$41.6k - $46.8k/year PART TIME Head Of School Leadership

Join our dynamic team at UATX as a Head Of School Leadership! This Remote position offers an immediate start for the right candidate. You'll leverage your skills in Organizational design to succeed. A salary of $41.6k - $46.8k per Year is offered.

Who We Are

The Mill Institute, inspired by the work of philosopher John Stuart Mill, is leading a movement of K-12 and post-secondary educators to change the way students engage with the most heated issues facing society. We work with instructors and administrators to bring viewpoint diversity and open inquiry into educational settings. We aim to create spaces where students can be curious about anything.

The Mill Institute at UATX is hiring a part-time Head of School Leadership (approx. 20 hrs/week) to help us grow our advisory services that support school and district culture change. This person will take a leadership role in guiding the Mill Institute’s work helping schools build a culture of open inquiry that embraces viewpoint diversity, truth seeking, and civic engagement. 

This position will report to the Executive Director of the Mill Institute.

• Leading school and district level advisory projects that help leaders explore different strategies for building a culture of open inquiry, including but not limited to: Teacher training, parent communication, strategic planning, and the re-articulation of organizational mission/vision/values (will involve some travel, likely 3-5 short trips over the duration of the contract)
• Overseeing the development of the Mill Institute School Leader Fellowship, launching in Summer 2025
• Building a network of school and system education leaders across the country to determine their biggest roadblocks to building a culture of open inquiry
• Other duties, as needed, including supporting the delivery of teacher professional development and participation in teacher learning communities

• Min 3 years of organizational design or strategic planning experience, preferably in the education sector
• Min 2 years of experience working with schools in the formal K-12 education sector (e.g. public or private/charter school system)
• Comfort and experience working with system leaders such as principals and superintendents of education (we will also consider people who have worked with high-level system leaders in other sectors)
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Experience in entrepreneurial settings

• A strong, highly organized, multi-tasker who takes pleasure in turning messy details into well-defined systems
• A people person who enjoys highly collaborative teams
• Comfortable working with leaders and educators in a wide variety of settings
• Able to turn written content around quickly and adhere to short-term deadlines
• Able to engage with, and hopefully enjoy, self-directed work 
• Able to break down large projects into smaller pieces with minimal guidance

EEO / AA STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

UATX & The Mill Institute do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.