Who we are:

Elevate K-12 is one of the fastest-growing Edtech companies focused on solving the crisis-level teacher shortage in US K-12 schools. We are changing the way classrooms work by creating a brand new category of live, synchronous classroom instruction that gives students access to high-quality, certified teachers who help them prepare for the world of the future! We have created a two-sided network for schools and teachers. For our teacher community, we open up new work opportunities through our proprietary platform and curriculum, enabling them to deliver live remote instruction across multiple subjects in elementary, middle, and high schools across the US. Our goal is to enable high-quality live teaching for every learner in the US so they can receive the right live teaching from experts to identify and pursue their unique passions in life. We are the new way to the classroom!

The Team:

The mission of the Teacher Growth team is to ensure every Elevate classroom has a certified teacher on day one of instruction. As a key leadership team member, the Director of Workforce Demand Planning will ensure that we have the right teacher staffing volume and mix so that every classroom has a qualified teacher on day one. S/he will create, refine, and deliver teacher demand forecasts and hiring targets based on insights and quantitative data from Sales (demand), Workforce Management (Supply), and Teacher Acquisition (pipeline) teams. Along with day-to-day operations, the Director will be heavily involved in long-range planning objectives.

What value you will add:

• Quickly build a thorough understanding of teacher demand and supply, volume, and seasonality
• Establish and maintain a strong and collaborative relationship with Sales, Workforce Management, Recruiting, Finance, Operations, and Senior Leadership to gather information on sales trends and events that could affect demand, such as new service offerings.
• Manage the end-to-end demand planning processes for our supply of teachers - forecast headcount needed based on projected new district enrollments, historical teacher attrition, and new hire ramp time.
• Perform weekly / monthly statistical analysis of sales pipeline, status of high confidence deals, current teacher demand, and available teacher pool, including substitution / reallocation needs.
• Create staff modeling to predict future hiring costs and hiring plans.
• Enable effective decision making by retrieving and aggregating data from multiple sources and compiling it into an automated and actionable format.
• Design, develop and maintain scaled, automated, user-friendly systems, reports, dashboards, etc. that will support our business needs.
• Create new metrics and methodologies for measuring the success of the planning effort.
• Identify top opportunities to improve demand planning, propose solutions, align stakeholders, and own implementation end-to-end (including process improvements).
• Trusted resource within the Teacher Growth team, advise and guide team members to improve performance and processes and increase cross-functional team collaboration on a continual basis

Who you are:

• 7+ years of professional experience in demand planning, staffing and forecasting
• Strong grasp of quantitative data analysis – good at creating and analyzing business information, creating dashboards, tracking key business metrics.
• Self-driven, and able to deliver on ambiguous projects with incomplete data.
• Demonstrated advanced ability to draw insights from data and clearly communicate them to the stakeholders and senior management.
• In-depth knowledge of Power BI, SQL, Relational Databases, Salesforce, Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize appropriately with focus on meeting all deliverables and deadlines
• Strong communicator who can partner with company leadership and cross functional personnel to assess needs, provide support and insight through data analysis
• Expertise in a variety of continuous improvement methods, an analytical mindset, and experience working cross-functionally to solve problems with product and process changes
• Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt or above (preferred)
• Experienced in a marketplace business, familiar with the relationship between supply and demand (preferred)
• 2+ years as a people manager (preferred)

What we offer:

• An Amazing Team of Elevators with a strong, inclusive, & diverse work culture
• Competitive compensation
• Unlimited PTO & 12 Company Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and more
• Position can be based in our Chicago HQ, or remotely in the US

Be Part Of Our Story:

Elevate K-12 is tasked with an important mission: change the way K-12 classrooms and teaching work. Our organization is a radically open-minded company that is scaling fast. We are a team focused on high performance, dynamism and embodying a collaborative culture at all levels. Our teammates are able to have open, honest discussions that drive us toward our mission. Elevate K-12 is in a stage of hyper growth that will continue to open up new challenges and opportunities for our team.

We welcome women and underrepresented groups to apply even if they don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. These groups may be more likely to apply only if they meet all of the qualifications on a job description. We hope this inspires any applicant that is interested in the role even if they don’t meet all of the requirements in the “Who you are” section.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender (including gender identity, gender expression, change of sex, and transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request.

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