Université Quisqueya, partnered with the Ministry of Education and AMURT-Haiti, came together in 2013 with a bold idea: leverage the strengths of diverse institutions to create a model for professional development for Haitian educators that is replicable, responsive and relevant. InnovEd-UniQ seeks to address the alarming “quality crisis” of Haiti’s education system through a scale-up model of in-service continuing education and certification programs focused on increasing educators’ and school leaders’ competence. InnovEd-UniQ’s approach employs a Hub and Spoke model decentralized throughout Haiti that drives dynamic and participative educational innovation in school networks.

Description

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Director will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for InnovEd's staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. She or he will initially develop deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and development plans.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Management:



Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.


Actively engage and energize volunteers, board members, event committees, partnering organizations, and funders.


Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; serve as ex-officio of each committee; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations as well as for the national rollout.

Lead, coach, develop, and retain InnovEd's leadership team



Fundraising & Communications:

Expand existing partnerships and fundraising activities to support program operations and expansion.

Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.

Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities.


Planning:


Design the expansion and complete the strategic planning process for the program expansion.


Begin to build partnerships in new areas, establishing relationships with the funders, and political and community leaders
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Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for regional and national replication.

Advanced degree (Masters, Doctorate), with at least 10 years of senior management experience; track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth
Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation
Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
Past success working with a Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships
Strong public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning
Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed