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Program Strategy and Development: (30%)
Utilizes ECE's's Learning Design for Global Impact (LDGI) approach to ensure ideation, launch, testing and feedback while identifying and following promising practices.
Program Management: (20%)
At the direction of the VP, provides direction and progress monitoring for EDULab team initiatives in support of ECE strategy and Explorer projects.
Facilitates product ideation, operationalization of consultative services for Explorers, in alignment with cross-division work within ECE and the Society more broadly.
Supports ECE content strategy, focusing cycles for continuous improvement testing, impact research, monitoring and evaluation and scale where appropriate.
Contributes to the design and implementation of EDULab budgets and deliverables.
Skills Concentration: (25%)
Ideates and collaborates on the development and use of Explorer-focused resources across ECE and key collaborators Includes accessing strong field-based geographic, innovative education technology
Benefits
Vision insurance
Additional Information
How You'll Contribute
The National Geographic Society is an impact-driven global nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, exploration, education, and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. The Education and Community Engagement (ECE) division serves this mission by amplifying and extending the work of NGS explorers into classrooms and communities, helping educators and learners of all ages develop an Explorer Mindset and inspiring them to learn about, care for, and protect our world. The division seeks to help the world understand the importance of geography - seeing the connections, interdependencies, and patterns that shape human and natural systems on our planet.
In partnership with researchers, educators, community leaders and learners of all ages, National Geographic's ECE division works at the nexus of science and storytelling to push the boundaries of research and practice to improve scientific outcomes, drive new knowledge, and spark the attitudinal and behavioral shifts necessary for sustainable and resilient, longer-term conservation efforts.
To accomplish its goals and to extend reach and impact, the ECE division cultivates strategic partnerships; manages education-focused endowments, fellowships and grants; creates and disseminates education content and programs for Explorers and a K-16 audience domestically and internationally; connects Explorers to classrooms and communities; and engages youth in the mission by building immersive learning experiences and opportunities to connect with Explorers. These educational resources and experiences showcase a multiplicity of perspectives and are accessible on a continuum of no-low-high tech capacities at scale across the globe.
The Senior Director, EDULab will lead the team in infusing the attitudes, skills, and knowledge of NGS Explorers and their work into learning design solutions that help Explorers amplify their educational impact, and inspire educators, young people and global learning communities to take action to protect the wonder of our world. The EDULab works with and through the Education & Community Engagement division to serve Explorers, and through Explorers educators and strategic collaborators. The Senior Director manages and implements the strategic vision for EDULab within the context of the ECE division's learning content strategy, meeting the needs of a range of audiences who partner or collaborate with the Society.
This role reports to the VP, Content Dissemination & Explorer Experience, and supports ECE's content strategy by providing robust consultative services and partnerships with NG Explorers and ideation and production of high quality, accessible, and potentially scalable learning solutions . The Senior Director leads the EDULab team toward developing and disseminating the unique value NGS brings to the education field - Explorer-led content, immersive learning experiences, and a deep commitment to the agency of young people, educators, and global learning communities to take informed action on behalf of the planet. The Senior Director must maintain strong, collaborative, integrated working relationships within the ECE division under the leadership of the VP, with Explorers, other NGS divisions, and where appropriate external stakeholders to maximize the impact of the ECE division's work in service to the mission and vision of the Society.
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