Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Next Gen Personal Finance is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that every U.S. high school student takes a personal finance course before graduating, providing free curriculum, professional development, and educator support. The Teacher Ambassador Program Manager will build and operate a national network of educator ambassadors, coordinating training, events, professional development, advocacy, relationships, and program measurement. The role will also lead execution of the inaugural Teacher Ambassador Conference in March 2027.
Responsibilities
- Design the program structure: selection criteria, expectations, tiers, stipends/recognition, and annual cycle
- Recruit a strong founding cohort of Ambassador teachers from NGPF's most engaged educators, with attention to geographic coverage (priority for implementation and advocacy states)
- Create onboarding, training, and ongoing development materials to help Ambassadors confidently represent NGPF (presentation skills, talking points, advocacy training, media readiness, etc.)
- Serve as the primary relationship manager for Ambassadors: regular communication, community building, and recognition
- Manage a calendar of state and national conferences (JumpStart, CEE, state business/FCS/social studies conferences) and coordinate Ambassador attendance and presentations on behalf of NGPF
- Coordinate Ambassador-led professional development in their own districts and neighboring districts, working with our PD team on content and quality
- Source and staff panel, media, and speaking opportunities that match Ambassadors' expertise
- Support Ambassador participation in state house advocacy (testimony, advocacy days, legislator meetings) in the 20 states without a personal finance guarantee, in coordination with NGPF's advocacy team
- Identify new opportunities for or models of Ambassador engagement that advance NGPF’s mission and align with organizational goals
- Own end-to-end execution of the inaugural Ambassador conference (March 2027) to set program culture, train the founding Ambassador cohort, and launch the year's Ambassador engagement plan
- Collaborate with NGPF’s Directors of Professional Development and Teacher Success on program goals
- Track everything: activations, presentations delivered, teachers reached, districts served, advocacy touchpoints
- Manage program budget, including travel, stipends, and event costs
- Report on program impact and continuously improve based on Ambassador and audience feedback
- Identify operational improvements, opportunities to automate, and build repeatable systems to scale what works
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in education, edtech, or nonprofit program management
- Proven event or conference project management experience (you have run complex, multi-stakeholder events and sweat the details)
- A natural community builder who earns teachers' trust quickly and makes volunteers feel valued
- Strong facilitator and communicator, comfortable presenting to educators, administrators, and policymakers
- Organized and self-directed; you can manage dozens of simultaneous relationships, deadlines, and travel logistics without dropping balls
- Willingness to travel (roughly 15-20%, including some weekends for conferences)
- Passion for NGPF's mission of financial education for all students
- This role is open to candidates across the United States
- Classroom teaching experience is a strong plus
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching contribution
- 18 paid vacation days (on top of company-wide holidays)
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- If you are located within 50 miles of Burlingame, you will be expected to work in a hybrid capacity with two in-office days per week. Candidates outside of this area will work fully remote.
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