Democracy Prep Public Schools
(Assistant) Director of the Global Citizens Program
🇺🇸 New York, NY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $80K - $110K
💻 Other
🗓️ July 31st, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Democracy Prep Public Schools is hiring an (Assistant) Director of the Global Citizens Program. The role involves leading and coordinating domestic and international travel programs, managing global education initiatives, and working closely with school staff to provide enriching travel and educational experiences for students across the network.
Highlights
- Lead and refine the Global Citizens Program, including international and domestic travel opportunities and school-based global education.
- Plan, book, and coordinate multiple trips while collaborating with school leaders, operations, and faculty.
- Support middle schools with end-of-year trips and coordinate immersion travel programs, including summer cultural, language, and wilderness experiences.
- Manage travel budgets in partnership with the Chief Program Officer and Finance team.
- Ensure proper traveler documentation, compliance with state and federal requirements, and maintain accurate trip data and itineraries.
- Serve as a 24-hour on-call emergency contact during group travel and monitor travel safety updates.
- Develop and update pre-departure curriculum and professional development for staff and chaperones.
- Strong mastery of Google Office software is required.
- Experience working directly with students and families and building partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Salary range $80,000 - $110,000 with benefits including medical, dental, vision, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, smartphone, and laptop.
(Assistant) Director of the Global Citizens Program Full Description
(Assistant) Director of the Global Citizens Program
About Democracy Prep
Democracy Prep Public Schools (DPPS) is a network of college preparatory schools and it is our mission to ensure all of our students have the option to go to college. We also acknowledge and celebrate multiple post-secondary pathways. We prioritize civic engagement, global citizenship/student travel, arts, and athletics, in addition to excellent academics.
The Global Citizens Program
The Global Citizens Program at Democracy Prep is committed to empowering our scholars to change the world by first seeing the world. To that end, the Global Citizens Program directs the network’s domestic and international travel programs in coordination with school-based staff. The Global Citizens Program also strives to provide teachers and staff with resources and opportunities to plan local field trips and incorporate global education programming into all classrooms and the daily life of every scholar.
The Opportunity
Part of the Programs Team, the Director of the Global Citizens Program is an organized, detail-oriented collaborator who will work closely with the chief program officer, members of the programs team and school-based staff. The director is responsible for the refinement, coordination and execution of domestic and international Global Citizens experiences for students within the Democracy Prep Public Schools Network.
Who You Are
- An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
- An experienced program manager, ideally in the fields of global education, study abroad, or experiential learning.
- A strong collaborator with experience developing and managing educational programs or projects.
- A relationship builder with demonstrated experience building partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- A planner with exceptional organizational skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Somebody with strong mastery of Google Office software.
- A school professional with experience working directly with students and families.
- A social justice advocate with an understanding of the unique experiences of traditionally underrepresented scholars in the field of study abroad.
- A prior participant in a study abroad experience (preferred).
What You’ll Do
- Refine and lead Global Citizen Initiatives to ensure high quality international and domestic travel opportunities, as well as school-based global education programming, to all Democracy Prep schools.
- Oversee the planning, booking and coordination of multiple domestic and international trips for Democracy Prep Public Schools while coordinating with school leaders, operations teammates and faculty to ensure excellent programs in the U.S. and abroad.
- With school leaders and operations teams, support middle schools in the planning and implementation of end of year trips.
- Plan and coordinate immersive summer cultural, language, and wilderness travel opportunities with outside organizations.
- Manage school based travel budget in partnership with the Chief Program Officer and Finance team
- Guide and partner with school leaders to create and maintain robust systems related to all scholar application, selection, preparation, departure and incident processes.
- Provide guidance to families and campuses on passport application and renewals, visas and other foreign travel documentation where relevant.
- Ensure that accurate data and information in trip itineraries and budgets is exceptionally maintained and regularly updated.
- With our finance team, coordinate the budgeting of trips, payments to vendors, and completion of international transactions.
- Secure international travel insurance on an annual basis and consult with insurance agency on relevant coverage questions.
- Coordinate and monitor trip timelines and ensure relevant deadlines are met.
- Serve as a 24-hour on-call emergency point of contact during group travel times.
- Monitor state department updates regarding travel to ensure all key stakeholders are up to date on happenings and that all Democracy Prep travelers are safe.
- Refine the Global Citizens Curriculum Engage in pre-departure content development, including reimagining and keeping pre-departure lessons updated.
- With legal, ensure compliance with relevant state and federal requirements pertaining to student attendance of trips.
- With our communications team, leverage opportunities for visibility and funding of the Global Citizens Program.
- Develop content for and facilitate professional development sessions related to the Global Citizens Program for school-based teammates including trip leaders and chaperones.
- Partner with school based teammates on all aspects of scholar and family preparation, including but not limited to: booking flights, ensuring accuracy or traveler information and itinerary details, preparing staff chaperones, and supporting with clear family communications.
Compensation
Salary range is $80,000 - $110,000 commensurate with your experience. Based on your interview, you may be offered an Assistant Director position (range is $80,000 - $100,000) or a Director position (range is $100,000 - $110,000). This job description may be altered slightly based on which role you are offered and a final job description will be furnished with any offer. Democracy Prep employees are provided with a benefits package that includes medical, vision, and dental insurance, 403B matching, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, a smartphone, and a laptop.
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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertise, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
