graduates are unprepared for college. A core lesson from our work is that we need to dramatically accelerate academic performance to achieve results. We have set an ambitious goal for our work and investments: to help ensure that 80 percent of high school students graduate fully prepared for college, with a focus on low-income and minority young people reaching this target. The three main components of our college-ready plan support this goal: Focus on success at a higher level Empower excellent teachers Support and engage students JOB REQUIREMENTS: Reporting to the Deputy Director of College Ready Work (CRW), the Senior Program Officer works with the Education program to further develop and implement a strategy to identify, evaluate and seize new opportunities for giving by defining problems, developing and articulating potential solutions as well as conceptual frameworks, and presenting investment opportunities to foundation executives and co-chairs. S/he establishes and deepens partnerships and internal capabilities that support the Foundation\'s short and long term strategies, as well as manages a grant making portfolio of complex, high impact grants. The Senior Program Officer will: . Proactively identify and vet promising opportunities for giving; create a grant pipeline, and develop systems to scout for new opportunities. . Make recommendations about how we scale our strategy for our district work and innovative professional development work. . Create conceptual frameworks that will guide the team\'s work and target activities. . Collaborate with grantees to develop projects and define key outcomes and milestones that pilot, incubate, and robustly assess replicable approaches to support teachers in preparing students for college, such as the implementation of assessments through teacher networks, and the design and implementation of professional development strategies. . Consult with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants; conduct site visits, provide technical guidance, convene meetings of key stakeholders, and apply and evaluate milestone-based performance objectives. . Review letters of inquiry and grant proposals; provide recommendations for funding including drafting and editing proposal summaries for submission to the Foundation\'s Director of Education, President of US Programs, CEO, and Co-Chairs. . Manage internal processes and portfolio progress, while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting. . Track program, resource and public opinion shifts on key education issues related to college ready work. . Serve as a point of contact on portfolio-related issues for key stakeholders. . Write informative briefings and other materials on key issues for the Education team and foundation leadership. . Publicly represent the Foundation with broad stakeholders including both public and private entities, grantee organizations, other funders, universities, think tanks, and other valued partners.

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