JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities
The Executive Director will build out the organization’s vision, develop and execute on its plans, measure impact, build a Board of Advisers, and help determine the organization’s future. We’ve secured financial support for the initial three years, and the Executive Director will be responsible for developing the plans and resources for the future.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Cultivate a growing global learning community, the Rising Generation Collective, to engage current and former university presidents, youth-serving non-profits, thought leaders, and others from the U.S. and globally to continue to share information, learning, and opportunities for further collaboration on this topic.
- Contribute to experimentation and action in the U.S., including through:
- Encouraging institutions of higher education to foster intentional, values-based early career choices among their graduates, for example, by building their awareness of the importance of this issue, creating university rankings that generate a focus increasing the percentage of graduates choosing public interest jobs, and fostering collective learning about what is working in enabling young people to make values-based decisions
- Contributing to and supporting student-led movements that challenge institutions and college students to shift prevailing norms around early career decisions
- Building consciousness among high school students about the importance of their upcoming choice about where they put their time and energy
- Develop and execute on a plan to contribute to the public discussion on this issue, through:
- Building out the fact base about the importance of the issue and the extent of the challenge
- Supporting communications efforts to build understanding among the rising generation that careers dedicated to making the world a better place are fulfilling both personally and professionally, and to foster intentionality about their early career choices
- Enlisting the partnership of media and other influencers who can be helpful in this pursuit
- Build a Board of Advisers to guide the development of the organization
- Develop a means to measure the success of the initiative
- Cultivate the organization’s supporters and prospective supporters
- Build out the organization’s foundations and future plans
Requirements
- Entrepreneurial skills and ability to envision new possibilities, develop strategy, and access resources
- Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively
- Strong project management and execution skills
- Experience working with and/or recruiting outstanding graduates at the university level
- Experience having managed a team to ambitious outcomes
- Minimum of 7 years of professional and leadership experience
- Extensive skills mobilizing diverse groups of stakeholders across race, age, socioeconomic status, and other diverse lived experiences
- Exemplifies Teach For All’s core values
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
, Decatur County, Kansas, United States, Kansas, United States
Job Overview
Location
, Decatur County, Kansas, United States, Kansas, United States
