[Hiring] Program Associate, Statewide Implementation and Change Leadership @WestEd Career

Role Description

WestEd seeks a Program Associate of Statewide Implementation & Change Leadership to lead large-scale state education modernization engagements — including stakeholder engagement, change strategy, communications, training rollout, and adoption support — from plan to sustained adoption in the field.

As a Program Associate, you'll help state education agencies turn policy and ideas into real results for districts and the students they serve. You'll support modernization projects like:

• Improving how districts are monitored for special education compliance
• Making state education funding easier to track and understand

Day to day, that means:

• Engaging stakeholders
• Building out plans for how new programs will roll out
• Drafting clear communications to keep everyone informed
• Developing training and technical assistance materials in partnership with subject-matter experts and clients
• Contributing to proposals and reusable resources that sustain this line of work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience; advanced degree preferred
• Some experience with statewide or large-scale implementation — SEA, regional, district wide or large-scale technical assistance context
• Experience leading a defined workstream or project component through a change in policy or practice
• Developing subject matter expertise in change management or implementation practice

Requirements

• Strong planning and sequencing ability with implementation and training plans
• Ability to support the authorship of communications frameworks and stakeholder/systems maps
• Facilitation of listening sessions and advisory groups
• Ability to draft a process map or flowchart
• Working knowledge of change management or implementation methodology (e.g., Lean Six Sigma, ADKAR, Prosci)
• Ability to develop and deliver professional learning and technical assistance materials for clients
• Ability to draft assigned sections of proposals and scopes of work
• Ability to track deliverables, level of effort, and spending for assigned workstreams
• Comfort presenting to clients and at regional or national convenings

Benefits

• 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment and immediately 100% vested
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account option
• All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date
• PTO: 19 days (increases to 21 days beginning the third year of employment), 12 paid holidays
• Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary, max of 500k
• Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives
• Professional development opportunities & mentorship program