The Education Impact Manager is an education expert responsible for leading, developing, and supporting a team of Coaching Specialists to ensure high-quality program implementation, impact, and student outcomes. This role oversees recruitment, onboarding, and performance management, while fostering professional growth through data-informed feedback and targeted development opportunities. The position ensures program fidelity by analyzing data, coaching observations, and maintaining strong partnerships with site, district, and regional stakeholders. Acting as a key representative of Ampact, this role collaborates with internal and external partners to advance program goals, strengthen partner relationships, and support continuous improvement.  

Manage and Develop Coaching Specialists 

• Recruit, onboard, and set clear expectations for a designated team of Coaching Specialists. Assign caseloads, help balance priorities, and oversee their performance. 

• Ensure Coaching Specialist effectiveness by analyzing implementation and impact data, observing coaching practice and providing performance and fidelity feedback, goal setting and supporting coaches to meet their goals. 

• Collaborate with program leadership to identify or facilitate relevant professional development for Coaching Specialists.  

• Oversee coaching at site partners to ensure staff and members are properly trained and receive ongoing training or updates in a timely manner.  

Program Implementation 

• Obtain, curate, and analyze program data to help Coaching Specialists use their data to drive priorities and meet goals. Compile data requests for districts or funders. 

• Ensure fidelity of program implementation and attainment of key performance indicators.  

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of site, district, and regional context. Partner with Ampact leadership to implement strategies for program growth and district partnership.  

• Participate in continuous improvement of program models and impact by collecting and providing stakeholder feedback to Content Directors and supervisors. 

Partner Collaboration 

• Represent Ampact as an educational and program expert to external partners, legislators, media, and funders. 

• Engage with key local sector-based partners as an industry leader and serve as content experts for site partners and regional teams.  

• Liaise with Internal Coaches and other site partners to support Coaching Specialists’ implementation of Ampact’s program(s). 

Other Duties as Assigned 

Minimum Education 

• Master’s Degree in educational psychology, school psychology, special education, or education, or equivalent experience 

Minimum Experience  

• 3+ years relevant work experience in early learning, primary or secondary educational settings. 

• 3+ years of experience in management with proven ability to supervise, mentor, and manage workloads and priorities.  

• Demonstrated leadership skills, characterized by the ability to gain respect, delegate tasks, clearly communicate expectations, and collaborate with diverse groups of people. 

• Strong background in reading or math intervention, instruction, assessment, and data-based decision making. 

• Experience and fluency collecting and analyzing educational data, using data to accelerate student achievement. 

• Experience creating and delivering training for adult learners and evaluating its effectiveness. 

• Demonstrated commitment to educational equity and cultural competence and equitable results for students 

Physical Requirements 

Ampact is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations as possible to enable employees to perform the essential functions of their positions.  

This position requires the ability to: 

• Travel locally and statewide as needed to attend meetings 

• Communicate effectively with people/groups in multiple settings within and outside the organization 

• Effectively utilize existing and emerging technology to achieve required results 

• Transporting of moderately heavy objects up to 25 pounds 

Ampact offers an excellent benefit package including Medical, HSA, Dental, Vision, FSA, Life, Disability, PTO and 401(k).

Ampact will not discriminate for or against any AmeriCorps service member or applicant on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, familial status, military service, or any other category protected by law. Reasonable accommodations provided upon request.