This role is charged with engaging, connecting and inspiring our 3000+ alumni leaders (with a focus on those in education sector) to improve educational equity in communities across the Bay Area. This role will help facilitate 1) alumni learning around the biggest opportunities and barriers facing our students in the education ecosystem today within Bay communities, 2) strategically connecting alumni with each other to inspire alumni to tackle some of the biggest challenges of educational equity in the Bay Area. This position will work closely with the Director of Alumni Talent and Leadership, the program team and the Partnerships team to implement its vision. This role will also own a portfolio of alumni relationships and reports to the Managing Director of Alumni.
- You have superb interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to engage, motivate, and inspire others to action
- You are obsessed with the potential of our alumni and believe in the power of our alumni community to dramatically improve outcomes for kids and families within school systems and across the many other sectors.
- You are passionate about educational equity in the Bay Area and you believe that a diverse group of leaders and perspectives are critical to making the best decisions possible and seek them out when they are not present.
- You have a deep understanding of the social and political issues within each educational ecosystem in different Bay Area communities and how that prevents or enables our mission toward educational equity (or at least you have a desire to learn and understand this)
- You believe in the power of collective impact.
You will create high quality and impactful touchpoints to strengthen, inspire and connect alumni base (45%):
- Develop relevant content for alumni communications in an effort to connect alumni
- Analyze the local education landscape to identify opportunities to grow alumni impact and especially within sub-groups (e.g. recent alumni, alum school leaders, etc).
- Create experiences that help inform alumni leaders about key challenges and issues within the education landscape, that will inspire action amongst this community.
- Connect individually with a minimum of 15-25 alumni per month in order to build strong relationships with our alumni base and drive engagement.
- Execute and support regional initiatives to strengthen alumni connections with each other. This may include alumni council, Bay Ed Summit, Alumni Induction, The Collective or smaller scale strategies such as affinity groups, home dinner discussion groups, guest speakers.
You will Inform and inspire alumni about the education landscape - locally, statewide and nationally (20%):
- Analyze the local education landscape to identify opportunities to grow alumni impact.
- Create and design campaigns to drive community and alumni involvement with Teach For America –Bay Area to bring awareness to issues for educational inequality.
You will collaborate with others on shared priorities and systems (20%):
- Work with Director of Alumni Talent and Leadership to utilize data management systems (Salesforce platform TFACT) to accurately report and track alumni progress toward career goals, monitor levels of involvement with Teach For America/community partners, and make data-based decisions regarding strategic priorities.
- Support and drive the management of our annual alumni survey management and completion
- Partner with Alumni and Program staff to create an annual calendar of events for corps and alumni community building
You will contribute to broader organizational vision, mission, and culture (15%)
- Interview, select, and matriculate incoming corps members
- Engage in regional learning through attending meetings and professional development opportunities
- Staff Teach For America - Bay Area events
- 4-7+ years of relevant work experience
- Experience working with our bay area communities preferable
Work Demands
- Teach For America generally assumes a 50 hour workweek for its exempt staff members. Work hours are flexible based on the needs of the team and the position.
- Occasional weekend or evening work hours required.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite