ROLE TITLE: Manager, Operations and Events (Full Time)

POSITION REPORTS TO: TFA Nevada Executive Director, Tim Hughes

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Saturday, January 31, 2026

LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV

WHAT YOU’LL DO

We are looking for an organized and strategic Manager, Operations & Events to support the TFA Nevada region in meeting our 2030 goal to double the number of 3rd grade students reading on grade level. As the Manager, Operations & Events, half of this role will involve managing all internal regional operations including management of our office, and a regular cadence of reporting on expenses, alumni engagements, team activities, and program outcomes; and the other half of this role will involve more directly leading all external engagement through event planning and execution to support regional storytelling and branding and prioritizing strategic initiatives that facilitate connections between regional staff and key stakeholders. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, detail-oriented and excels at external engagement.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Regional Operations (40%)

• Assistant to the Executive Director: support the Executive Director with meeting outreach to key stakeholders, travel arrangements, calendaring, preparation materials, communications, and other miscellaneous support to increase the effectiveness of the Executive Director.

• Regional Board: support the Executive Director and the Head of Development to prepare board meeting agendas. Manage board meeting operations, including working with board members and assistants to track and encourage attendance, ordering food, and preparing meeting materials.

• Financial Management: create expense reports, update budget tracking, ensure timely payment of invoices, and monitor compliance with finance and spending policies.

• Data Systems: support regional knowledge management by updating existing data systems, regional documents, and alumni records, engagements, and campaigns.

• Office and Property Management: act as the regional point of contact for the national real estate team and local property managers to ensure compliance with applicable policies, timely dissemination of updates, appropriate building and parking access control, and implementation of safety and emergency protocols; also manage the inventory, storage, and distribution office supplies and amenities.

Project Management and Event Coordination (40%)

• Project Management: support the Executive Director and other team members through project management and thought partnership.

• Short-Cycle Support: support regional team members via short cycle assignments in the design, coordination and integration of key projects.

• Regional Events: Set the vision, build a plan, and manage the execution of all regional events, including staff-facing events like meetings, retreats, and celebrations, and for external constituent-facing events like alumni engagements, donor events, staff and board member trainings, and community events.

Internal Initiatives (10%)

• Team Collaboration: provide perspective and contribute to internal team initiatives aimed to cultivate a strong staff team, including all-staff meetings, retreats, communications, professional development opportunities, feedback structures, and celebrations.

• Cross-Functional Support: contribute to regional progress, including maintaining dashboards and internal data systems, and strategic deployment of flexible capacity for additional cross-team support.

• Early Literacy: support team projects to improve early literacy, including an exploration of how TFA might meaningfully contribute to advancing Pre-K education.

• Ignite: support and expand the implementation of the Teach For America Ignite tutoring fellowship in partner public schools.

• Strategic capacity: provide additional capacity to support the work of prioritized strategic initiatives, including efforts to expand our regional impact

Regional Team (10%)

• All Nevada team members contribute time to cross-team projects and all staff expectations, including selection of corps members or Ignite fellows, and facilitating and engaging in all staff gatherings and learning experiences.

A WEEK IN THE LIFE

Over the course of any week, the Manager of Operations & Events will spend time across a variety of workstreams. Each day will look different. Some days you may spend calling school partners to schedule meetings with principals; other days you may be compiling updates from functional teams to prepare packets for an upcoming Board meeting; other days you may be matching up credit card expenses with receipts and budget line items to file expense reports; and other days you may find yourself executing an alumni engagement or donor event.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):

• At least 2 years of related work experience (4 years strongly preferred)

• Track record of meeting and exceeding goals while managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Strong project management and operations skills

• Strong writing skills

• Willingness to work occasional weekend or evening work hours

• Baseline knowledge of Las Vegas and Nevada histories, culture, and context

BONUS (preferred qualifications)

• Prior experience designing, managing, and executing events

• Prior education-based experience

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

The Nevada team works collaboratively, and in partnership with our students, families, and community, to advance systems change across Nevada. We are deeply grounded in place and embrace change, ambiguity, challenge, and courage as we do our work.

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 ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• $55,700 - $74,500

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