Chief Operating Officer (COO) VIRTUAL/REMOTE

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School Group is a platform that connect the world’s schools and provide a community for communication, collaboration and learning development, bridging the educational gap in a rapidly changing environment.

Position

School Group (SG) has been growing steadily and is now seeking to dramatically accelerate growth. Our CEO is looking for a mission-focused, seasoned, strategic, and process-minded leader with experience scaling an international organization, leading an executive management team, and developing a performance culture among a group of diverse, talented individuals. The COO must be a leader who is able to help others at SG deliver measurable, cost-effective results that make the vision a reality. Importantly, the successful COO will have the skills, sensitivity, and personal confidence to tap into the power that each member of the team brings to this mission. While it is essential that the COO bring efficient and effective systems to increase the productivity of the organization, is it also critical that the team retain the creative spark that drives the SG concept.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Founder and CEO of SG, the COO will lead all internal operations and will have the following responsibilities:

• Working in partnership with the Founder and CEO, create the strategic plans and implement new processes and approaches to achieve it
• Serve as the internal leader of the organization:
• Coordinate the annual operations plan and budget
• Lead the performance management process that measures and evaluates progress against goals for the organization
• Provide for all staff a strong day-to-day leadership presence; bridge national and regional operations and support an open-door policy among all staff

Key Qualifications

As a prerequisite, the successful candidate must believe in the core values of SG and be driven by the mission. The candidate should demonstrate a passion for breaking new ground to lead social and education change. Beyond that, we are seeking a candidate that has proven experience in scaling an international organization and a demonstrated ability to both lead and build the capabilities of a driven, bright, diverse team.

The successful candidate will have had management experience with a startup non-for-profit organization. As noted, this is an organization driven by the values of its people, so experience in managing a "values-driven" organization will be highly prized.

Additional requirements are:

• Results-proven track record of exceeding goals and a bottom-line orientation; evidence of the ability to consistently make good decisions through a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; high level of business acumen including successful P&L management; the ability to balance the delivery of programs against the realities of a budget; and problem solving, project management, and creative resourcefulness
• Strategic Vision and Agility-ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan
• Capacity Building-ability to effectively build organization and staff capacity, developing a top-notch workforce and the processes that ensure the organization runs smoothly
• Leadership and Organization-exceptional capacity for managing and leading people; a team builder who has experience in scaling up organization's; ability to connect staff both on an individual level and in large groups; capacity to enforce accountability, develop and empower top-notch leaders from the bottom up, lead from the top down, cultivate entrepreneurship, and learn the strengths and weaknesses of the team so as to put people in a position to succeed
• Action Oriented-enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; not afraid to take charge of a situation; can overcome resistance to leadership and take unpopular stands when necessary
• General Management-thorough understanding of finance, systems, and HR; broad experience with the full range of business functions and systems, including strategic development and planning, budgeting, business analysis, finance, information systems, human resources, and marketing
• Solid educational background-undergraduate degree required; MBA or similar advanced degree highly desired

More Information

This is a volunteer position. There will be no financial compensation. Our organization is 100% volunteer run. We welcome volunteers located anywhere in the world, as long as they can connect reliably to the Internet.

Why Volunteer With Us?

We are a community of people that share a common belief that improving education will eventually reduce poverty and improve the quality of life and living conditions globally. Volunteering with us will enable you to build your resume and gain invaluable experience in an environment of supportive people that are always willing to help you.

In return, you will receive a LinkedIn recommendation, testimonial, spotlight in a newsletter, and/or a professional reference based on commitment and performance.

About School Group

Established in 2018 as a Texas nonprofit corporation, School Group works to promote eLearning in School Education worldwide. Please visit our website for more information about school Group: www.schoolgroup.org.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please send your resume to volunteer@schoolgroup.org