BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

About JerseySTEM

All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.

JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.

Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization's gender-equity agenda.

Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K-12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.

Overview

This is a pro-bono position.

JerseySTEM provides free after school STEM classes to underserved middle school girls grade 5-8.

The Community Engagement Business Development provides leadership, direction and planning to identify, reach out to and engage with Middle Schools of interest that could benefit from our afterschool STEM programs for underserved middle school Girls. They manage a team of Area Managers responsible for specific regions or specific schools


Responsibilities

• Partner with the Data Analytics team to identify Schools of interest that could partner with JerseySTEM, amongst New Jersey 2000+ middle schools according to criteria established by the board of Directors..
• Research schools, identifies stakeholders (School admins) and locate their contacts
• Assign schools to Area Managers and agree on targets/goals for the outreach.
• Partner with Area managers to call on schools identified as targets
• Participate in the COME leadership team activities

• Conduct/Attend virtual team meetings weekly
• 4-6 Hours a week, 6 month minimum

Qualifications

• Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
• Interest and familiarity with Data and data based decision making
• Interest and/or familiarity with K-12 school data
• Strong Analytical skills
• Resourceful, can-do attitude
• Comfort working in a 'virtual organization' with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce)
• Would be a plus if candidate has flexible schedule to allow for day time calls with the school admins during the work week