Program Manager

Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Remote, Part time

Mission of the role:

The Program Manager supports Global School Leaders (GSL) by managing content and knowledge work in Latin America to support our partner organizations in their work with school leaders. They are responsible for designing learning resources, managing project workstreams, and ensuring program delivery across partners in the region.

We seek an individual skilled at learning design, project planning, and partner coordination to join our team as the Program Manager.

We are looking for someone who:

Is highly detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Brings strong communication, planning, and organizational skills to team and partner interactions.
Embodies a growth mindset as an active learner who balances flexibility with consistency and wonder with certainty.
Is eager to adapt and contextualize learning resources for partners and school leaders across Latin America.

In this role, you will:

Design

Create, adapt, and refine high-quality learning resources and content for school leaders and partner organizations, primarily in Latin America, but in other contexts as needed.
Collaborate with the broader Content & Knowledge team to translate research and evidence on good practices into simple leadership tools.

Manage

Support partner teams in implementing programs effectively through regular check-ins, feedback, and custom resource design.
Track timelines, project milestones, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.

Contribute

Contribute to, update, and maintain GSL’s library of school leadership content and learning tools.
Support team learning discussions, grant reporting, and institutional knowledge documentation.

Facilitate learning

Participate in or co-facilitate network discussions, webinars, and professional learning sessions for regional partners.

In addition, we are looking for candidates to have the following qualifications

Required qualifications (we will use these in our screening process)

Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in learning design
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex workstreams with strong attention to detail, planning, and organization
Strong writing and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish
- You will need to work directly with English-speaking colleagues (speaking, writing, and reading in English) as well as with Spanish-speaking partners (creating content in Spanish, conducting meetings and facilitating sessions in Spanish).
- We do not expect native-level fluency in English, as long as you are able to clearly communicate.
Experience working directly with or alongside schools or educational institutions
Availability from 11:00 am–2:00 pm UTC on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for team meetings

Preferred qualifications (these will not be used for screening purposes; if you feel you have some but not all of these, you are still encouraged to apply)

Experience as a teacher or school leader in Latin America
Experience working with partners or clients across diverse regional contexts in Latin America
Proven track record of adapting adult learning materials to local educational contexts

Work Location and Remuneration

We are searching for candidates based in Chile, Guatemala & Ecuador. If you are from elsewhere in Latin America and interested, please apply as we will consider applications from other countries if we are not able to fill it with our preferred locations. Further, we are often looking for short-term contractors to do similar work. These contractors do not have the same geographic requirement within Latin America. If you are interested in being in that pool, please indicate that in your application.

The candidate must have work authorization in their place of residence as GSL is not able to sponsor employment visas. The candidate must have the ability to travel internationally as well as within the country. Salary and title are commensurate with experience and competitive with the non-profit education sector in the country in which candidates are based. The salary ranges for the preferred countries are:

Chile: 29,602,540 - 40,485,351 CLP
Ecuador: 26,780 - 36,625 USD
Guatemala: 236,803 - 323,860 GTQ

GSL partners with Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs) to employ their staff.

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What we look for

Passion

You believe passionately that students can achieve at high levels, that education systems can be designed to ensure that achievement, and that developing school leaders is a key element in doing so.

Learning

You love to learn - from others, from research, from your work - and you are open to saying that you do not know the answer to a question, but that you will go and find the answers. You are also willing to help others on the team learn and are generous with your knowledge.

Leadership

You welcome opportunities to lead. Because we are a small team, everyone has a voice and has opportunities to lead meetings and projects.

Relationships

You set a high bar for yourself and for others both in the work you produce and in the way you form relationships. You demonstrate care for others, and you think about the impact you have on those around you. You seek out, listen to and value the voices of those closest to children - students, teachers, school leaders, and our partners.

Self-Starter

You are a self-starter and great at managing your time. Because of our remote work, you will have a very flexible schedule but high expectations for what you accomplish during your work time. (Please note, though, that due to our team being spread across the globe, meetings may need to be scheduled at very early morning hours (5 or 6am) or very late evening/night hours (10 or 11pm).

About GSL

School leaders have the potential to make incredible changes in the lives of students by building a strong school culture and helping teachers provide great instruction. Yet, school leadership has not been prioritized in low and middle-income countries. GSL works to change that through the following workstreams:

We catalyze and support local partner organizations to deliver and scale high-quality training to school leaders.
We generate insights from our partners and the broader research community to inform education policymakers, researchers, and practitioners on the best ways to support and develop strong school leadership.
We connect our partner organizations with each other for deep learning between themselves and amongst the broader school leadership community - governments, funders, and policymakers.

We are a small but mighty remote team spread across the globe. We care about each other, and we care about the work.

In eight years, we have:

Partnered with organizations in over 14 countries in the Global South and have supported over 13,000 school leaders, reaching approximately 2.3 million students.
Published three evidence reviews on what is known about school leadership globally, as well as an annual survey that helps the policy community hear school leaders' voices on their ground realities and the support they need in their roles.
Become one of the leading voices in conversations about school leadership in the global south, being asked to speak at conferences and webinars throughout the world, and being recognized for our work. In 2021, HundrED, in partnership with the World Bank, recognized GSL as one of the top ten impactful and scalable solutions that support teachers’ professional development.
Established the School Leadership Network with the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 hosted by UNESCO and the Varkey Foundation to convene online meetings with 150+ experts and 1000+ school leaders from 100+ countries to foster peer learning, share innovative practices, and strengthen school leaders’ voice in policy circles.
Expanded our work to support needs during COVID in the Philippines, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, and Peru.