Posted on January 15, 2013

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Specialist, District and School Partnerships

Teach For America seeks a Specialist, District and School Partnerships to maximize the reach and impact of the movement by driving projects and supporting initiatives related to the matriculation, placement, and onboarding of new corps members and maintaining corps communication. The Specialist will be responsible for ensuring that 100% of our incoming corps members are fully compliant with federal, state, and district certification requirements by the first day of school. As such, the Specialist will be primarily focused on reaching the onboarding goal above by designing new streamlined and scalable processes as well as new online and traditional tools to manage our larger corps size and large number of district partnerships.

Finally, a portion of the Specialist's responsibility will include supporting the team in general through event planning and marketing material production and distribution. The Specialist will also support the Director of Growth, Development, and Partnerships with special projects on an as-needed basis. The Specialist, Growth Partnership Strategy will report to the Director of Growth, Development, and Partnerships.

Team Overview

Teach For America works with five counties in the deep south region of Texas known as the Rio Grande Valley. Here, more than 400,000 students are enrolled in public schools in an area that has historically underperformed in comparison to the rest of the state and country. TFA has been partnering with communities in the Valley for more than 20 years. Today, more than 140 corps members and 150 alumni join community-wide efforts to increase educational attainment for Valley students at both the K-12 and post-secondary levels. Together, we are changing the narrative of what is possible for children in low-income border communities.

Responsibilities

District and School Cultivation and Stewardship - 15%

• Track and maintain cultivation and stewardship data, meeting schedules, notes and takeaways, and action items
• Create and run progress reports and identify trends and best practices within region and compared to other regions
• Develop and prepare materials and communications to be used for cultivation and stewardship

Corps Member Hiring - 15 %

• Plan and manage hiring logistics throughout the corps member hiring process
• Track hiring process using Placement Tracker tool and any supplemental systems
• Prepare corps members to be successful in the hiring process by organizing and managing resume and interview coaches
• Track and ensure documents that corps members must submit to districts to interview, secure hire, and sign a contract.

Matriculation/Certification/Corps Member Onboarding - 60 %

• Regionalize national guidance and tools to manage matriculation (confirming new corps members offers to join the corps) and onboarding process for region and manage regional staff members in executing to reach the regional goal including ongoing retention efforts until Induction
• Track matriculation and onboarding progress using Onboarding Tracker tool and any other supplemental systems
• Update and manage all corps member communications related to joining the corps, testing, certification, university partnerships and transition to region, including providing support and resources during the process
• Engage with certification partner to update and manage knowledge of certification requirements, including negotiating final certification tracks for each corps member
• Track and manage submission of documents that incoming corps members must submit to certification partners and state agencies

Operations - 10%

• Provide administrative support to the regional team
• Respond to information/data requests from other internal teams and corps members
• Hire and supervise temporary employees when necessary for large projects or data processing
• Develop and execute systems for running successful large and small group events, including regional induction and post-institute, and ongoing professional development
• Manage logistics of all matriculation/Onboarding related events
• Manage Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program process

Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites

• Superb organization, detail-orientation, and project management skills
• Ability to work flexibly and balance both long-term and short-term projects
• Ability to thrive in a goal-oriented, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment
• Customer service approach to planning and management both in-person and long-distance (phone and email)
• Strong results orientation with proven record of achieving ambitious goals
• Proven ability to build and leverage relationships - preference of having experience building relationships at the school district level in the Rio Grande Valley
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills for both internal and external audiences
• Strong strategic thinking and data analysis skills
• Occasional availability to work nights or weekends as necessitated by projects or events
• Must be proficient in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Education and Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree required
• 2-3 years experience
• Preference on previous experience working in educational settings in the Rio Grande Valley

Application Requirements and Process

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit your resume and one-page cover letter with your application.

To link directly to this job listing, please use the following address http://teachforamerica.taleo.net/careersection/01/jobdetail.ftl?&job=12782

Benefits and Salary

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.

Anti-Discrimination Policy and Commitment to Diversity

Teach For America seeks individuals of all ethnic and racial backgrounds to apply for this position. We are committed to maximizing the diversity of our organization, as we want to engage all those who can contribute to this effort.

Application Instructions

To apply for this position, please go to:

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