The Collective is Teach For America’s Alumni of Color Association. The Collective team of staff at Teach For America is responsible for the stewardship of the association, the network of leadership, and the governance bodies that advance efforts for organizing and local impact of TFA Alumni of Color.
The Senior Managing Director (SMD), The Collective & National Programming is responsible for the stewardship, support, and advancement of the network of systems and processes that enable the coordination and organizing across the network. The person in this role is a leader that actively seeks to support and enable the leadership of Alumni of Color taking on leadership responsibilities across The Collective’s network. This person is specifically responsible for the co-design, maintenance, and advancement of all operating structures and systems impacting The Collective, as well as the direct management of the national team leading the organization’s transitional experience for corps members of color. The SMD will serve as identity, influence, and impact manager for The Collective’s National Advisory Board. The SMD, The Collective & National Programming partners closely with the MD, Regional Collective Leadership Development to ensure that all national and regional operating structures and opportunities for leadership development for alumni of color are aligned with the broader strategy. Both work under the direction of the VP, The Collective and Coalition Building who oversees the advancement of a bold vision of collective leadership and impact for the association and efforts across the network.
National Collective Partnerships (15%)
- Manage external relationships with key partners to The Collective’s work (i.e. LEE, CBCF, etc.)
- Actively serve as the cross-functional liaison for above partnerships to ensure alignment and cohesion of relevant work streams
- Lead programming vision and strategy with support from the Vice President for any bodies of work owned by The Collective sub-team
- Coordinate and organize necessary supports to drive programmatic success of relevant partnerships
- Evaluate effectiveness and manage reporting for relevant partnerships
- Work alongside Vice President to secure new partnerships that will support and advance The Collective’s vision
National Collective Board Governance & Stewardship (25%)
- Manage ongoing relationships, governance, and stewardship of the National Advisory Board
- Design, lead, and facilitate all virtual and in-person engagements with direct support from the Vice President
- Liaise between the board and organization when their advisement is sought-after from other functional teams or leaders
- Ensure the National Advisory Board’s influence is maximized throughout far-reaching, alumni-facing organizational decisions pre-strategy, pre-product, and pre-decision
- Work with MD, Regional Leadership Development to bridge regional on-the-ground learning with the work of the board
Management of National Programming (50%)
- Provide direct oversight of planning, execution, and evaluation of The Collective’s Annual School Leaders of Color Conference and Corps Member of Color & Native Summits
- Manage core planning teams toward pre-determined outcomes with support of the Vice President
- Set the overall vision and strategy for national programming with support and advisement from Vice President and programming Directors
- Liaise between the Vice President and planning teams to ensure a direct line of sight into planning, execution, and evaluation
- Engage Vice President in high-stakes decision-making to national programming that is in alignment with organizational policies, practices, and purpose
- Interface with internal and external ad-hoc bodies convened to support overall programming experiences (i.e. advisory councils, committees, etc.)
- Support Vice President in engaging senior leadership with programming vision, strategy, execution, and evaluation
Contributions to Organizational Leadership (10%)
- Contribute to a strong team culture rooted in the organizational core values & commitment to DEI
- Steward the organizational strategy and The Collective priorities
- Contribute to functional team culture as senior CLE team member
- Effectively and responsibly steward the organization’s resources to ensure fiscally responsible decisions
- Continuously build your expertise in DEI to be an organizational steward of our commitment to this work
- Serve as member of CLE Leadership Group
- 7 + years of professional experience
- Strong understanding of Teach For America Alumni and specifically the experience of TFA Alumni of Color
- Ability to build strong relationships and credibility with diverse stakeholders
- Proven track record of success in setting vision and direction
- Knowledge of Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness and governance systems and structures highly preferred
- Knowledge of situational leadership framework preferred
Work Demands
- Ability to travel to in-person meetings in various U.S. cities [2/quarter]
- Occasional weekend or evening work is required.