Director of Curriculum

Company Description

Leadership Eastside provides a transformational leadership development experience rooted in Adaptive Leadership, Racial Equity, Systems Thinking, Thrival and Gracious Space. Using the Inner Development Goals Framework, the organization equips leaders with the tools to address complex challenges and foster healthy community development. Leadership Eastside is dedicated to co-creating a more just and equitable Eastside by empowering individuals to take action toward systemic change. The organization is a trusted leader in cultivating sustainable community impact through collaboration and innovative thinking.

Position Summary

The Director of Curriculum strengthens Leadership Eastside’s capacity to design, deliver and continuously improve meaningful, equity-centered leadership development experiences. This role leads curriculum development and program delivery across Leadership Eastside offerings, while supporting facilitators, coaches and participants throughout the learning journey. The position blends strategic program leadership, curriculum design, facilitator partnership, participant support and operational coordination to ensure a cohesive, high-quality learning experience aligned with Leadership Eastside’s mission, values and growth goals.

Position will be in person in Bellevue, WA, with remote work options available when classes are not in session.

Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum and Learning Design

• Lead the development, refinement and delivery of Leadership Eastside courses, including the flagship CORE Experience, Executive Insight courses and other learning offerings.
• Co-create and maintain learning modules that integrate Leadership Eastside values, Adaptive Leadership, Inner Development Goals, racial equity frameworks, systems thinking and other relevant approaches into cohort experiences.
• Develop session plans, reflection tools, handouts, assessments and other learning materials that support deep, practical and reflective adult learning.
• Maintain coherence across sessions and programs so participants experience a clear arc of development over the course of each program year.
• Partner with the curriculum committee to evaluate courses, identify improvements and strengthen curriculum and participant assessment tools.
• Build and maintain a resource library for staff, facilitators, participants and alumni.

Program Leadership and Delivery

• Serve as a primary steward of Leadership Eastside programs, holding the big-picture learning arc and ensuring a high-quality experience across each course day and throughout the full participant lifecycle.
• Be a visible presence in programs, helping tie threads together across sessions and supporting the translation of leadership concepts into practice.
• Work with the President & CEO on annual program planning, budgeting, strategic priorities and implementation to ensure programs align with organizational mission and structure.
• Collaborate with the team to create a full lifecycle experience from recruitment and onboarding through alumni engagement and volunteer participation.
• Support the development of new educational opportunities, business lines and continuing education offerings for alumni and the broader community.

Facilitator, Coach and Volunteer Partnership

• Identify, recruit, schedule, orient and support facilitators, coaches and volunteers for each session and program cycle.
• Provide facilitators and coaches with materials, session outlines, expectations, training and ongoing communication to support strong delivery and curriculum alignment.
• Lead regular planning conversations, debriefs, trainings and check-ins with facilitators and coaches to strengthen relationships, responsiveness and consistency.
• Ensure facilitators have updated presentation materials, appropriate documentation and timely invoicing processes in place.

Participant and Cohort Experience

• Cultivate positive, welcoming and appropriately challenging relationships with participants that support growth, belonging and accountability.
• Offer supportive coaching, guided reflection and follow-up as participants apply leadership concepts in their work and community contexts.
• Identify themes emerging across cohorts and use those insights to strengthen learning experiences and participant support.
• Manage participant communications and engagement related to class preparation, follow-up and ongoing connection to Leadership Eastside.
• Manage program coordination and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in curriculum design, adult learning, facilitation or leadership development programming.
• Ability to guide reflection, hold space for diverse perspectives and support both individual and group learning.
• Strong communication, writing, organization and relationship-building skills.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders, timelines and program logistics with attention to quality and detail.
• Familiarity with Adaptive Leadership, Inner Development Goals, racial equity work, systems thinking and related frameworks are helpful, but not required.
• Commitment to Leadership Eastside’s values of community building, shared responsibility, racial equity and thrival.

Benefits

• Health and dental coverage (vision will be added once the organization reaches the minimum number of staff required for a plan).
• Vacation is at will with supervisor approval.
• The office is closed for all federal holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Leadership Eastside matches up to 3% of salary in a retirement plan.

Email ***email_hidden*** with resume and cover letter (please, do not use AI, we want to meet you as a candidate, not an engineered response to this posting).