Training, Development, & Community Manager, Midwest

Galileo is looking for an experienced, multi-site staff leader to join our team as a Training, Development, and Community Manager. As Galileo grows our presence and sites in Chicagoland, this role will be instrumental in creating a best-in-class staff experience for our Camp Directors and summer staff, which in turn will create an exceptional camp experience for our valued families. The Training, Development, and Community Manager will also support and execute community marketing efforts, activities, and events to boost Galileo’s growth and enrollment across Chicagoland.

You will be the primary manager of the Camp Directors of each of Galileo’s Chicagoland locations, ensuring a supportive, joyful, and professionally fulfilling experience for these education leaders. Camp Directors work for Galileo for 9 months out of the year on a part time basis, and you will be responsible for hiring, onboarding, training, supporting, and leading this group of talented education professionals. You will also be their primary manager and support during the camp season, and will be responsible for supporting them through the day-to-day operations of our camp locations. Additionally, you will support all community marketing efforts for Galileo in Chicagoland. Reporting directly to the Territory Director, your time will include the following essential responsibilities, mapped against our seasonal work schedule.

• Partner with our People Operations Team to hire, onboard, train, and support our Camp Director team throughout the hiring process and the pre-camp season.
• Create and execute joyful team culture events.
• Partner with the Field team to plan, execute, and evaluate annual retreats.
• Create, deliver, and analyze professional development and ongoing education of the Chicago Camp Director team as well as the National Camp Director team.
• Support Camp Directors with their staff on site during the summer months, creating professional development opportunities, giving timely feedback, and ensuring safe, welcoming staff teams that value belonging, joy, and camp innovation & fun.

• Be the primary Chicagoland Community marketing liaison between Chicago and headquarters. Work with the Sr. Manager Field Marketing to bring to life field marketing activity in the territory, develop great local relationships, and develop good knowledge of the market.
• Be the primary point of contact for community marketing events, communications, and campaigns with Chicago’s host schools, feeder schools, community partners, and families.
• Iterate and innovate, creating new and exciting ways to increase Galileo’s enrollment year over year, and therefore our impact.
• Support Camp Directors in marketing activities as needed once camp has launched to continue to increase enrollment while camp is running.

• Assist as needed with facility partnerships and relationship building.
• Participate in committee work that furthers the internal culture and community at Galileo.
• Manage team traditions, culture, and events that support an inclusive, joyful Chicago Galileo community and team.

YOU ARE

• You’re inspired by Galileo’s mission and purpose and can tell that story. You believe innovation education, project-based learning, and joyful camp experiences change lives. You can use storytelling to bring people along to your vision, knowing what resonates with audiences so that ultimately Galileo is a first-choice camp for families, staff, and our partners.
• You love being a staff manager. You are committed to building strong, high-performing teams that are dedicated to Galileo’s mission, and know how to allocate resources to create an environment of belonging, commitment, and joy. You love professional development, and seek to bring your servant leadership to bear with all staff members to ensure they grow and thrive on your team. You are a strategic problem solver and hard-working do-er who can manage a variety of projects simultaneously. You are committed to quality, you’ll set the bar high for yourself and for your team, and will consistently exceed expectations.
• You sweat the small stuff, and use data to drive towards results. You are detail oriented, great at creating and maintaining workplans, and equally comfortable helping and supporting your team navigating the tricky bits to get to the big picture goals. You love data, and are comfortable analyzing it to create next steps, help inform decisions, and to guide priorities and goals.
• You are committed to youth development, and love working with kids and families, particularly during out of school time. You love the opportunity to develop kids outside of the conventional classroom, further deepening their skills, passions, and joy within a supportive community.
• You love Chicago. You have a passion for connecting deeply with the educational leaders, community and families who live there and are eager to contribute your leadership and community connection skills to grow Galileo and deepen our positive impact in the city and suburbs.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in multi-site staff management and managing programs or services
• Experience with marketing and community communications preferred
• Minimum 2 years experience working with K-8 education; experience working at camps and/or out-of-school time programs a bonus
• Minimum 3 years experience managing individuals and a team
• Experience with staff hiring, recruiting, training, development, and feedback a must
• The use of a personal vehicle to travel between worksites. This includes travel throughout all of Chicagoland, and to be onsite frequently and urgently (especially in the summer) and to make an annual trip to Galileo Headquarters (Oakland).

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  This is a Full Time, year-round role. We anticipate the total compensation for this position to be within $65,000 - $80,000. Your exact compensation will be based on a variety of factors including your professional experience.
• Employee medical, vision, dental and 401k benefits provided by Galileo
• Employee Assistance Program, Options for life insurance, commuter benefits, and more!
• We believe that a balance between work and life is essential to happiness and success, so work hard and take the time you need; we offer a flexible PTO policy. PTO is not limited and we strongly recommend that employees take time off to rest and recharge.
• Sick pay is accrued in accordance with local laws.
• Generous parental leave and extensive support with leave planning
• Unlimited free camp for your child(ren), OR two free weeks to be gifted (including AM/PM Extended Care)
• 10% Friends and Family Discount for those you love
• Priority nomination for Innovation for All (financial assistance) scholarships for anyone you know

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  Occasionally lift and carry up to 30 lbs.
• Constantly operate a computer (including typing, reading)
• Frequently remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time
• Constantly communicate in-person, virtually, and from a range of distances

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