Careers

Position Title: Education Manager 
Reports to:  Operations Director 
Location:  Oakland, CA and Remote Work

Position Description:

BizWorld is seeking an Education Manager who can help lead our team’s educational agenda and deliver on our mission by bringing knowledge, experience, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit to our programs, educators, partners and team. This critical position will serve as a BizWorld.org expert, spokesperson, teacher, trainer, and cheerleader -- spreading the word about the power of our project based learning programs.

Program/Curriculum Development

• Develops education-related materials, including the creation of new programs, revisions of current programming, extension activities, and customizes materials to meet the needs of different educational environments
• Field-tests new and current programs in the classroom, as needed
• Works in conjunction with others to develop new digital/interactive curriculum
• Creates and manages online tools for educators, parents, and students (including video tutorials, supplemental lesson plans/resources, etc.)
• Educates staff on educational trends and participates in continuing education/professional development to stay current
• Helps organization integrate important educational concepts into our work

Teacher and Partner Support

• Leads the teacher and volunteer trainings
• Leads teaching to students for events such as BizWorld Camps or community events
• Helps develop new educator relationships and deepen existing ones
• Serves as content expert, providing teacher support and answering questions
• Champions educator point of view with all staff and activities
• Builds and maintains new partnerships and alliances with educational organizations

Event Support

• Leverages educator relationships to identify and recruit schools and students for BizWorld.org events and success stories, and helps coordinate logistics with educators for implementation

Program Marketing

• Acts as educator spokesperson for our programs at events, conferences and other venues
• Creates presentations on BizWorld.org for education conferences and other relevant audiences

Qualifications:

• Experience as elementary and/or middle school teacher

• Curriculum development and project-based learning experience
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Relationship management skills
• Experience using Google Suite and other
• Experience with document sharing and virtual communication tools
• Knowledge of SalesForce a plus
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign a plus

Additional Expectations:

• Team player
• Creative
• Flexible and fun
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Works well in a fast-paced environment
• Responsive, and transparent in order to maintain an effective remote work schedule