Deputy Director, Education Division

Mandatory Qualifications

• Education
  • Advanced degree in education, a social science, business administration, or law
• Experience
  • 5 years of supervisory experience in a professional institution or office, preferably in the fields of judicial and court education, continuing legal education, or other professional education
  • 3 years of experience designing and delivering educational programs for adults
• Skills and Abilities
  • Excellent skills managing people, projects, and resources
  • Ability to work independently while respecting the role of the division director
  • Strong writing and public speaking skills
  • Superior organization and communication skills
  • Ability to work cooperatively, collaboratively, and respectfully with people inside and outside the organization to meet the Center's mission
  • Diplomatic skills to successfully navigate internal and external relationships

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to the mandatory qualifications, you're a strong candidate for this position if you possess a collection of some of the knowledge, skills, experience, and characteristics listed below. The list represents a range of possible qualifications, not a checklist that must be met. No one will possess all of these characteristics. A strong candidate for this position can demonstrate proficiency in some combination of these areas:

• Management Ability
  • Experience with budget uncertainty
  • Experience developing, mentoring, and coaching new and seasoned managers, faculty, and/or staff
  • Familiarity with federal procurement and personnel rules and procedures
  • Experience managing on-site and remote employees
  • Experience enhancing and streamlining processes, services, and programs
  • Comfort using data collection and presentation software
• Organizational Culture
  • Familiarity with the structure and operation of the federal judicial system, including the importance of judicial independence
  • Experience working in law, the courts, or law enforcement, preferably at the federal level
  • Experience organizing and facilitating problem-solving and decision-making meetings
• Education Acumen
  • Experience developing and implementing training needs assessments using a variety of methods
  • Familiarity with competency-based education models
  • Experience measuring learning transfer for training programs over time
  • Familiarity with educational technology used to design, develop, deliver, and assess training
  • Experience with logistics, planning, execution, and project management aspects of in-person and online training

Other Information

What We Do

The Education Division serves federal court of appeals, district, bankruptcy, and magistrate judges and federal judicial branch employees. Subject areas for judges include substantive and procedural legal topics, case and calendar management, ethics, and leadership and management. Subject areas for court personnel include leadership and management, selected professional skills, and ethics.

The division delivers education and resources through a variety of means, including in-person programs to which participants and staff travel; in-person programs conducted in districts for local participants; a wide range of synchronous and asynchronous distance learning methods, including webinars, self-paced e-learning, podcasts, webcasts, and more; and through web-based and printed publications.

Who We Are

The Education Division is a group of approximately 50 experienced professionals. We represent diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. The Education Division's current average employee tenure is almost 12 years. We believe people come here and stay because the mission is vital to our nation, the work is challenging and meaningful, and the culture is positive.

The Education Division consists of the following groups: Executive Education (EE), Judicial and Legal Education (JLE), Management and Professional Development Education (MPDE), Probation and Pretrial Services Education (PPSE), the Multimedia Production Group (MPG), and the Administrative Team.

The EE, JLE, MPDE, PPSE, and MPG groups are managed by Assistant Division Directors (ADD) who devise annual program plans and oversee program development, financial matters, staff development, and collaborative efforts with other Education Division groups. The EE, JLE, MPDE, PPSE, and MPG groups include staff responsible for program design, development, and delivery (education attorneys and education specialists) and staff responsible for organizing and executing the administrative, financial, and logistical aspects of programs and projects (program coordinators). Education Division staff may serve as trainers and facilitators alongside other faculty and often guide faculty on how to teach and facilitate effectively. Faculty include judges and court staff, U.S. probation and pretrial services officers, professors, and various subject matter experts.

The Education Division's Administrative Team manages recordkeeping, financial processes and reporting, program coordinator support, hotel and audio-visual support procurement, internal professional development, and much more.

The current division director is an experienced educator who served as the deputy director from 2015-2023 and has been the director for about one year.

Who You Are

We need someone who is committed to the Center's mission, is a thought leader and detail-oriented manager, and who appreciates the challenge of being "second in command." We expect that you'll be:

1. A reliable and trusted partner to the director. You'll pay close attention to day-to-day management and keep the director informed and aware. You'll err on the side of overcommunicating. You'll be adept at translating goals into reality through thoughtful planning, budgeting, and management and by keeping the director informed of timelines, progress, and challenges.
2. A consistent and effective administrator. You'll be attentive to details, procedures, and policies whether they're related to the division's budget, travel, program planning, or managing staff. You'll be fiscally prudent, apply rules and regulations to budget and financial management, and bring common sense to management decisions.
3. A compassionate and engaged supervisor. You'll foster collegiality, cooperation, and collaboration across groups. You'll demonstrate empathy and strong listening skills. You'll be adept at working with smart, talented, independent thinkers who have served the organization for many years as well as with mentoring a cadre of new members of the division.
4. An ethical leader with a service mindset. Your decision-making will be driven by a strong sense of ethics and integrity. You'll uphold high standards and lead in alignment with the Center's mission.
5. An experienced educator. You'll be familiar with competency-based curricula and remote teaching, and you'll use your knowledge to work with ADDs and other ED staff to ensure we're delivering the best education possible with the resources available.
6. A change agent. You'll advocate for quality, growth, and improvement across individuals, teams, systems, processes, and policies. You'll assess challenges and consider a variety of potential solutions. You'll listen to staff, faculty, and participants, staying updated on trends in education and management, and recommending improvements where needed, and you'll drive positive change.
7. An inclusive leader. You'll demonstrate a commitment to strengthening a culture that supports individual and organizational wellness, resilience, and inclusivity of different perspectives and values.

If this describes who you would be in the role and if you want to serve in an organization where your work contributes to a powerful mission and the betterment of society, consider applying to become the Center's Education Division deputy director.