Executive Director of the Education Insights Center
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Executive Director of the Education Insights Center

Job no: 541966 Work type: Management (MPP) Location: Sacramento Categories: MPP, Administrative, At-Will, Full Time, Telecommute eligible (work onsite as scheduled and/or as requested and telecommute as scheduled)

Working Title: Executive Director of the Education Insights Center (EdInsights)

Classification Title: Administrator II

Priority Application Deadline: Tuesday, September 17th @ 11:55pm PST (Posting will remain open until filled)

Position Summary: The Executive Director of EdInsights, a self-supporting center, reports to the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies and is responsible for leading all areas of operation while ensuring the quality and integrity of the center's purpose, vision, and services. The director provides direct oversight of the Center and its projects, grants and contracts, budget, and personnel, while adhering to campus and university auxiliary policies. The director leads efforts to secure funding through grants, partnerships, and other sources. The director will work with the dean to ensure the strategic planning, visioning, and direction of EdInsights is in alignment with the mission, priorities, and needs of the CSU system and broader educational community.

FLSA: Exempt (Not eligible for overtime compensation)

Anticipated Hiring Range: $12,000 per month - $12,500 per month

CSU Classification Salary Range: $4,812 per month - $15,449 per month

The Education Insights Center (EdInsights) is a self-supporting unit of California State University, Sacramento. Established in 2001 as the Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy and renamed in 2015, EdInsights is committed to research, evaluation, and capacity building related to practice and policy with the goal of continually improving student success. The work of the Center focuses on creating equitable opportunities and outcomes for California's diverse student population as students navigate into and through our systems of higher education in California, with a focus on California community colleges and four-year public universities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in public policy/administration, education, educational psychology, educational leadership, economics, political science, sociology, or other fields requiring statistical analysis and social science research.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• At least ten years of advanced professional and/or research experience in a self-supported/funded community, academic, non-profit, consulting, research or related settings, with at least five of those years in a leadership/management role incorporating education policy, research or evaluation, and/or professional learning.
• Demonstrated initiative in the development and implementation of business planning and strategic visioning and direction for an equity-focused organizational unit.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing research, evaluation, and/or professional learning efforts that advance equitable student success.
• Demonstrated commitment to working with minoritized student populations.
• Experience with equity-minded supervision and management.
• Record of accomplishment of successful fundraising and stewarding of funder relationships.
• Demonstrated success in the strategic financial management of a department or other unit.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse constituents.
• Broad understanding and knowledge of contemporary California's K-12 and higher education systems, policies, and issues.
• Commitment to maintaining a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

Conditions of Employment: Ability to successfully pass a background check.

Documents Needed to Apply: Resume, cover letter, and diversity statement.

Diversity Prompt: How will your work as a leader contribute to a culture of inclusion, equity and diversity within the workplace and across the programs you oversee, as well as with the constituents you'll engage with? Please provide examples of your experience working to promote anti-racism. (500 word limit)

Equal Employment Opportunity: California State University, Sacramento is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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