Associate Director of Technical Assistance

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Associate Director of Technical Assistance

The Associate Director of Technical Assistance is responsible for managing and advancing Advance CTE’s technical assistance (TA) strategy across the organization. This role ensures high-quality, coherent, and equitable technical assistance by overseeing internal structures and processes, supporting a consistent TA vision, and coordinating the development and delivery of best-in-class tools, resources, and supports for state CTE leaders. The Associate Director will work closely with the Director of Technical Assistance to operationalize and strengthen Advance CTE’s systems for TA delivery, cultivate organizational capacity, and position Advance CTE as a national leader in CTE technical assistance.

This position will also provide direct technical assistance to states, lead multi-state or multi-partner projects, and support grant-funded initiatives.

Established in 1920, Advance CTE is the longest-standing CTE-focused national non-profit, representing State Directors and state leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary, and adult CTE across all 50 states and U.S. territories. Our mission is to support state CTE leadership to advance high-quality CTE policies, programs, and pathways that ensure career and college success for each learner.

Our organizational culture and core values are guided by our vision, which is driven by a fierce commitment to serving our members and increasing access and success in high-quality CTE. To achieve this, we are a highly collaborative team dedicated to excellence while prioritizing teamwork, values initiative, and encourages continuous learning. We hold ourselves to high expectations in terms of being content experts who are inquisitive learners, producing best-in-class work, being efficient and productive, and balancing listening and leading.

We respect and expect strong communication (written and verbal) and encourage staff to identify improvements and contribute to building solutions. For more information, see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Manage and Strengthen Advance CTE’s Technical Assistance Strategy and Systems

• Lead the development, refinement, and maintenance of internal structures, processes, and tools that support high-quality, consistent TA delivery across the organization.
• Coordinate with the Director of Technical Assistance to implement the organization-wide TA strategy, ensuring alignment across projects, initiatives, and work streams.
• Build and maintain systems to assess technical assistance quality and impact, including internal dashboards, shared resources, and processes for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Support staff in understanding and applying Advance CTE’s TA frameworks, approaches, and standards; develop resources and guidance to increase staff capacity to design and deliver TA.
• Ensure TA design incorporates equitable, learner-centered, and evidence-based strategies and reflects the technical, political, and implementation needs of states.

• Own or co-lead major technical assistance initiatives, including project planning, content development, team coordination, deliverables management, reporting, and budget and expense monitoring.
• Design, manage, and facilitate communities of practice, workshops, trainings, and cohort-based learning experiences for state and local leaders.
• Provide on-demand advisory support to states on topics such as CTE policy, systems alignment, high-quality implementation, career pathways, program design, data use, equity, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure project activities are coordinated across Advance CTE’s member engagement, policy, data, and communications teams to maximize organizational impact.

• Support strategy, planning, and execution of fee-for-service TA, including intake, scoping, proposal development, contractor management, deliverable development, and quality assurance.
• Collaborate with the Director of Technical Assistance to streamline and improve internal processes for business…