Department Coordinator

Department Coordinator – Education


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Full Job Description

Sesame Workshop is seeking a Department Coordinator for its Formal Learning group. This is a small team dedicated to originating research-based approaches to curriculum and instructional design to optimize learning and impact for children and their educators and families. This group’s work entails developing media-enhanced research-based educational content, products, and services aligned to school-based curricula at national and state standards that build on Sesame Workshop’s trusted reputation as an innovator, researcher, and educational media organization. Our products and services are cross-platform – print, interactive digital, linear media.

This Department Coordinator role is a proactive point of contact and connection between team members, internal departments, Sesame’s leadership, and external partners, vendors, and stakeholders. The Department Coordinator is a keen problem-solver.

Responsibilities:

Administrative
Manages the administrative and clerical project by performing day-to-day functions to keep the VP and team members organized, effective, and acting in accordance with Sesame Workshop policies and procedures.

Motivate others to be organized and inclusive
Ensure timely feedback and results
Manage VP and the group calendars, annualized group and project schedules, and other areas of coordination.
Develop and manage files
Lead the processing and preparation of contracts and invoices
Prepare expense reports
Order office supplies
Prepare reports as needed
Support company-wide meetings as needed or assigned

Communications and Group Archivist
Ensures clear and consistent communications within and outside of the organization and acts as the archivist for the group.

Represent the voice of the organization and group in written and spoken communications
Manage the pipeline communication for the group to the larger organization
Provide research and minor writing and copyediting
Work closely with internal and external teams to regularly communicate with partners and vendors
Work closely with communications, social media, and events teams to help ensure accurate timelines, feedback, and content
Assist in the development of any project-related presentations, documents, and reports
Help execute against project-related deliverables, e.g. maintain project files
Maintain list of curated media

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