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EOE Policy Manager
The Executive Office of Education (EOE) seeks a dynamic and detail-oriented professional to serve as Policy Manager (Program Manager VI) to advance the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s ambitious education agenda for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The selected candidate will work in the fast-paced office of the Secretary of Education and provide critical policy support to the Secretary and the senior leadership team. The Policy Manager will conduct research, analyze information, and collaborate with the senior team to help formulate and implement a wide range of education policy initiatives. The selected candidate will report to the Undersecretary & Chief of Staff and will collaborate with policy, legislative affairs, fiscal, legal, and communications staff at EOE and its agencies—the Department of Early Education and Care, Children’s Trust, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Department of Higher Education.
The Policy Manager serves as a liaison between all agencies within the Executive Office of Education and therefore must have superior communication and organizational skills and the ability to work on many projects simultaneously. This position also requires a great deal of policy expertise, understanding of state education policy implementation, and familiarity or ability to learn about other state practices, all of which require strong content knowledge, research skills, and determination. The Policy Manager must work with the Secretary, senior staff, and agency staff tactfully and collaboratively.
The Policy Manager will work in a hybrid work model, with two days per week in person at the EOE offices in Boston. Occasional travel within Massachusetts may be required.
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Full Time
$75k-100k (estimate)
04/03/2024
06/02/2024
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