Employment with JA Worldwide

If you’re motivated by JA’s global mission, scale, and impact, we invite you to apply for a position with our organization.

As one of the world’s largest and most-impactful youth-serving NGOs, JA Worldwide delivers hands on, immersive learning in entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial health. Reaching more than 15 million young people each year through an ecosystem of 400,000 teachers and business volunteers, JA Worldwide is one of few organizations with the scale, experience, and passion to build a boundless future for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders.

JA Worldwide is a network of teams: Each JA entity has its own board of directors and staff and each operation, whether large or small, works with young people, has an online presence, raises funds, manages finances, delivers programs, organizes events, collects/shares data, and handles diverse legal and compliance issues. In addition to working with young people of all ages and a vast alumni community, JA collaborates with nearly 100,000 schools.

JA Worldwide has been ranked as one of the top ten NGOs in the world since 2019 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 and 2023.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At JA Worldwide, not only are we committed to diversity of race, ethnicity, age, gender and gender identity, and sexual orientation in our staff, boards, and volunteers, we also highly value diversity of ideas, skillsets, industries, and geography to ensure our students are exposed to the greatest possible range of experiences and perspectives.

To best serve our students and offer them the experiences and role models they need to build self-efficacy, we seek to ensure that the JA network—including staff, teachers, business volunteers, and board members—is as diverse and inclusive as our students and alumni. With direct access to adults who share a similar background and set of experiences, JA students gain the confidence to amplify their voices, build sustainable movements, and work toward a better world. Read more.

Open Positions

See our open position listing below.

Global Head of Technology

The Global Head of Technology leads technology strategy and execution at JA Worldwide and reports to the COO. This person is experienced in setting direction, leading tech teams, and overseeing complex technical projects and is a highly collaborative and effective communicator. To drive digital innovation and change and increase effectiveness in the way we use technology (such as cross-functional workflows), the Global Head of Technology will engage with staff at JA Worldwide HQ and across the JA network.

As a global nonprofit, JA Worldwide’s technology choices must be both sustainable and continuously improving our capacity to deliver impactful learning pathways. As the number of IT initiatives, partnerships, technical staff, and vendors is increasing at every level of the organization, this role involves ensuring alignment as we explore new tools and channels and enhance our existing platforms. The person in this position helps make the best technology choices for JA Worldwide—vetting vendors and partners—and pay close attention to the protection and privacy of our data.

Responsibilities

• Develop digital strategy as it relates to the organization's IT infrastructure in a federated network (computer and information systems, security, communication systems)

• Maximize support of strategic priorities around accelerating digital and AI as well as creating a “OneJA” culture around technology

• Develop, manage, and track the department's annual budget; continuing to strengthen the technical team at JA Worldwide

• Negotiate contracts, establish roles and responsibilities, and communicate clearly with vendors

• Lead JA’s global LX-Tech Road Map and support the interconnection between education and technology/AI as we design fundable projects

• Ensure the integrity of our IT infrastructure and a robust capacity in cybersecurity, data protection, GDPR, and compliance in general

• Advance our AI knowledge and capabilities as well as drive us toward more automation and improved business intelligence.

• Consult stakeholders across the entire organization to identify business and technology needs and work to optimize the use of IT

• Oversee IT operations and IT projects; supervise systems and IT staff

• Create processes and standards for the selection, implementation, and support of systems; ensure the requisite technical documentation and/or policy documents are in place

• Provide direction and guidance; ensure staff are properly trained

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, or a related field; master’s degree is desirable

• 8+ years of experience in IT operations, supervising technology teams, and overseeing large information-technology projects

• Proven ability to implement systems, introduce automation, and develop operating procedures

• Excellent understanding of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases and data storage systems, and telecommunications systems

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the entire organization

• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills

• Strong knowledge of project management principles

Location and Position

• Flexible (JA Worldwide generally follows US Eastern time)

How to Apply

Please send your resume and cover letter to hr@jaworldwide.org.