To realize the vision of growing and deepening our impact in San Antonio, you will grow the power and size of the Teach For America-San Antonio network by increasing the number of alumni from 391 to 800, the number of new corps members from 60 to 80 each year, and aim to have 300 alumni in leadership positions by 2021. You will also leverage the talent of 16 staff members and a 4.5 million dollar fundraising goal towards these ambitious outcomes. In doing so, we will help break down systemic barriers present in our educational landscape and further drive our families and students toward increased economic mobility. San Antonio is a region with incredible potential to deepen and expand its impact, and it calls upon you as the Executive Director to work deeply in partnership with the broader community, private sector, education, and political leaders at all times.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Propel Teach For America-San Antonio into the next stage of its evolution as it transitions from start-up to sustainable institution, maximizing its positive impact in partnership with the San Antonio community.
- Invest stakeholders in an innovative, clear, compelling, community-based visionthat is grounded in the landscape’s opportunities, needs, and problems and enabling them to pursue and achieve bold outcomes in service of this vision.
- Lead fundraising efforts and cultivate stakeholders to ensure that Teach For America-San Antonio is a meaningful part of the educational fabric of the community, focusing on growing and diversifying a sustainable funding base that will include gifts and revenue from individuals, corporations, foundations, and districts, ultimately raising a budget of $4.5M.
- In partnership with staff, corps members, alumni, and others, build and maintain a culture that is grounded in our core values and fosters our commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.
- Provide executive management to Teach For America-San Antonio by attracting, hiring, and developing a team of diverse and talented staff members to reach ambitious goals and executing the fundamentals of nonprofit management (board management, fundraising, fiscal management, etc.).
- Exercise strong judgment when facing new challenges and viewing situations through multiple lenses, lead with integrity in ambiguous and/or paradoxical situations, construct decision-making processes to engage multiple perspectives in a timely course of action.
- Cultivate new relationships while retaining and continuing to deepen existing regional relationships with public officials and organizations throughout our region and working with all sides to maximize our scale and impact.
- Partner with and drive strategy for the regional advisory board who help maximize Teach For America-San Antonio’s impact, narrative, and sustainability in the region.
Educational Background:
Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university
Skills/Experience:
- Nonprofit leadership experience (minimum of 10 years in a senior role) or relevant skills to manage a high-performing team towards ambitious outcomes in a mission-driven organization
- San Antonio experience or context strongly preferred
- Demonstrated achievement in fundraising, partnership development, or external affairs, including an ability to mobilize people and create champions to support the organization’s mission
- Working knowledge of ways to partner with a Board of Directors, in addition to possessing a strong understanding of the roles of the Executive Director and the board
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and an ability and desire to develop and maintain deep relationships with a variety of diverse constituents
- Understanding of the complexity of the local political climate that impacts Teach For America-San Antonio
- Experience navigating the political process as it pertains to elected officials, legislators, school district officials, and school board members
- Excellent strategic thinking skills to understand and leverage multiple perspectives while leading in a complex environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Personal Characteristics
- Strong personal alignment with and commitment to the mission and Foundations (core values, core tenets and diversity, equity and inclusive commitment) of Teach For America
- Operate with a sense of urgency and thoughtfulness around accomplishing goals and objectives
- Clarity of vision and the ability to invest others within the organization and in the broader San Antonio community in that vision
- Extraordinary cultural leadership and credibility
- Strong sense of self-awareness and understanding of one’s strengths and areas for development
- Commitment to exploring issues of race, class, and privilege
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and resolve conflict
- Excellent judgment and sound decision-making skills
- Willingness and ability to learn about the San Antonio education landscape and establish oneself as a key partner in the local movement to fight educational inequity
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends
- Ability to travel within the region daily and ability to travel to in-person meetings in various U.S. cities quarterly
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Oct 2 2018
Active Until:
Nov 2 2018
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit