Senior Managing Director, Alumni Strategy & Impact

REPORTS TO:

Jennifer Howard, Executive Director, Teach For America Ohio

LOCATION:

Must reside in Ohio, with a preference for candidates based in the Columbus or Cincinnati area.

Final date to receive applications:
Friday, November 13th 11:59 PM EST

Teach For America Ohio seeks a Senior Managing Director, Alumni Strategy & Impact who will lead the charge to set the vision and strategy to mobilize our 1,300 alumni across the state of Ohio in service of driving systems change locally. In this role, you will work alongside Teach For America’s national Career Center, the Ohio Executive Director and regional team, and countless other colleagues and collaborators to realize our collective alumni strategy.

We believe our alumni have a transformational experience in the Corps that shapes them as leaders who go on to drive systems change for and alongside the communities in which they live and work. We also know that when our alumni are connected to each other and to mission-aligned, high-impact career and leadership opportunities that their impact in leading change with children and communities is even more sustainable and scalable.

In this role, you will lead the charge to connect our diverse alumni community to each other and to high-impact career and leadership opportunities. You will also focus on supporting our alumni to maximize the impact they are currently having in their communities while also providing opportunities and investments that accelerate and scale their individual and collective impact. Simply put, this new role on our team will develop and execute the vision and strategies for alumni engagement, collective leadership, career acceleration, and national-Ohio integration across the state with a focus on our 4 distinct placement communities:
Northeast Ohio (Cleveland), Columbus, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and Dayton.

Set Vision & Direction for Alumni Impact and Team Management (30%)

Aligned with our TFA Ohio’s 2030 goal and strategic narrative, set the vision and direction for alumni leadership and impact across the state with a focus on our 4 distinct placement communities:
Northeast Ohio (Cleveland), Columbus, Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and Dayton. As part of this work, you will serve as a key advisor to the Executive Director as she refines the region’s systems and coalitions vision and goals.

Develop and lead the execution of robust strategies for alumni engagement, collective leadership, career acceleration, and national-Ohio integration.

Champion a culture of experimentation and learning: piloting new alumni engagement models, assessing effectiveness, and scaling what works while discontinuing what doesn't.

Collaborate across TFA national Career Center and the Ohio regional team to ensure a strong and cohesive experience for alumni aligned to our strategic direction.

Assess and optimize relationships with alumni, including regularly engaging externally to continuously learn how TFA Ohio can best support their ongoing development, engagement, and impact.

Hire, onboard, and manage an MD, Alumni Impact and Experiences; build a cohesive team to steward our alumni work across the state.

Manage our alumni dedicated budget, ensuring meaningful and responsible investments in alumni engagement and development.

Alumni Engagement, Connectivity, & Career Acceleration (30%)

Develop and maintain the systems/processes for accurate alumni mapping to ensure we have identified key alumni across our ecosystem with formal and informal power that can fuel work towards our 2030 goal and beyond.

Drive the strategy and execution for alumni connection so that key alumni are connected in…