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Overview of the Opportunity
Associates present complex ideas to internal and external stakeholders and often serve as experts on various topics that contribute to the development and execution of client-facing deliverables.
The Associate will join the Effective Organizations & Investments team.
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The salary range for this position is $70,000 - $73,600. We typically set initial starting salaries between the market minimum and the 25th percentile of the pay range to ensure there is room for growth over time.
Employees living in the following locations are eligible for a location-based supplement : Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Denver, Hoboken NJ, Houston, Los Angeles, Madison, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle.
About Education First
Education First is a mission-driven education policy consultancy dedicated to ensuring that all students and particularly students in poverty and students of color are prepared for success in college, careers and life.
We work with organizations that are shaping the future of P-16 education across the nation, including school networks and districts, state departments of education, policy and advocacy organizations, youth empowerment organizations, talent organizations and foundations.
We help these system leaders catalyze change through our services :
We are a team of more than 80 former teachers, district and state education leaders, policy advisors, and grant makers who live and work virtually in more than 20 states and DC.
Because of our experience, we approach the challenges our clients face with humility, realistic solutions, and a commitment to follow-through.
Our culture is built on genuine care for our clients and for each other. We celebrate original thinking, collaboration, entrepreneurialism, authenticity and fun.
Our Equity Commitment
We recognize that in order to pursue our own organizational mission at Education First, we must approach our work by studying gaps and inequities, asking tough questions about structural racism and more deliberately engaging diverse voices in problem-solving.
We’ve been building our own skills to deliver solutions that center racial equity, with particular attention to equitable ways of thinking and working, and we are committed to helping our clients do the same in projects that have a goal of increasing equity at their core.
Within Education First, we have committed to building a race equity culture creating the conditions to adopt antiracist mindsets and actions.
We believe :
For greater detail about our Equity Commitment, please visit our website .
Education First actively engages our team with a robust Race, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (RIDE) strategy to build our staff and organizational capacity to lead on issues of equity and to increase diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of the firm.
As a proud equal opportunity employer, we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all races, national origins, ages, religions, creeds, veteran or disabled statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities or gender expressions.
Last updated : 2024-05-09
Full Time
Educational Support Services
$78k-103k (estimate)
05/11/2024
06/21/2024
education-first.com
SEATTLE, WA
50 - 100
2006
JENNIFER VRANEK
<$5M
Educational Support Services
We are mission-driven. Education First is a national strategy and policy organization with unique and deep expertise in education improvement and reform. Our mission is to deliver exceptional ideas, experience-based solutions and results so all students and particularly low-income students and students of color are prepared for success in college, career and life. We envision a world in which every student is prepared to succeeda world in which income and race no longer determine the quality of education. We are a for-profit professional services firm with a not-for-profit soul. We direct ou...r time and talent to support clients that can achieve the greatest impact on education systems, teachers and students. As a professional services firm, we are nimble and responsive, while pursuing our broader agenda of more equitable and effective public education for all. Weve defined our theory of action, focus areas and services because these direct us to where we can produce the greatest impact. Were also committed to innovation; we are constantly looking for new and better ways to serve the field. In addition to our client engagements, we set aside resources for pro-bono work that serves the field, advances our mission and spurs innovation.
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