Professional Development Project Manager
Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Southern Poverty Law Center is seeking a Professional Development Project Manager for its award-winning education project, Teaching Tolerance.

The project is dedicated to helping K-12 teachers promote equity and respect in the classroom and beyond. The project publishes a semiannual magazine distributed at no charge to over 400,000 educators, produces free multimedia curriculum packages, and operates a website,www.teachingtolerance.org. Teaching Tolerance magazine has won more than twenty EdPress awards; the project's documentary films have been nominated for three Academy Awards. The Professional Development Project Manager will be responsible for managing the development, production and assessment of professional development activities for Teaching Tolerance.

Responsibilities:

Project-manage TDSi by maintaining schedules, monitoring and reporting on progress, coordinating new resources for site.
Act as liaison for TT with external TDSi contributors and stakeholders.
Plan and produce professional development lessons, modules and workshops for publication on the TT website.
Champions TDSi and professional development products by coordinating all in-house and external creative, editorial and marketing components.
Monitor current research and practices in educational equity and multicultural education.
Participates in departmental meetings and collaborative projects.
Present workshops and teacher training as needed.
Participates in departmental meetings and collaborative projects.
Performs copyediting for departmental publications.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelors degree required, Master's preferred.
3-5 years experience as an educator, curriculum developer or in educational publishing.
Familiarity with and commitment to educational equity issues and/or a sophisticated understanding of multiculturalism and diversity issues.
Highly organized and attentive to details.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Effective at managing professional relationships.
Available for occasional travel.

The Professional Development Project Manager works at the Southern Poverty Law Center's headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, and reports to the Director of Teaching Tolerance. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and references to humanresources@splcenter.org or mail to: Human Resources, Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, people with disabilities and women. The Center does not discriminate on the basis of gender, disability, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity.