Advisor, Education – Texas (P3)

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

Save the Children’s Impact & Evidence (I&E) division is committed to ensuring that all children in rural America have a healthy, strong foundation to thrive as learners and in life. Our contribution to a full cradle-to-career continuum is focused on the early years, birth through elementary school; and our goals are to increase kindergarten readiness and grade-level literacy and math proficiency for children in under-resourced rural communities.

Save the Children is seeking an Advisor, Education. In this role, you will be supporting the delivery and management of after school programs in rural South Texas. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring programs are implemented effectively and achieve results for the children we work with. You will provide direct supervision and technical assistance to a team of Lead Associates implementing 21^st Century Community Learning Center (21^st CCLC) elementary education programs. Working on-site and remotely, you will provide training, technical assistance, and management support to a portfolio of program partners. You will build capacity within the team and ensure programs are being implemented with maximum impact. This includes attending meetings with partner organizations to troubleshoot issues, providing guidance on quality program implementation, overseeing training event planning, reviewing program data, and meeting donor implementation and reporting requirements. The ideal person in this role requires a high level of discretion, attention to detail, organization, flexibility and accountability.

Note: This role is contingent upon funding, with an anticipated start on/around July 2026.

Location

Remote – Must be based in South Texas, with preference given to San Antonio and/or Corpus Christi Region

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)*
*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Program Implementation (20%)

• Guide and support program staff to ensure quality implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Save the Children’s program models according to established standards.
• Provide in-person and remote training and technical assistance for program staff; maximize the use of technology to do so.
• Visit each assigned site in compliance with the program model to conduct observation, coaching, and mentoring. Complete site visit reports. In-state travel will be required for each of the site visits.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date data collection and reporting for each assigned site.
• Consult with the Advisors about program questions and needs.
• Regularly communicate with the Assistant State Director and Advisors about program implementation challenges and successes and how to resolve complex issues.

Management and Operational Excellence (40%)

• Oversee a subset of the state portfolio of 21^st CCLC partner sub-awards; ensuring efficient and allowable use of funds.
• Provide regular, timely communication to Assistant State Director and other key team members as needed with progress updates, partner/program concerns, and other key areas of operation.
• Responsible for ensuring state staff and partners have access to strong knowledge management tools and resources needed for program implementation, data entry, monitoring, sharing practices, and managing daily operations.
• Build and maintain a high performing team – participate in the development of state organizational design and staffing plan; work with Human Resources/Talent Attraction and Acquisition to lead recruitment efforts for state Program Specialist staff; and promote staff learning and development goals.
• Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission, ensuring that the working environment continually fosters diversity, inclusion, and belonging – supporting Save the Children values

Capacity Building and Technical Assistance (30%)

• Attend meetings with school district personnel to troubleshoot education program implementation issues
• Observe programs in rural communities and provide technical assistance to partner staff
• Oversee the coordination and planning of onsite and virtual program component trainings
• Conduct analysis of program data and provide feedback to partner staff and Lead Associates to increase participant impact
• Develop action plans to increase impact at underperforming program sites
• Model efficient and effective program implementation and monitoring for Lead Associates
• Conduct follow-up and supervisory visits to organizations that have undergone training to provide technical assistance and facilitate implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of action plans.
• Develop and maintain a trainee database to monitor trainees and further training needs.
• Provide mentorship/coaching and technical assistance to the organizations that would like to improve their early education outcomes.
• Become familiar with federal 21^st CCLC donor requirements, prepare all required documents, follow up on partner requirements, attend all required trainings and submit quarterly program narrative reports.

Support Program Growth (10%)

• Collaborate with the Marketing and Growth team and program implementation to support the cultivation of partnerships and/or relationships with external organizations, donors and other key stakeholders
• Contribute to the development of funding proposals, marketing content, donor meetings, proposal reviews, presentations and other external relations that require technical expertise

Required qualifications for the role

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite, Canva, Learning Management System (LMS), and SharePoint
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Willingness to travel regionally up to 30% within South Texas
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• This position may require the incumbent to operate a motor vehicle to fulfill certain essential functions of the job. The incumbent should maintain a valid driver’s license and remain in compliance with any Save the Children policies pertaining to the safe operation of motor vehicles.

Preferred qualifications for the role

• Master’s degree in education
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written Spanish
• Experience with federal or state contracts
• Experience developing and leading trainings for elementary education
• Experience coaching and supporting adults in an education or related area
• Experience with budget management

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 3 – Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 – $76,950 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record. Actual base salary may vary based on, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here).

About Us

We are looking to build an inclusive team at Save the Children. We offer a range of outstanding benefits to support this goal:

• Flexible schedules and time off: Flexible schedules, generous PTO, 11 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays, and hybrid working opportunities
• Health: Competitive health care, dental and vision coverage for you and your family
• Family: A variety of paid leaves: caregiver, parental/adoption, critical child illness and fertility benefits
• Employee Rewards Program: Annual merit increases and/or additional incentives for eligible employees
• Retirement: A retirement savings plan with employer contributions (after one year)
• Wellness: 15 safety and wellness days annually (if hired on or after July 1, safety and wellness days prorated to 8 days), mental health benefits and support through Calm and company-hosted events
• Employee Assistance Program: free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services
• Learning & Growth: Access to internal and external learning & development opportunities and mentorships

Click here to learn more about how Save the Children US will invest in you.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.

If you require disability assistance with the Application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.