Regional Engagement Specialist (Part-time)

Position Summary

The Regional Engagement Specialist assists with proactively developing, growing, and retaining strategic, long-term partnerships with new and existing clients within an assigned geography or industry vertical. The Specialist works with and builds relationships with a select group of clients and prospective clients to ensure they receive professional, effective, and expert professional learning support while promoting the university’s mission, vision, and values. Through Harmony Curriculum and Harmony Professional Learning, provides a variety of professional learning opportunities that could include both foundational and deeper training on Harmony Curriculum, Harmony Professional Learning, academic integration, culture and equity, educator social and emotional learning (SEL), and more. Partners with colleagues to deliver ongoing expert consultation with districts and schools to ensure a strong implementation and commitment to Harmony Academy.

The Regional Engagement Specialist uses approved program resources to help build the capacity of clients both in onsite and online professional learning and coaching sessions; delivers train the trainer sessions and support the development of the internal, client-sponsored capacity to sustain program use; participates in account management activities to ensure strong implementation and commitment; demonstrates professionalism and qualities consistent with social and emotional competencies as conveyed by Harmony Academy. Additionally, may utilize modules, webinars, and other media to incorporate teaching and learning methodologies.

Essential Functions:

• Complete product certification and onboarding to ensure the correct processes are being followed and correct content delivery is maintained.
• Support expansion efforts within districts, schools, and organizations by providing high quality, comprehensive professional learning to promote their adoption and effective implementation of Harmony Curriculum and Harmony Professional Learning.
• Collaborate with districts, schools, and organizations to plan and execute plans to implement the program and to develop capacity to sustain implementation on an ongoing basis.
• Provide support to clients for the implementation of Harmony Curriculum and Harmony Professional Learning in collaboration with regional staff.
• Execute professional learning and coaching to assigned districts and organizations as established within the National University (NU) and Harmony Academy partnerships.
• Coach and/or mentor using a range of strategies to build confidence and competency in instructional coaches, teachers, and administrators. 
• Establish strong partnership relationships with assigned clients including administrators, teachers and staff.
• Collaborate with full-time Implementation Specialists, Account Executives, Account Managers, and/or Client Success throughout the client onboarding and implementation process to ensure a high quality and standardized approach to professional learning engagements, ensuring quality follow up and communication with clients.
• Maintain accurate records of professional learning delivery and account management metrics, including inputting and reviewing training data in Salesforce.
• Present content from a digital platform; guide and assist participants to access and work from a digital product.
• Participate as a subject matter expert in the development of professional learning products and resources.
• Use Microsoft Office product suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) to interact internally and to produce documents and reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Requirements:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, or a related field, required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant teaching experience required.
• Three (3) years of experience in adult learning (coaching, mentoring or training) experience required.
  • Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in educational publishing highly desirable.
• Project Management experience desirable.
• Experience in higher education preferred.
• Experience working in a technology-driven enterprise preferred.
• All skills, abilities and education will be considered for minimum qualifications.

Competencies/Technical/Functional Skills:

• Ability to understand, diagnose and plan for business issues, processes, structure, outcomes and profitability. Understands the implications of decision and actions, including a deep understanding of the overall big picture of the business; capable of taking an idea from concept to reality.
• Aptitude to drive towards achieving measurable and challenging goals to support organizational success. Demonstrate the ability to focus on achieving results consistent with the organization’s objectives.  As a leader, develops goals based on the organization’s vision, mission and strategic goals and objectives.
• Actively seeks opportunities to influence, build effective relationships and gain alignment with peers, functional partners and/or external partners to accomplish business objectives.
• Ability to sense others’ feelings and how they see things; taking an active interest in the concerns of others, pick up cues to what’s being felt and thought and sense unspoken emotions and respond accordingly. 
• Familiarity with Pre-K through high school, schools and community-based organizations for profit and non-profit sectors with a strong knowledge in child development.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to successfully communicate with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community making a positive impression in public forums. Ability to communicate competently orally and in writing, including public speaking, desirable.
• Advanced use of computers and Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and enterprise resource planning application software to generate well-formulated business reports.
• Able to work independently and foster a cooperative spirit within a large and/or small team of diverse cultures and across the organization at all levels, while working in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines and frequently changing priorities.

Location: Remote

Travel: Some Travel Required; up to 30% travel required.

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Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay rate commensurate with experience that vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies.  Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary within this range for this position. The minimum salary will be offered based on the minimum exemption threshold based on state of residency. Base pay is one component of National University’s total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the “whole you” with our holistic approach to employee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family.  For full details about our benefit plan offerings, please visit benefits.nu.edu. For Part-time benefits, please click here.

Compensation Range:

National University is committed to maintaining a high-quality, diverse workforce representative of the populations we serve. National University employs more than 5,000 faculty and staff and serves over 41,000 students. We are united in our mission to meet the global education demands of the 21st Century and are dedicated to creating a supportive academic and work environment that allows students, faculty and staff to develop their interests and talents while experiencing a sense of community and a commitment to diversity. With programs available both online and at our many campus locations, National University is a leader in creating innovative solutions to education and meeting the needs of our diverse student population, including adult learners and working professionals.

National University offers an opportunity to work in an innovative environment that supports diversity.

National University (NU) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant per applicable federal, state and local laws. At NU, a diverse mix of highly talented, innovative and creative people come together to make the impact of a lifetime for each of our student learners. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, education, and admission at National University. We are focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, color, ancestry, age, family care status, veteran status, marital status, creed, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and other legally protected group status.