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Director, Knowledge Management

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United States
Full-time

In this role, you will accelerate learning and impact across 51 regional teams and a national Development team by identifying, codifying, sharing and maintaining critical knowledge and lessons taking place across the development network. This work empowers over 250 development professionals to efficiently and effectively raise the funds necessary to fuel our work.  To achieve this purpose, the Director of Knowledge Management builds and manages a network of key relationships as well as knowledge management platforms and communications mechanisms. 

The ideal candidate will have strong skills in relationship building that can adapt to the unique needs of a diverse set of individuals and teams. You will also have strong skills and experience in project initiation and management including proposing projects to improve our work, setting goals, meeting deadlines and managing others toward shared outcomes --- for example, the creation of a suite of resources aimed at building knowledge around corporate fundraising strategy. You will have the ability to synthesize a vast and complex set of information into clear, codified knowledge that can be easily understood by a diverse audience. You will report to the Managing Director of Knowledge Management. 

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Manage a portfolio of relationships within the Development team and from other teams across the organization (for example, Marketing & Communications, Board Governance, Finance, Legal & Compliance, etc.) in order to surface knowledge from and deliver knowledge to partners.
  • Curate and create codified knowledge resources that can be easily shared such as one pager guides, training presentations, templates and case studies.
  • Own and manage the strategy for internal communications, including a weekly newsletter sent to all development staff, an orientation communication series for new development team members and our development “Help Desk” communications.
  • Coordinate all internal communications needs for development audiences, in partnership with teammates across the Development team and organization. 
  • Collaborate with the team on shared strategies such as Peer Learning and other internal engagements.
  • Collaborate with the other Director of Knowledge Management on the content management strategy that this individual leads, ensuring that communications and all other KM initiatives are complementary, coordinated and comprehensive.
  • Lead and support special projects, such as in-person learning events, as needed.
Skills/Experience: 
  • 5+ years of work experience
  • Previous experience on TFA staff, in Development and/or in Knowledge Management a plus

Skills

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong planning and operational skills

Work Demands

  • Ability to travel to in-person meetings in various U.S. cities 1-2 times per quarter

Organization Info

Teach For America

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1993
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Mission: 

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, professionals, or graduate students who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. Teach For America's mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize as many as possible of our nation's most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. In the 2016-2017 school year, 6,900 first- and second-year Teach For America corps members are teaching in 53 regions across the United States. Since 1990, Teach For America corps members have reached more than 10 million students. Teach For America's more than 40,000 alumni are providing critical leadership -- as teachers, school and district leaders; elected officials and policy advisers; and founders and leaders of education and social reform initiatives -- to ensure all children have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Aug 18 2018
Active Until: 
Sep 18 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Teach For America
industry: 
Nonprofit