Manager Policy

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Manager, Policy

Duties: Lead a team of analysts involved in facilitating and implementing a district wide policy process, maintain all Chancellor’s Directives, and collaborate with multiple offices and stakeholders around the policy process. Report to the Director, Policy and Legal Strategy. Develops overall program strategy and clear, specific, and ambitious performance measures for multiple projects and operational priorities; and translates targets into individual work goals and deliverables for other team members. Leads the implementation of program strategy; assesses and tracks project progress regularly using various computer programs and tools; and drives project completion holding others accountable for responsibilities and deadlines, delegates responsibilities for case actions to team members, manages team case capacity to ensure all actions are timely implemented and ensures back up’s are assigned when team members are absent. Assigns, directs, and evaluates the work of direct reports; guides and supports the professional development and training of reports; and helps implement team’s HR needs such as hiring, performance evaluation, and team structure. Determines resource needs for program success within context of broader DCPS strategy and initiatives. Helps manage the analysis and presentation of data and progress of data-driven initiatives for senior management team and external audiences, and incorporates their input, participates in developing recommendations for strategic changes based on the data. Anticipates, identifies, and resolves complex obstacles to success of overall program as well as specific projects. Interviews and surveys other colleagues and management teams to determine opportunities for improvement; researches specific issues; and develops detailed recommendations and implementation plans to resolve. Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments and departments within DCPS, particularly the Office of General Counsel and with other district agencies to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders. Develops and maintains an electronic directory of all Chancellor’s Directives and related policy documents and works collaboratively with other departments to ensure a historical tracking system of Directives is developed. Stays aware of progress of projects, high-level initiatives, and emerging issues across DCPS organization; and pro-actively helps to adjust program approach based on changes in direction, priorities, and resources. Stays aware of innovations, developments and changes in policy and case law, and research; and advises DCPS senior management team on proposed legislation, policies, procedures, and directives affecting specific Directives, recommends revisions or suggests timeframes for review and update of Directives based upon changes in the legal and policy landscape. Reviews guidance documents and provides substantive feedback on the content, as well spelling and grammar edits and advises on structure and readability for schools and parents as the audience.

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District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)
1200 First Street NE
Washington
District of Columbia
United States 20002
Website : http://dcps.dc.gov/portal/site/DCPS/