In this role you will work in partnership with the teacher development and alumni leadership teams to ensure they have the operational support they need to execute events and produce communications that support both programmatic and cultural outcomes. In addition, you will drive several campaigns to elicit feedback from our corps members and alumni in Houston.
To be a successful candidate, you must be passionate about educational equity in Houston. You must also be obsessed with the potential of our corps members and alumni to dramatically improve outcomes for kids and deeply believe that they have the power to transform the system of education in Houston. Additionally, you’ll be a conscious leader, a team player, innovative and strategic, obsessive about outcomes, motivated by relationships, self-driven, and a compelling communicator.
In this role, you will support the teacher leadership and alumni leadership teams by planning for and providing operational support for events, creating and sending corps member and alumni communications, and gathering feedback from corps members and alumni through periodic surveys. More specifically, you will:
Ensure Corps Members are clear and on track for their professional development and corps responsibilities (40%)
- Driving the project plan to ensure 95%+ completion of our corps survey which is administered three times a year.
- Maintaining a bi-weekly corps blast to keep our corps updated on action items and opportunities for development.
- Owning the ongoing tracking of corps member session attendance and communicating with corps members if they are off track of their professional development responsibilities.
Support the incoming Corps Member team in ensuring a smooth onboarding process (40%)
- Review incoming corps member resumes to prepare them for a smooth interview process
- Monitor incoming corps member progress through their onboarding modules and following with them around this progress
- Ensuring our onboarding tracker has 100% accurate and up to date information
Engage with operations and logistics support for ongoing Alumni Events (20%)
- Support planning logistics for events such as Teach For America Week, the Alumni and Friends Event or Alumni Induction in various capacities including space, material, and communication logistics.
- Providing on the ground support for events to help ensure the event runs smoothly and that our corps member alumni have a great experience
- Collaborating with key members of Teach For America team on ongoing communications and accurate collection of surveys and session attendance.
- Have experience creating and executing operational systems that are user-centered and promote strong programmatic outcomes
- Be able to work weekends and evenings, as necessary
- Be able to travel up to 2 times per year for conferences and professional development
To be the most successful candidate, you must be obsessed with our corps member and alumni teachers and their potential to expand opportunities for students such that every child has the opportunity to realize their fullest potential. More specifically, you will be:
- Passionate about Houston and educational equity. You are passionate about issues related to educational equity in Houston. You are incredibly optimistic about what we can achieve when we embrace the strengths that are omnipresent in Houston and partner with others to solve our most pressing challenges, namely in education.
- A conscious leader. You have a pattern of modeling a set of values for others through self-reflection, curiosity and exploration, and an ability to connect and empathize with people. You have a history of operating in the spirit of our commitment to diversity and a strong understanding of the dynamics of race and class in America. You lead, and believe others must lead, through a culturally relevant lens and in a way that empowers supporters, staff, corps members, alumni, students and communities.
- A team player. You strive towards outcomes by working collaboratively with others on the team, knowing your outcomes are interdependent.
- Innovative and strategic. You seek to chart a new course and create something where something does not yet exist. When you face a large problem, your first instinct is to break it down into smaller, manageable pieces and ruthlessly prioritize what is most important.
- Obsessive about outcomes. You have an incredibly strong record of achieving ambitious goals despite obstacles. Your decisions are data-driven, and you stay laser-focused on your goals regardless of any day-to-day chaos or distractions.
- Motivated by relationships. Whether working with your teammates, external stakeholders, or our corps members and alumni, you cultivate and manage strong and lasting relationships with ease. Additionally, you have strong gravitas, presence, and maturity that engender respect and facilitate strong partnerships.
- Self-driven. You have superior organizational skills, attention to detail, integrity, and great follow-through on all facets of your work. You demonstrate an uncommon level of personal responsibility for achieving results, define broadly what is within your control, persevere in the face of challenges and you’re exceptionally optimistic about what is possible. You take initiative to do what it takes to achieve success. You are obsessed with learning and growing and consistently act on feedback to improve your performance, outcomes and impact on others.
- A compelling and strategic communicator. You work across multiple stakeholders to ensure consistency and quality of internal and external communications. You keep your manager regularly updated as critical partners in your work.