Senior Director, Educator Experiences (Education

How You’ll Contribute

The Education and Community Engagement (ECE) division serves this mission by amplifying and extending the work of NGS explorers into classrooms and communities, helping educators and learners of all ages develop an Explorer Mindset and inspiring them to learn about, care for, and protect our world. The division seeks to help the world understand the importance of geography - seeing the connections, interdependencies, and patterns that shape human and natural systems on our planet.

In partnership with researchers, educators, community leaders and learners of all ages, National Geographic’s Education and Community Engagement division works at the nexus of science and storytelling to push the boundaries of research and practice to improve scientific outcomes, drive new knowledge, and spark the attitudinal and behavioral shifts necessary for sustainable and resilient, longer-term conservation efforts.

To accomplish its goals and to extend reach and impact, the Education and Community Engagement division cultivates strategic partnerships; manages education-focused endowments, fellowships and grants; creates and disseminates education content and programs for Explorers and a K-16 audience domestically and internationally; connects Explorers to classrooms and communities; and engages youth in the mission by building immersive learning experiences and opportunities to connect with Explorers.

These educational resources and experiences showcase a multiplicity of perspectives and are accessible on a continuum of no-low-high tech capacities at scale across the globe.

Reporting to the Deputy to the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer and Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Grants, and Educator Initiatives, the Senior Director, Educator Experiences leads the creation, refinement, and strategic management of high-impact immersive experiences that engage educators in our mission and lead then to cultivate an Explorer Mindset in themselves and their learners. This role will focus on programs designed specifically for educators, including professional learning, leadership capacity building, and resource creation.

The Sr. Director will also have oversight over all immersive programs that support the ECE’s educator experience portfolio.

Working closely with the Deputy/VP, direct reports, and staff across ECE and the Society, the Sr. Director develops multi-year plans, goals, metrics and budgets to support educator initiatives and is accountable for performance and results. This position develops strong working relationships with other National Geographic Society divisions, National Geographic partners and collaborators, and representatives of outside funders/entities to maximize program impact and reach.

• Serves as a thought partner to the Deputy to the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer/VP, Strategic Partnerships, Grants, and Educator Experiences.
• Oversees the development and implementation of the Educator Experience strategy.
• Lead the conceptualization and design of new high quality educational initiatives, programs, and experiences for educators, aligning them with ECE strategic goals, Society goals and current educational evidence-based practices.
• Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for program improvement, expansion or enhancement.
• In collaboration with ECE Operations, contributes to continuous learning, evaluation, and feedback of educational resources, content, and programs related to the NGS Educator Experience to measure effectiveness of the Educator Experience.

• Provides oversight over innovative, large-scale educator initiatives to meet and achieve outputs, outcomes, and impacts within stated time frames and budgets.
• Utilize data and research findings to continuously improve existing programs and inform the design of new ones.
• Establishes rigorous quality standards and procedures for all program and content delivery methods to ensure fairness and maintain brand integrity.
• Ensures all programs are culturally relevant,…