Lead Associate, Early Education, Northern California (P2)

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world's hardest-to-reach places - over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you're creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our contribution to a full cradle-to-career continuum is focused on the early years, birth through elementary school; and our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities.

Save the Children is seeking a Lead Associate, Early Education based in Northern California. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring programs are implemented effectively and achieve results for the youngest children we work with, prenatal to age five. Working on-site and remotely, you will provide training, technical assistance, and management support to a portfolio of program partners. This includes overseeing program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at your assigned partner sites. You will report directly to the Assistant State Director and will work collaboratively with state and national colleagues to continuously improve our programmatic work across the state.

Remote - Northern California

• Provide support to home visitors to ensure high quality implementation of programs according to established This will be conducted through in-person and remote training; maximizing the use of technology to do so.
• Train program staff in various areas including child development, observation and assessment, data collection, and home This position will also help identify professional development opportunities, internally and externally, to support program staff's continuous learning.
• Train, develop, coach, lead, and support program staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission and supports Save the Children values.
• Visit each assigned site in compliance with the program model to conduct observation, coaching, and Complete detailed site visit reports and regularly share observations with program staff, site supervisors, and Save the Children State Leads.
• Play a lead role in developing/providing appropriate follow-up materials, reflective conversations, and other necessary support to Early Childhood Coordinators (ECC) through distance technologies between site visits.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date data collection and reporting for each assigned
• Consult with Save the Children's assigned National Kindergarten Readiness Advisor about program questions and needs.
• Regularly communicate with the State Director, Assistant State Director and Kindergarten Readiness Advisor about program implementation challenges and successes and how to resolve complex issues.
  
  

• Support the State Director and Assistant State Director with identification and assessment of new sites in Northern California.
• Provide new sites with start-up support including but not limited to hiring and training program staff, technical assistance, acquiring technology and program materials, and Partner Portal usage.
• Support the State Director and Assistant State Director with partner management including, but not limited to, annual partner planning, subaward budget and spending, grant budgets and reports, annual district/site stakeholder meetings, partnership performance management, sponsorship, and emergency/disaster communication and reporting.
• Meet regularly with each site
• Ensure timely and accurate incident reporting and necessary follow-
  
  

• Support State Director and Assistant State Director, and program partners as appropriate, with local, regional, and state community engagement activities, community partnerships/coalitions, and state level
• Support the State Director and Assistant State Director with local, regional, and state program presentations.
• Support program partners with media and donor opportunities to highlight Save the Children programs.
  
  

• Participate in National Save the Children Lead Associate calls, meetings, and
• Coordinate with other California-based Lead Associate, School Age Programs to ensure continuity of programs across the state.
• Stay current on relevant national standards and best
• Share knowledge and experience with the national program team and Kindergarten Readiness Lead Associate colleagues.
• Participate in national program team projects and US Programs work
• Provide stories from the field to national
• Support State Director and Assistant State Director with VIP visits and other duties as assigned.
  
  

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience delivering early childhood education programs.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, retain and nurture long term partnerships with external partners including schools, district, community-based organizations, tribal groups, among others.
• Working knowledge of financial and subgrant management
• Proven interpersonal communication and public speaking skills, with demonstrated ability to convey clear understanding of issues related to poverty in rural communities.
• Existing knowledge of regional stakeholders, collaboratives, coalitions, and decision-makers in the primary education sector Northern California.
• Residency in Northern California
• Willingness and ability to travel within Northern California up to 60% of the time
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

This position may require the incumbent to operate a motor vehicle to fulfill certain essential functions of the job. The incumbent should maintain a valid driver's license and remain in compliance with any Save the Children policies pertaining to the safe operation of motor vehicles.

• A Bachelor's degree in a field related to early childhood development and education with an emphasis on infant/toddler development.
• Home visiting experience with families with infants and toddlers.
• Experience in training, coaching, and mentoring others in-person and remote/virtual.
• Knowledge of the Parents as Teachers Model
  
  

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $72,250 - $80,750 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $65,450 - $73,150 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $59,500 - $66,500 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

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Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

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