BAY AREA PROGRAMS COORDINATOR
ABOUT THE ROLE
We’re looking for serious Bay Area pride – someone with strong community knowledge, connections, and roots in the Bay Area who cares deeply about equity, education, and creating opportunities for young people from all backgrounds to travel. This role will support Global Glimpse programs in the Bay Area promoting empathy, agency, and global perspective in diverse public high schools and supporting students to develop the skills they need to succeed in college and careers and drive change in their communities. You will recruit, train, and support a network of highly committed volunteer educators to nominate students that reflect the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of our Bay Area partner schools, run effective virtual and in person information sessions and global learning workshops, prepare students for immersive global travel and leadership programs, and manage follow up on alumni leadership programming. This is an ideal role for an organized go getter with a passion for education and travel to level up in leadership in a fast paced environment.
Apply for Bay Area Programs Coordinator today!
YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPACT:
Be one of the faces of Global Glimpse in the Bay Area:
Work closely with public school teachers, educators, and administrators across the greater Bay Area region to support students from diverse socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds to develop empathy, agency, and global perspective.
- Contribute to helping set the annual strategy and stay within budget for Bay Area programs in partnership with other Bay Area program staff
- Help lead trainings, workshops, information sessions and summits that meet teachers, parents, and students where they are
- Maintain a diverse portfolio of strong partner schools and recruit new schools that align with our mission
- Work towards generating sustainable program revenue while maintaining diverse trip roster that supports access, equity, and financial sustainability in the region
- Build and maintain strong relationships with community and education leaders across the Bay Area region
- Help manage the Bay Area Alumni Ambassador Program, our leadership development program for students after they travel
- Process student applications, student payments, and support students and families with other travel logistics and important questions like passports, how to pack, etc.
- Manage trip preparation for traveling teachers and students and provide “on-call” flight and trip incident support throughout the summer including early mornings, evenings, and weekends
WHO WILL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE
We know that it takes more than hard skills to build a winning team. We are looking for teammates who bring diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives and will contribute to our culture and bring strengths in the following areas to their work:
- Community Builder: You are a natural connector and you are adept at developing authentic relationships with all kinds of people. You have strong emotional intelligence.
- Expert Communicator: You communicate clearly and effectively, understanding who needs to know what, and adapting the message accordingly.
- Results Driven: You have a strong business acumen and you show a sense of urgency in achieving your goal, and hold yourself accountable to the outcomes you set for yourself. You hold yourself to unusually high standards, and that is reflected in the content you produce; you seek input from others to continually build your expertise.
- Highly Organized: You love organization and structure, you have impeccable skills in time management and follow-through, and you require minimal supervision. You thrive creatively when systems are in place to manage the basic tenets of your work and maximize efficiency.
- Growth Mindset: You have a growth mindset and model a culture of continuous improvement by seeking out feedback from others. You’re a problem-solver. You understand that everything has trade offs and how to balance those when making bets and decisions.
- Excellent Judgement: You have an astute and attentive customer first mentality, exercising discretion, and excellent judgment in handling sensitive issues, confidential information, and balancing competing priorities to reach organization objectives.
- Dependable: Your team knows they can rely on you, and you do what you say you will do. You are present, you do your best, and you finish the job.
- Connected to our Mission: You have had experiences in your own life that drive your passion for Global Glimpse’s mission and vision.
OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Experience with running programs including experience managing volunteers
- Knowledge of the K-12 education system
- Strong public speaking skills and comfortable speaking and facilitating in front of groups
- Experience with payment tracking, accounting, and budget management
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends (predetermined dates for presentations, trainings, summer flight support, and Alumni Summits)
- Comfortable with Google Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides)
A TYPICAL DAY IN THIS ROLE
You kick off a typical day by reviewing your calendar and ensuring you are prepared for internal and external meetings. You meet with the Bay Area Programs Team to review student recruitment goals, revenue goals, and student applications received to date. After that, you reach out to a group of Bay Area teacher volunteers to check in on their student nominations and provide additional tips and recommendations for successful student recruitment. In the afternoon you lead a fundraising initiative with Ambassadors as preparation for an upcoming Welcome Summit. You close the day giving a presentation to students, parents, and teachers in a public high school (or virtually) in the East Bay. Every day is different in this dynamic role. You are connecting with team members across the US and supporting teachers in the Bay Area, tracking program revenue, updating curriculum, training, and presentations, and facilitating at trainings, workshops, and summits.
ABOUT GLOBAL GLIMPSE
Global Glimpse provides travel, leadership, and global learning opportunities to high school students from diverse backgrounds. Our programs develop empathy, agency, and global perspective, empowering a new generation of young leaders with the skills they need to succeed in college and careers and drive change in their communities.
We bring high school students from different racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic backgrounds together through shared experience, and since 2008 we have served over 8,000 students and 700 educators across 100 US high schools and provided over $14M in scholarships.
Our people are everything at Global Glimpse and we invest significant time, focus, and resources to building the best environment possible for our team to thrive and make an impact. At Global Glimpse, you can expect to find a culture that reflects our values:
- Access & diversity are at the heart of our work
- We humbly strive for excellence
- We communicate with honesty & transparency
- We are growth-minded & solutions-oriented
- We are both mission-driven & business savvy
POSITION LOGISTICS
- Location: Remote/home office based in the SF Bay Area
- Travel Expectations: While we are a remote work team, in a typical year the Bay Area Programs Coordinator can expect to have the following in-person commitments (many of them in the evening):
- 10-30 school visits and/or presentations (generally weekday evenings)
- 2 teacher trainings (weekends)
- 3-5 ambassador summits (weekends)
- 5-10 additional meetings or site visits
- 2-4 airport trip support (early mornings during the summer)
- Start Date: We are assessing applications as they arrive; ideal start date is October 9, 2023
- Compensation: $64,480-$75,000. We are proud to provide a total compensation package that puts the person first, and can discuss in more detail once a candidate has applied. We have a comprehensive benefits package, learn more about our benefits here.
- Application process: Submit your Application online! We won’t ask for a cover letter; instead, we’d love to hear about your interest with this specific role.
We spend time getting to know our applicants and ensuring that they have the opportunity to get to know our teams. We believe it’s important for applicants to connect with a range of team members and stakeholders so that they can get a well-rounded sense of who we are and how we work. Once resumes are received our applicant review process includes the following steps:
Global Glimpse is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe our team should reflect, respect, and understand the diversity of backgrounds, identities, and experiences of the students and community partners that we serve. We know that a diverse team, informed by different cultures and perspectives, makes us stronger. Applicants who contribute to this diversity are strongly encouraged to apply.