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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. We partner with the Girls Who Code organization to create a club in every site we operate.
The Girls Who Code partnership manager is responsible for developing the partnership with girls who code, administratively manage the cration or clubs in the JerseySTEM 18 clubs in the fall and 27 in the spring,
This is a virtual position that supports in-person STEM enrichment programs for middle school girls/kids and needs to be available from 3 pm-5 pm ( Wednesday or Thursday) at least one weekday over a 12 week period of time.
Responsibilities
- Engage with the Club Advisors in the various sites in New Jersey
- Fill in the online forms to enter the roster and create rhe clubs online
- Notify the Club Advisors that the club is created
- Enter roster in the Girls Who Code HQ platform
- Order marketing supply, place amazon orders
- Follow up with Girls Who Code
Qualifications
- Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap
- Ability to establish and maintain connections with school personnel
- Ability to connect/communicate with the partner organiztation, Girls Who Code
- Resourceful, can-do attitude
- Experience with K-12 schools as a parent, former student or as an edmin./educators
- 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
Time Commitment
- 6 Hours weekly
- 6 months minimum
