Program Officer

Education Program Officer William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, California The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (Hewlett or the Foundation), based in Menlo Park, California, seeks a collaborative and strategic leader to serve as a Program Officer in its Education Program. At a pivotal moment for both the Foundation and the broader field, this individual will help advance an evolving strategy focused on strengthening human connections and expanding rich learning experiences for all students, particularly those furthest from opportunity. Working closely with the Education Program Director and a highly collaborative team, the Program Officer will contribute to shaping and implementing this strategy while engaging with a diverse set of partners across the education ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to join a highly respected foundation at a time of strategic evolution and to contribute to work that seeks to strengthen public education and its role in supporting thriving communities, a healthy democracy, and a vibrant economy. The Program Officer will bring deep knowledge of public education, ideally grounded in firsthand experience in schools and school systems, and an understanding of how to cohere and align instructional practice, community and systems leadership, and cross-sector partnerships to improve academic and life outcomes for students. They will bring a nuanced understanding of the realities of educational improvement, and the ability to identify high-leverage strategies to help close the gap between aspiration and implementation in public education. The successful candidate will advance Hewlett�s vision of deeper learning, a blend of strong academic knowledge with the skills, mindsets, and dispositions that young people need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. The Program Officer will work closely with districts, states, and networks that are working with key civic institutions, community-based organizations and employers to expand rich learning experiences and strengthen human relationships, especially in an increasingly AI-centric world. The candidate will work with the education program team and its partners to build non-partisan coalitions committed to improving public education at scale. Through this work, we seek to enable high quality learning opportunities for all students, especially those furthest from opportunity. To advance the Foundation�s goals, the Program Officer will work closely and build strong relationships with school and systems leaders and their local, state, and national partners on the improvement of instructional practice. The Program Officer will bring knowledge, understanding, and expertise of educational implementation at the state, district, and school levels. The Program Officer will have knowledge and experience with efforts to better connect schools and communities � and broaden students learning experiences � through such strategies as career-connected learning and civic-learning. The Program Officer will also collaborate with colleagues focused on complementary strategic priorities such as improving teacher preparation and career advancement, strengthening school and systems leadership, and leveraging enabling environments such as state, local and national policy and ascendent technologies such as artificial intelligence. ABOUT THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Together with its partners, Hewlett is harnessing society�s collective capacity to solve our toughest problems � from the existential threat of climate change to persistent and pervasive inequities, to attacks on democracy itself. A nonpartisan philanthropy, the Hewlett Foundation has made grants in the U.S. and globally for nearly six decades based on an approach that emphasizes long-term support, collaboration, and trust. Globally, He…