ROLE TITLE: Managing Director, Partnerships

POSITION REPORTS TO: Sarah Diggs, SMD, Strategy & Impact

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 16, 2024 at 11:59PM

LOCATION: Connecticut (Hybrid)

WHAT YOU’LL DO

For TFA Connecticut to reach its 2030 goal of twice as many children in the communities we serve will reach key educational milestones indicating they are on a path to economic mobility and cocreating a future filled with possibilities, we will need to work in coalition with others and have deep partnerships with mission aligned people, schools, districts, and organizations, both locally and statewide. The focus of this role is to build and sustain partnerships with various constituents. The ideal candidate will have existing relationships and have worked in the communities we serve – Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury – or have experience working in similar communities. You must be passionate about wanting to address the inequitable educational system in Connecticut to ensure all children have a high-quality educational experience that will set them up for postsecondary success and a promising future. You will be responsible for setting vision and direction for our alumni leadership development strategy, school strategy across the region and building and managing alliances/partnerships with organizations, institutions and individuals who share a commitment to our mission.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Below is an estimate of how you will spend your time:

Partnership (30%)

• Deepen relationships with existing district and community partners and explore new relationships and partners as needed.

• Maintain and cultivate new prospective donors.

Ignite Fellowship (30%)

• Work with our Ignite national team, local districts, and school partners to support the proper implementation of the Ignite high dosage tutoring model locally and statewide.

Alumni Leadership Development (20%)

• Position alumni to emerge as leaders in the local educational landscape

Recruitment (10%)

• Execute local recruitment activities, including prospect/campus campaign support of recruitment campaign and network engagement.

Contracts (10%)

• Create and finalize contracts with all partners, including data sharing agreements.

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Over the course of any week, the MD, Partnerships will spend time meeting – at least once – with the regional team in-person at our office. You are expected to be cultivating new partnerships and deepening existing partnerships across the state to support our work, most acutely our work aligned to the 2030 goal. You should be meeting and checking in on the work in our 2030 goal footprint schools by collaborating directly with the school leadership, Ignite school-based trainers, classroom teachers, and students.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

Minimum Qualifications: Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred

• At least 5-8 years working in coalition with others and establishing partnerships with community organizations

• At least 8-10 years working experience in school leadership

Work demands

• Some evening and weekends required

• Ability to travel to in-person meetings throughout Connecticut and to other states as needed

Bonus

• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Exceptional judgment

• Ability to build strong relationships and work with individuals at all levels of the organization and across institutional lines and lines of difference

• Skill in influencing others toward outcomes through sophisticated relationship management

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Superb planning, project management, vision setting, strategy development and execution skills

• Ability to provide others with effective professional development, coaching, and mentoring

• Organizing, planning, and executing

• Synthesizing and integrating strategies

• Conducting analysis

• Spanish speaking (preferred, but not required)

THE TEAM
The Managing Director, Partnerships will work on a small team of people committed to educational equity and making a difference in the lives of children and communities in Connecticut.

YOUR COMPENSATION

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary range for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Tier B: $98,100-131,100

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