National Governance Coordinator

LIFELONG LEARNING ADMINISTRATION CORPORATION

Full Time, Monday - Friday; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, with occasional on‑site responsibilities and quarterly "return to office" work days.

The Lifelong Learning Advantage

At Lifelong Learning, our mission is to support our client schools so they can concentrate on improving educational outcomes and student success. We continue to be a strong, positive force, pioneering the way education is delivered to all students.

Learn more about us at https://llac.org/

How You Will Make an Impact

The National Governance Coordinator supports compliance with legal, procedural, and authorizer requirements across multiple states. The role helps manage governance records and accountability systems, assists in the facilitation of board activities such as meetings, onboarding, committees, summits, and retreats, and serves as a liaison among internal teams and external stakeholders to promote transparency and effective governance practices. This position reports to the Director of Expansion. This position reports to Director, Expansion or designee.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES

This job description is intended to accurately reflect the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with this classification. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Maintain accurate governance records, including legal filings, document archiving, and procedural compliance across all boards and authorizers.
• Ensure adherence to the Open Meetings Act (OMA) across all states of operation by supporting consistent application of standards.
• Monitor compliance tasks in Epicenter and other designated platforms, escalating concerns and ensuring timely resolution.
• Track legislative and regulatory updates affecting schools and boards, promoting awareness and alignment across teams.
• Coordinate governance activities such as board member onboarding, committee meetings, national summits, retreats, and training.
• Prepare and distribute communications, including notices, meeting materials, and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collect and organize data for reports, dashboards, and presentations, providing strategic recommendations as needed.
• Serve as a point of contact for governance inquiries, coordinating cross-departmental resources and escalating issues when appropriate.
• Foster positive working relationships with board members, authorizers, legal partners, and staff to strengthen governance effectiveness.
• Perform administrative duties, responsibilities and activities that may be assigned or changed from time to time

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Knowledge and understanding of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures relevant to the area of employment.
• Knowledge and understanding of the organization’s culture, business units, services, and products.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Skilled in prioritizing work, managing multiple competing assignments, and maintaining accuracy under deadlines; resourceful in improving processes, solving problems, and reporting data with diligence and accuracy.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities, regulations, and environments; exercises sound judgment within established policies and procedures while maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Ability to Strong collaborate effectively across all levels of personnel, including executives, board members, staff, legal partners, and authorizer representatives; exceptional written and oral communication skills with proficiency in drafting professional correspondence and reports; committed to providing excellent customer service.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree or two years’ equivalent work experience demonstrating applicable skills in a relevant industry or discipline required.
• Three years of experience in project coordination, governance support, or executive administrative functions is required.
• Experience working with public charter boards, charter school authorizers, or comparable governance bodies, with familiarity in compliance and regulatory processes.
• Proficient Level of skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and experience with platforms such as Epicenter and board management systems.
• Ability to perform job duties with minimal supervision, dependability, high quality, and quantity required.
• Ability to travel up to 25% in performance of job, duties is required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Vision: Ability to read small prints and view a computer screen for prolong periods, prepare, or inspect documents and operate office equipment.
• Hearing: Ability to hear average or typical conversations and receive ordinary information.
• Speech: Ability to be understood in face-to-face communication, in person or remote, to speak with a level of proficiency and volume to be understood over a telephone or computer.
• Mental Demands: Ability to read, write, understand, interpret, and apply information at a moderately complex level essential for successful job performance; math skills at a high school proficiency level; judgement and the ability to process information quickly; learn quickly and follow verbal procedures and standards; give verbal instruction; rank tasks in order of importance; copy, compare, compile and coordinate information and records. Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work. Understand how to manage stress. medium workflow management, high project coordination, and medium people engagement.
• Upper Body Mobility: Ability to use fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together, use hands to grasp, and manipulate small objects; twist and bend at wrist and elbow; extend arms to reach outward and upward; use hands and arms to lift objects; turn, raise, and lower head.
• Strength: Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Environmental Requirements: Ability to encounter constant work interruptions; work cooperatively with others; work independently; work indoors. Prolonged period sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Work in a low to moderate noise environment with frequent deadline pressures.