The Managing Director, Coalition Building will work to foster the collaboration of our broader alumni base. They will work closely with the Managing Director, The Collective and Managing Director, Leadership Development to lead and steward the leadership growth and development of alumni across lines of difference to create the conditions necessary to fully leverage Teach For America’s broad and diverse coalition. The MD, Coalition Building will set the foundation for the convening of leaders across sectors, but primarily in the field of education and fields that most directly impact education, to accelerate the collective impact of our alumni base.
This leader should have a strong Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness orientation, experience convening diverse groups of leaders in pursuit of a common purpose, the ability to develop and drive a bold, ambitious, and meaningful vision and invest others in that vision, and should be motivated by the potential of Teach For America’s impact in the education space as a result of our coalition building efforts. You are a strategic thinker who excels at understanding the type of leadership our landscape requires and working in partnership with others to ensure our leaders are on the vanguard of excellence in education and innovation. You can set clear goals and are skilled at mapping out a path to reach them. You are comfortable in an entrepreneurial environment and possess an exceptionally high level of personal responsibility.
Coalition Building (50%)
In partnership with the MD, The Collective and MD, Leadership Development, you will
- Develop and execute a relevant and coherent vision and strategy for how to foster deep and meaningful engagements across lines of difference, particularly along lines of race and class, to advance our vision of One Day
- Provide insights and expertise on how to best convene diverse and advanced groups of educational leaders and thought partners along intersectional lines of identity
- Support alumni-facing staff to galvanize alumni bodies across the nation to convene locally and nationally to discuss and grapple with some of the most pressing issues in education impeding educational excellence and access for students
- Codify findings from the field to inform national alumni support vision and strategy
- Co-design programming and engagements responsive to the unique needs and challenges of our alumni base and communities
- Serve as a practitioner in leveraging and incorporating DEI expertise in core workstreams
- Lead the charge in how to best organize a broad, diverse, and inclusive coalition to scale impact and innovation
Alumni-Facing Staff Engagement | Regional (40%)
- Oversee and partner with a national, diverse council of alumni-facing staff (alums for regions without TFA operations) to inform regional and national programming and support
- Provide resources and maximize existing technology platforms to drive on-the-ground engagement and mobilization of alums via alumni-facing staff
- Leverage awareness of the state of affairs in respective communities to shape perspective on catalytic issues alumni across lines of difference are working to tackle
- Support alumni-facing staff in their ability to leverage their alumni base as added capacity to support regional efforts
- Design virtual engagement opportunities to support regional staff in addition to field experiences to remain proximate to on-the-ground learning
Organization & Team Responsibilities (10%)
- Participate in CLE-wide and sub-team activities
- Participate in the corps member interview selection process
- Attend professional development conferences and learning group experiences
- Steward organizational priorities, core values, Foundations, and breakthrough results
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness
- Four to seven years of work experience, manager experience preferred
- Experience convening leaders across lines of difference, particularly in the education space
- Understanding of TFA alumni community
- Experience leading DEI work
Skills
- Exceptional strategic and critical thinking skills, specifically the ability to think big, generate ideas and implement solutions to complex problems
- Ability to set and evolve vision and direction
- Effective at leading in front of and from behind the scenes while ensuring success of others
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage team execution toward high quality results
- Proven ability to build and leverage relationships with a variety of stakeholders to reach successful outcomes
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to tailor message and approach toward the perspectives of others
- Desire to constantly improve and learn from past experiences
- Passion for our mission, with a deep belief in the importance of investing others in Teach For America’s mission and work
- Commitment to being a steward of our organization, and embodying our core values and commitment to DEI
Work Demands
- Ability to work some weekends and evenings
- Ability to travel to in-person meetings