Teach For America seeks a Managing Director, Recruitment Partnerships to play a critical role in our effort to recruit a highly talented, diverse corps by strengthening and expanding our work with graduate school and employer partners, national nonprofit partners, and university partners. This person’s chief responsibilities will include setting and leading the overall strategic vision for the Recruitment Team’s external partnerships work, managing outcome-oriented relationships with existing partners, researching and starting relationships with new/potential partners, creating and leading joint prospect-facing programming (virtual events, etc) with partners, collaborating with Teach For America’s Community Alliances and Collective Leadership and Engagement teams towards shared goals, and more. This person will spend 50% of their time on graduate school and employer partnerships, 20% on national nonprofit partnerships, 10% on university partnerships, and 10% on other responsibilities.
The MD, Recruitment Partnerships will work alongside the SMD, Senior Recruitment Associate (SRA), and Manager of Base Mobilization (BMOB) to support the execution of broader Recruitment Team trainings, events (virtual and/or in-person), and possibly play a role in recruitment pilots. These additional responsibilities will range in scope and time commitment. It is also likely this role will engage in management, in partnership with the SRA, BMOB.
The ideal candidate has demonstrated an exceptional ability to build relationships and influence others (including through negotiation), is a strong written and verbal communicator, is a strong project manager, has a proven track record of taking ownership of (at times, ambiguous) workstreams to achieve results, and has a strong outcomes orientation.
The MD, Recruitment Partnerships will:
- Own and manager partnerships with key external stakeholders, including graduate schools and employers, nonprofits, and others, to develop and maintain mutually-beneficial partnerships that strengthen corps member recruitment and the Teach For America brand. (50%)
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders, such as Community Alliances, Collective Leadership and Engagement, field teams, Marketing & Communications, Learning and Development, and others to provide strategy support, develop resources, and support other initiatives to understand program impact and make key decisions for the future. (10%)
- Set vision and direction for how the Recruitment Team’s partnerships work will contribute to year-end recruitment outcomes. (10%)
- Plan, manage, and execute detailed project plans across new and existing workstreams. (10%)
- Use data to assess progress and make pivots during the season, especially when it comes to improving the effectiveness/approach of centralized Partnerships workstreams. (10%)
- Laterally manage others (field teams) to integrate Partnerships into their portfolio-specific campaign strategy. (5%)
- Communicate effectively and concisely about existing and new initiatives, via the RT homepage, newsletter, and more. (5%)
- 4-6 years (minimum) prior experience in fast-paced, results-oriented roles required
- Prior experience building relationships/partnerships with external stakeholders highly preferred
- Prior experience on Teach For America’s Recruitment Team highly preferred
- Development/negotiations experience a plus
A strong MD, Recruitment Partnerships candidate…
- Embodies conviction around Teach For America’s mission and Theory of Changeand exemplifies TFA’s core values. Holds deep belief that educational inequity is a massive, urgent injustice, TFA plays a crucial role in the long-term fight for change, and we need to enlist as many outstanding, diverse leaders as we can to join the corps
- Is highly competent at building and managing relationships with senior leaders inside/outside Teach For America
- Is outcomes-oriented and driven to maximize impact against measurable goals
- Has a proven track record of learning and continuously improving
- Is a strong project manager
- Capably manages across teams and through layers without formal management authority
- Communicates clearly and compellingly (both verbally and written) across lines of difference and in multiple contexts - 1:1, small groups, large audiences.
- Thinks strategically, using data to make timely and informed decisions to prioritize actions that matter most and have the greatest impact
- Always seeks to grow and improve - reflect on successes/failures, seek feedback, incorporate feedback immediately to improve, ask for the help or resources they need to be successful, and assume personal responsibility
- Demonstrates ability and motivation to build community and team, virtually and in-person
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, diverse, results-oriented environment
Work Demands
- <20-25% travel
- Some evening & weekend work required
Technical Skills
- Proficient with Microsoft office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Comfortable with TFACT and willing to become a champion TFACT user