Director, Communities of Practice and Capacity Building; HQIM Fund

High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) are among the most powerful, cost-effective levers for improving student learning, and demand for them is growing. Many nonprofits building high-quality materials are trying to scale in a fast-moving market without access to the financing tools and support for-profit publishers use.

Cambiar's HQIM 2030 Fund invests in coherent, high-impact learning systems and in the long-term sustainability of the nonprofit organizations that build them. The model rests on three pillars: blended finance (operating and convertible grants, recoverable and term loans matched to each organization's stage), technical assistance to build leaders' capacity, and shared research and evaluation infrastructure to build a strong and credible evidence base demonstrating positive impact of investees' products and services.

By 2030, we aim for 20 million students to experience coherent instructional systems anchored in high-quality curriculum, with a focus on those at the margins.

The HQIM 2030 Fund includes three programs serving eleven nonprofit HQIM providers: the HQIM Accelerator, which provides long-term blended funding to six organizations; a three-year OER/HQIM Community of Practice with five organizations, which we are redesigning for a second phase; and a new advanced math Community of Practice with four recently added providers. Some organizations take part in more than one program.

The Community of Practice convenes impact-first leaders for candid peer learning, backed by coaching and targeted advising and technical assistance. We have found that pairing the community with 1:1 coaching and technical assistance is one of the most effective ways to uncover where each organization has the greatest opportunity to improve its scale, impact, and sustainability.

Cambiar is looking for a Director to own the design and execution of our Communities of Practice and capacity-building strategy. In the beginning, you will build two communities: a new one for nonprofit providers of advanced math materials, and a continuation of our work with core nonprofit HQIM providers. You will also steward the technical assistance dollars we invest in Community of Practice and HQIM Accelerator organizations, and lead special projects across the HQIM 2030 portfolio.

You will connect the community and the advising work: what you hear in the community shapes where we invest technical assistance, and what our advisors and consultants learn in 1:1 work shapes the community.

The timing matters. AI-enabled products, consolidation, and shifting district budgets are changing the curriculum market quickly, and the leaders in our portfolio are making big strategic decisions at the same time as they work on scale, sustainability, and impact. The learning experiences you design will help them make those decisions together, with candor, evidence, and the right expertise in the room.

This role reports to Managing Director, Callie Riley. You will work closely with the HQIM 2030 team, Cambiar colleagues across programs, external consultants, facilitators, and advisors, and the CEOs and executive teams of our portfolio organizations. Our team is 100% remote.