Partnerships & Growth Associate, Seattle

Partnerships & Growth Associate, Greater Seattle (Part-Time/Temporary)
Reading Partners is changing the education landscape. We are a leader in working to solve the literacy crisis in our country by leveraging community volunteers in under-resourced schools. Our diverse and expansive volunteer base provides one-on-one tutoring to students twice weekly, and our program is proven to help children master the reading fundamentals they need to unlock their potential as successful, happy, and confident readers in school and in life.

Our people are our heartbeat and our greatest resource; we are all passionately rallied around our mission to help children become lifelong learners by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction that truly works. Join our stellar, committed team leading the charge to deepen our impact and expand our service. Watch this video to learn more about the mission and core tutoring work of Reading Partners.

The high level:

The Partnerships & Growth Associate, Greater Seattle (PGA), is part of a team working to accelerate Reading Partners’ mission through national delivery partnerships, new transformative innovations, and capacity-building partnerships. The primary role of the Partnerships and Growth Associate is to execute an ambitious Seattle-focused partner acquisition and implementation strategy to reach and exceed annual student impact goals and new business revenue metrics.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director of Partnerships & Growth, Greater Seattle (MDPG), the PGA will be primarily external-facing, focusing on managing one of our after-school programs two days a week and on building a strong local delivery and capacity partnerships pipeline to increase the impact of Powered by Reading Partners (PbRP) in the Greater Seattle Area. They will support the Managing Director with day-to-day operations, development strategies, and project management as partnerships scale.

This position starts at the earliest in September 2026. The PGA will work up to 20 hours per week.

Location:

This hybrid position requires candidates to reside within the greater Seattle, WA area upon their start date and to manage and run an after-school program two days per week in the Seattle area.

Availability &

Working Hours:

The PGA role requires specific availability to support programming and partnerships:

This role requires availability on 2 days per week, selected from Monday–Thursday (exact days to be confirmed based on scheduling needs), to run our after-school program. The after-school program typically operates from November through May.

Of the 20 hours/week required for this role, approximately 16 hours will be scheduled Monday–Friday, between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM.

What you’ll do:

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Work closely with key internal and external stakeholders, and the Managing Director, to drive Reading Partners’ strategic priorities and transformative bets (55%):

Work cross-functionally with the national program, community engagement, and regional operations teams to ensure seamless programmatic alignment and implementation in service of each regional partner.

Manage a reading center site two days a week in the Seattle area. This includes communicating with volunteers, being present at the site to support the volunteers and tutoring process and all logistics. This is anticipated to take approximately 8-10 hours per week.

Operations:
Provide project management and support for the MDPG to support the growth of partnerships (5%):

Create effective presentations, including data compilation and analysis, slide design, and support during presentations as needed.

Assist with other administrative and coordination projects, as needed.

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