All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.

JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.

Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.

Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.

JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.

• The Head of the IT department manages a team of 4-6 technical leads (and their respective associates) supporting the following technologies: GSuite, Salesforce, Jira, Slack.
• This is not a technical job, this is a people management job.

• As part of the executive committee, represent the IT department
• Run the department weekly team meeting
• Set SLA goals for each department
• Promote best practice of documentation, grooming the succession
• Maintain a culture of openness, sharing and welcoming input/feedback.
• No turf or pride of ownership: the goal is to create programs to serve the kids.

• Have a service mentality: Business/Users are your clients
• Ability to build and lead a team: articulate overall strategy, get buy in from team, get leads to work together
• Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
• Sense of urgency: getting things done today is better than getting them done tomorrow
• Cheerleader in chief for the technology department
• Exposure to all or some of these technologies
• Obsessive documenter
• 8-10 hours per week, 12+ month commitment

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.