Partner, Network Impact

We seek an exceptional, dynamic and visionary leader to join the LearnerStudio as a founding Partner, Network Impact. The Partner, Network Impact will be a central executive team member, playing a critical leadership role in conceptualizing and actualizing a cohesive, shared strategic vision that bridges across differences and drives systemic change in education.  In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in building a network of networks among and across a diverse group of organizations and leaders, including system leaders, policy influencers, innovators, educators, parents, and students.  You will engage diverse stakeholders, facilitating coherence and collective problem-solving. Working through ambiguity, the Partner, Network Impact will create a sense of direction and clarity by amplifying innovation, fostering collaboration, synthesizing new insights, and generating learnings that will help shape the future of learning and accelerate progress toward an equitable learner-centered education system. The Partner, Network Impact will report to and work in close collaboration and partnership with the CEO and other senior leaders across teams to optimize overall organizational impact and external systems change progress. This is a fast-paced and highly dynamic role, with a significant volume of internal and external interaction.

• Ecosystem Strategy and Development: Refine and lead the overall ecosystem development strategy to accelerate the future of learning and create a shared, cohesive vision for collaborative paradigm change in a highly fragmented landscape. Refine, develop and execute strategies and initiatives that align with LearnerStudio’s mission and goals to foster collaboration, trust, and knowledge-sharing towards systems change.
• Develop and Cultivate a Powerful Network of Networks: Proactively cultivate, nurture, and grow our existing ecosystem and strategic coalitions by identifying and engaging with a diverse array of individuals, organizations, networks and coalitions, including industry partners, system leaders, educators, learners, families, and funders - to accelerate momentum and expand allies. Cultivate trusting relationships, shared spaces, and partnerships that bridge differences. Foster collaboration, deep engagement, agency, resource-sharing, collective problem-solving, and alignment towards the co-creation of a shared vision of the future-ready education system we need.
• Impactful Convening Design and Facilitation: Lead the design, planning, and facilitation of engaging in-person, virtual, and asynchronous ecosystem initiatives (ex. design groups, working groups, communities of practice, extreme teams, and convenings) to facilitate knowledge exchange, capacity building, and surfacing actionable insights.  Craft and use thoughtful communication and engagement strategies to facilitate a diverse group of stakeholders through ambiguity into a sense of clarity/direction. Foster a culture of continuous learning, trust, collaboration, and adaptation.
• Expand Future-Ready Allies, Funders, Partners: Through strategic partnerships, collaborative opportunities and relationship building, proactively “expand the pie” of allies, funders and partners who are needed in this critical future-ready systems change work. Create the necessary content, primers and conversations to invite new people and organizations into this work.
• Program Development and Enhancement: Drive the evolution and enhancement of programs within the innovation ecosystem by identifying new opportunities, designing initiatives, and implementing best practices. Continuously assess initiative effectiveness and iterate on components to maximize impact. Develop and implement comprehensive impact measurement frameworks and metrics to assess and evaluate impact. Use generated insights to refine, adjust, and improve initiatives and maximize their impact.
• Thought Leadership and Research: Stay at the forefront of social impact and change trends, emerging tech and innovations, and best practices in systems change strategies. Surface and gather diverse forms of information, knowledge, and data on topics critical to education systems change to help answer learning questions and support regular reflections and conversations. Represent the org at relevant industry events/conferences.
• Team Development and Management: Lead and mentor members of the ecosystem team, fostering their professional growth and creating a high-performing team and culture. Delegate responsibilities as appropriate, set clear performance and quality expectations, and ensure effective collaboration across the team. Recruit and onboard new team members as needed.