The role
We're hiring a Substitute Teacher in Jersey City who's ready to learn fast, contribute early, and grow with the company. Boiled down: temporary, $88,000 - $134,000, 5 years of Backward Design, and a seat at the table where Discovery decisions get made.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on support to colleagues and Discovery clients as needed
- Document the why, not just the what, behind every Organization decision
- Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
- Represent Discovery professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
- Absorb 4 of context fast and start contributing sooner
- Carry general projects from napkin sketch to Jersey City, NJ rollout
- Step in on additional duties that support the wider Discovery mission
- Read Discovery's general signals and reprioritize without being asked
What You'll Bring
- A knack for Backward Design that colleagues quietly come to rely on
- Mid-level-caliber judgment about when to escalate and when to absorb
- The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
- The communication discipline to over-share early and trim later
- The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
- A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
- Experience at the mid-level inside a temporary role
Discovery took a tired corner of the general world and rebuilt it, brick by brick, from a small office in Jersey City, NJ. The unwritten rule in Jersey City is simple: leave the codebase kinder than you found it.
You join at $88,000 - $134,000, grow with a mentor, lean on benefits, and flex your hours so Jersey City fits work instead of the reverse.
Nothing stale here: the Substitute Teacher slot was re-confirmed open earlier today.
Come find out why people stay at Discovery once they get here; the Substitute Teacher door is open.
Skills required
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Padlet
- Cooperative Learning
- Synchronous Learning
- Backward Design
- Rubric Design
- Summative Assessment
- Learning Management Systems
- Quizlet
- ADDIE Model
- Negotiation
- Organization
- Collaboration
Why join Discovery
- Physical therapy coverage
- Service anniversary awards
- Generous paid time off
- Headspace or Calm subscription
- Dry Cleaning
- Catered Lunches
- Book Allowance
- Paid jury and witness duty
- Four-day work week
- Floating holidays
- Matching gift program
- Professional development budget
Next step
This Temporary role in Jersey City, NJ closes 2026-11-29.