Lead Associate, School-Age Programs - Tennessee (P2)

At Save the Children, you’ll join a century‑long legacy of leading meaningful impact when it matters most. We empower you to innovate, collaborate and grow alongside people who share your commitment to kids and each other. You bring the drive – and together, we’ll build a better world for children. 

As the Lead Associate for School-Age Programming, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring programs are implemented effectively and achieve results for the children we work with. Working on-site and remotely, you will provide training, technical assistance, and management support to a portfolio of program partners, including overseeing program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation at your assigned partner sites. You will report directly to the School-Age Advisor and will work collaboratively with state and national colleagues to continuously improve our programmatic work across the state

*not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Conduct routine in-person and virtual site visits across assigned partner schools to observe educational rotations, coach partner staff, and monitor adherence to Save the Children program models.
• Deliver onboarding, curriculum modeling, and technical assistance to partner-employed site staff, leveraging educational technology and structured literacy/math frameworks.
• Monitor program quality using standard rubrics, providing written visit summaries and actionable coaching logs within standard turnaround timelines.
• Support site-level staff in maintaining daily student attendance, benchmark tracking, and progress-monitoring assessment schedules.
• Escalate persistent implementation roadblocks or staffing concerns promptly to the School-Age State Advisor. 

• Monitor site-level compliance with federal, state, and private grant requirements.
• Monitor partner site spending; review routine site expense submissions, receipts, and material requests against approved subaward line items.
• Track site-level burn rates against scheduled milestones (e.g., mid-year and year-end targets) to ensure materials and resources are utilized on schedule; flag unexpected variances or delays in spending to state leadership.
• Ensure 100% compliance with organizational and grant safeguarding protocols, verifying mandatory partner trainings and executing timely reporting within 24 hours.
• Escalate non-standard operational, budgetary, or partner performance issues promptly to the School-Age State Advisor and Assistant State Director.

• Represent Save the Children at local community events, family engagement nights, and regional partner showcases.
• Support state leadership with preparation and delivery of local and regional presentations highlighting program impact.
• Gather and submit compelling, fact-based success stories, quotes, and program photos from assigned sites to support communications and donor engagement.

• Actively participate in state and national Lead Associate meetings, peer working groups, and professional development sessions.
• Stay current on program guidelines, curriculum updates, and out-of-school time best practices.
• Provide informal peer guidance, shadowing, and onboarding support to new Lead Associates.
• Support state leadership with scheduled donor visits, regional trainings, or VIP site tours as assigned.

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience

• Willingness and ability to travel within the state up to 40% of the time
• Strong interpersonal skills

• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite 
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English 

• Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Leadership, or a closely-related field.
• Prior professional experience as a licensed classroom teacher, interventionist, or afterschool site coordinator.
• Proven ability to monitor operational spending and maintain structured tracking spreadsheet with strong numerical accuracy.
• Experience delivering literacy/reading and/or math education programs.

At Save the Children, you’ll find nonprofit jobs with purpose. Whether you’re working in advocacy, fundraising or operations, you’re part of a mission-driven organization that’s giving kids a healthy start in life, opportunities to learn and protection from harm.

Every role supports lifesaving humanitarian and development programs anchored in safeguarding children's rights, dignity and well-being – across the U.S. and around the world.

We invest in our people with competitive compensation, comprehensive employee benefits, a deep commitment to employee health and wellness, generous paid family leave and an inclusive culture where everybody belongs.

• 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

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.

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