Associate BravenX

Job Title
:
Associate, Recruitment - BravenX

Team
:
BravenX

Location
:
Hybrid in New York City (NYC)

Employment Type
:
Full-time

FLSA Classification
:
Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.

Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs Report.

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80, Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate, Recruitment - Braven

X, who will be responsible for recruiting and enrolling 500+ Fellows (students) into the Braven

X Accelerator course per semester.

To achieve these results, you will recruit and manage a team of part-time student recruitment interns and Braven Student Ambassadors. You will work closely with Central and Regional recruitment teams to help you reach your goals. In all of this, you will contribute to building and maintaining a positive presence of Braven among our Braven

X partners (most of whom are national or regional nonprofit organizations)

This role is on the Braven

X Team and reports directly to the Senior Director, Braven

X.

Student Recruitment and Enrollment (40%)

• Develop vision, strategy, and plans to effectively enroll and retain 500+ students a semester into the Braven course
• Use Salesforce and Google Suite to manage recruitment data, operations, and pipelines
• Analyze recruitment data weekly to inform recruiting and partner support strategy
• Organize and support recruitment presentations and materials
• Host recruitment events in order to source prospective students
• Recruit and manage a team of student interns and volunteers

Stakeholder Management (30%)

• Support the cultivation and management of Braven
  
  X nonprofit stakeholders who act as the pipeline for Fellow recruitment (national and regional college access organizations, K12 alumni programs, small universities/colleges, etc.)
• Manage and provide support to stakeholders in order to support them in reaching their individual Fellow enrollment goals (weekly progress-to-goal updates, brainstorming new tactics, holding recruitment check-in meetings, attending partner events, etc.)
• Assess the strategies employed and make informed improvements based on quantitative, qualitative, and anecdotal data gathered to present to key stakeholders.

Social Media and Marketing (15%)

• Share design input and feedback with Braven’s External Affairs team on marketing materials
• Collect and share compelling stories with the Communications Team and External Affairs Team
• Support the Social Media and Marketing Committee
• Develop a social media recruitment strategy with the Communications and Recruitment interns

Team Management and Culture (15%)

• Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all-team events
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and manage part-time student interns
• Recruit and train student volunteers known as Braven Ambassadors

• Other duties as assigned

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree
• Work Experience:
  
  At least 1 year of experience with a track record of success in recruitment and/or marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in the non-profit field
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Salesforce, Asana
• Ability to quickly build positive working relationships and identify strategically important relationships
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and public speaking skills
• Experience coaching and mentoring students in career development
• Experience managing and developing people, particularly managing through others
• Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting milestones and deadlines
• Track record of using data and metrics to drive decisions and measure performance
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability, excels in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, and is comfortable with ambiguity
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