Senior Director, Postsecondary & Workforce Pathways

3DE Schools; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

3DE by Junior Achievement seeks a Senior Director, Post-Secondary & Workforce Pathways to design, lead, and scale national strategies connecting students to meaningful postsecondary and career opportunities. You will shape credential pathways and provide implementation support across JA Market teams.

The role requires strategic leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven decision making to improve student transitions, credential attainment, and workforce readiness on a national level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, workforce development, nonprofit management, public administration, business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in workforce development, college and career readiness, post-secondary success, program leadership, education innovation, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success designing and leading strategic initiatives that improve student access to postsecondary, credential, or workforce opportunities.
• Experience developing scalable systems, implementation models, or organizational strategies that improve quality, consistency, and impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, evolution and execution of 3DE's national postsecondary and workforce pathway strategy, ensuring alignment with Junior Achievement's commitment to advancing economic opportunity for young people
• Establish strategic priorities, implementation frameworks, success metrics, and continuous improvement processes that strengthen student transitions to postsecondary education, credential attainment, employment, and other career-connected opportunities
• Translate strategic priorities into scalable frameworks, playbooks, tools, and implementation supports that enable consistent adoption and execution across JA Market teams
• Guide cross-functional collaboration to align pathway initiatives with organizational goals, student outcomes, and partner needs
• Lead training, coaching, consultation, and capacity-building efforts that equip market teams to implement pathway initiatives with quality and consistency across diverse markets
• Collaborate with the Evaluation team on the development, and continuous improvement of the 3DE Credential framework, ensuring credentials remain meaningful, measurable, and aligned to student readiness outcomes
• Develop scalable systems, resources, tools, and implementation supports that enable students to earn and demonstrate 3DE Credentials while supporting consistent implementation across markets
• Establish processes to monitor credential participation, attainment, and student outcomes, using data to strengthen implementation and inform continuous improvement
• Develop articulation agreements and strategic partnerships that connect the 3DE experience and credential attainment to postsecondary credit, degree pathways, and workforce advancement
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure credentials and pathway opportunities remain aligned with evolving postsecondary and workforce expectations
• Provide strategic leadership for workforce readiness and postsecondary transition structures embedded within the 3DE Senior Capstone experience
• Develop frameworks, resources, implementation guidance, and training that support students as they identify, plan for, and pursue their postsecondary and career goals
• Collaborate with 3DE curriculum design team to ensure Senior Capstone experiences align with credential attainment, employer engagement, and post-secondary pathway objectives while strengthening students' ability to articulate their skills, competencies, and readiness for future opportunities
• Utilize student outcomes, market feedback, and emerging trends to continuously improve postsecondary transition supports and Senior Capstone structures
• Develop and advance strategies, in partnership with organizational leadership and JA Markets, that expand employer engagement and career-connected opportunities aligned with student needs and pathway goals
• Equip market teams with the tools, training, and resources needed to build and sustain employer partnerships locally
• Develop scalable frameworks and implementation supports that ensure employer-engagement strategies are delivered with quality and consistency across markets
• Partner with leadership to develop and advance a long-term strategy for alumni engagement and postsecondary success
• Design scalable systems, resources, communications, and supports that help students and alumni successfully navigate college, credential programs, employment, and career advancement
• Strengthen connections between alumni, employer partners, postsecondary institutions, and pathway opportunities while fostering ongoing engagement with the 3DE network
• Use engagement, persistence, attainment, and employment outcome data to refine strategies and improve long-term student success

Skills

Strategic leadership

Workforce development

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Education or related field

Job description

3DE by Junior Achievement seeks a Senior Director, Post-Secondary & Workforce Pathways to design, lead, and scale national strategies connecting students to meaningful postsecondary and career opportunities. You will shape credential pathways and provide implementation support across JA Market teams.

The role requires strategic leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and data-driven decision making to improve student transitions, credential attainment, and workforce readiness on a national level.