National Policy Learning Manager

National Policy Learning Manager Hiring Manager: Jill McLaughlin Location: Remote; no more than 10% travel Application Deadline: Rolling Role Tier: 3 - ManagerAbout UsOur nation’s education system is leaving millions of students—including an overwhelming number of students of color and low-income students—unprepared for college, career, and life. Research shows that classroom teachers are the single most important in-school factor in improving student achievement, and we believe a truly thriving teaching profession requires educator voice and leadership. We work to build durable teacher power, especially with those who have been historically excluded from decision-making, to shape the systems and policies that define education. Founded by public school teachers, Educators for Excellence is a growing movement of nearly 40,000 educators working together to build a high-quality, diverse teaching profession with the resources and conditions necessary to help every student thrive. Together, we research and develop educator-informed solutions, build teacher power, and advocate for policy change at the district, state, and national levels.What We DoOur work is grounded in the belief that the teaching profession is one of the most vital forces shaping our shared future - and that educators must be at the center of shaping the policies and systems that define public education. We focus on developing teacher leadership and power to drive issue advocacy campaigns that shape policy, contracts, and the national conversation. To achieve our vision for transforming the teaching profession, we advance and support the implementation of a focused set of policy solutions backed by research and educators. Our agenda focuses on achieving a high-quality, diverse workforce through:Building strong and sustainable career pathways.Creating coherent systems of instructional support.Funding public schools fully and equitably.By building durable teacher power, teachers unite as a collective force to drive lasting change and advance an equitable, sustainable public education system where every student has the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.The OpportunityEducators for Excellence (E4E) is seeking a National Policy Learning Manager to shape how our staff and teacher leaders understand, engage with, and act on education policy. This role will build and maintain deep expertise on E4E's core policy issues and research base, design learning experiences that grow the policy knowledge and skills of staff and teacher leaders, and ground E4E’s issue campaigns in the research and context necessary to drive change. They will lead E4E's National Teacher Leader Council advisory board, shaping the structure and programming that allows teachers from across the country to inform our organizational strategy and policy positions.This is an ideal role for someone who is energized by making complex policy accessible and actionable and is as comfortable designing a training curriculum as they are analyzing legislation. The right candidate is a skilled policy analyst, program manager, and adult learning facilitator who believes that teacher voice should be at the center of the decisions that shape the profession.Responsibilities - In this role, you willServe as an internal policy expert and key advisorBuild and maintain deep policy subject matter expertise on E4E’s core issues and serve as the go-to resource for staff across the organizationKeep staff current on the latest research, national landscape shifts, and policy developments relevant to our issue agendaContinually refine E4E’s issue agenda based on emerging research, policy windows, and teacher perspectiveSocialize E4E’s national issue agenda, building awareness of its content and ensuring campaign activities stay tightly alignedPartner with the National Communications Manager to develop accurate and compelling messaging on our core policy issues that holds up under scrutinyDrive the policy learning of staffCo-create the model for ongoing policy knowledge and skill building across E4E staff—including the creation of cross-chapter, issue-based learning communities—in partnership with the National Director of Policy and Strategic InitiativesDevelop and execute the content for issue-based learning communities and other internal policy training, setting a high bar for engagement and rigorBuild and maintain a bank of policy templates and trainings that equip local campaign staff to independently assess their own policy environments and execute their own policy deliverables Track the growth of policy knowledge, skills, and mindsets in E4E staff over time to continuously improve learning opportunities Drive the policy learning of teachers, including by leading the National Teacher Leader Council (NTLC)Lead the planning, coordination, and facilitation of E4E’s key national advisory board of teachers from across the country, the NTLC, building and maintaining the structure for them to shape E4E’s org