MDC Position Description
Program Administrator for Educational Equity
February 2024
About the Position
MDC, a nonprofit in Durham, N.C., focused on expanding opportunity, reducing poverty, and promoting equity, particularly in the South, seeks a Program Administrator to provide critical admin and program support for the Educational Equity programs at MDC. The role will maintain, implement, and manage team systems and tools that support the other primary program team members, our communities, and our partners to be most effective. Specifically, the position will report to and provide direct administrative support to the MDC Senior Program Director for Educational Equity. The Program Administrator will also support other Educational Equity team members with notetaking, scheduling, travel, correspondence, and event planning.
Primary Responsibilities and Expectations
Administration
Take and/or transcribe notes from meetings, primarily for the Senior Program Director and the program team as a whole
Provide team members with support on technology tools
Maintain an Educational Equity calendar and assist with scheduling for team as needed
Maintain project file organization
Other duties as determined by the Senior Program Director
Project Support
Regularly coordinate program partner meetings and support
Lead internal and external meeting logistics coordination (team meetings, team retreats, partner support events, etc., as well as follow-up)
Support knowledge management, helping to document process and content learning from projects
Ensure that success stories, relevant evaluation data, and communications materials are submitted regularly to relevant MDC Cross Programs staff
Event Coordination
Lead logistics planning and execution for virtual, hybrid and in-person events, such as Zoom set-up and moderation, hotel registration, supplies and room set-up
Communicate with event participants about details and logistics
Coordinate language translation and interpretation for events and meetings
External Relations
Edit informational documents from community partners, as needed
Assist in planning/coordinating meetings and events (including follow-up)
Conduct initial research on issues raised by the Educational Equity team and partners
Qualifications
This position can be primarily virtual but will require work from MDC’s office in Durham, N.C. about once a month to access supplies and printing. There is occasional travel averaging once a month, typically within NC. Candidates should live in the greater Triangle, NC area.
The Program Administrator should have:
A bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience. Six years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Experience leading event logistics
Experience with note-taking and a willingness to learn MDC’s style preferences
Experience and comfort working with diverse groups of various sizes
Fluency in Spanish and experience speaking and translating Spanish strongly preferred
Skill with customer service and responsiveness to constituent needs
Excellent written and oral communication skills with a variety of audiences
The ability to work independently and take initiative on projects
Basic research experience
Must possess the skills to create succinct, accurate, timely documents
Must exhibit the highest degree of personal integrity, professionalism, and dedication to excellence
Immediate follow-through and attention to details
Curiosity about and willingness to explore issues of inclusion, power, privilege, and equity
Comfort working independently and as part of a team
Basic presentation skills and comfort using Teams, Zoom, etc., for meetings
The ability to think creatively and collaboratively
High proficiency in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Canva, Excel and PowerPoint
Salary
The hiring range for this position is $45,000 - $47,000 per year.
MDC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and equity, it is our policy to provide an equal employment opportunity to all individuals without regard to age, color, race, religion, national origin, disability, military/veteran status, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, or status in any other group, protected by federal or local law or for any other reason. We encourage applications from people of color, women, the LGBTQ+ community, and members of underrepresented groups. Reasonable accommodations are available on request. For more info about MDC, go to www.mdcinc.org and www.stateofthesouth.org. Deadline for application is 3/1/2024 and you are welcome to apply at any time during this window.
About the Team
The Educational Equity team at MDC promotes educational equity across the U.S. South, by engaging with changemakers and communities to leverage their strengths for transforming systems, policies, and practices that shape education from early childhood through post-secondary settings. When the South is a place where all people thrive, all children will have access to high-quality learning and care environments from birth to post-secondary that foster a love for learning and prepares them to be leaders in their communities.
Our Senior Director for Educational Equity leads the team with two program directors and four program managers. The team meets monthly via Zoom.
About MDC
Based in Durham, NC, MDC catalyzes and accelerates economic mobility across the thirteen Southern states by activating changemakers, strengthening capacity, framing key issues, and cultivating networks—centering equity through it all. Created in 1967 by NC Governor Terry Sanford, MDC envisions a South where systemic inequities no longer exist and all people thrive.
We do this by:
Activating changemakers (a community’s recognized and unrecognized leaders) as individuals, organizations, and collaboratives across the thirteen states of the American South;
Strengthening capacity;
Framing key issues; and,
Cultivating networks.
The full MDC staff of 45 meets monthly for 90 minutes and quarterly for 3 hours in person.
