Managing Director of Talent Development

KIPP Atlanta Schools
Newark, NJ
Category Human Resources
Job Description
Role Overview

The Managing Director of Talent Development is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and executing the organization's comprehensive talent development plan and strategy. This leader will own the vision, strategy and approach for how KIPPNJ-Miami prepares, develops and retains our exceptional teammates and for building the talent and succession planning infrastructure that ensures our pipeline of talent keeps pace with our growth and long-term organizational health.

What You Will Do

Develop and articulate a multi-year vision and strategy for talent development across the network, encompassing teacher and teacher leader pipelines, school leader and operations leader development, central office development, and talent planning. Lead and manage the talent development team who is charged with operationalizing a network-wide talent planning and succession framework for our teachers, leaders, operations teammates, as well as our central office team.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires a deep commitment to KIPP's mission and to educational equity. The ideal candidate will have a track record of building high-performing teams, designing and leading teacher preparation, teacher development, or school leadership development programs, and managing budgets and external vendor or partner relationships.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in K-12 education, with progressive leadership responsibility
  • Demonstrated experience designing and/or leading teacher preparation, teacher development, or school leadership development programs
  • Experience managing and developing staff with a track record of building high-performing teams
  • Experience with or strong conceptual grounding in talent planning, succession planning, or human capital strategy
  • Experience managing budgets and external vendor or partner relationships

Benefits

  • Robust benefits that include medical, dental, and vision
  • KIPP 403b retirement plan, including matching contributions
  • A school-issued laptop
  • Generous Time-Off Policy
  • Up to 12 weeks 100% parental leave for primary caregivers
  • Employer paid life insurance
  • Extensive optional ancillary benefits including, short term and long term disability and accident and hospital indemnity
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