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Posted on February 3, 2013
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Vice President, Strategy and Operations
Teach for America
New York,
New York
Teach For America - Vice President, Strategy and Operations
We are seeking a vice president to own and refine the strategies and operations that support our executive directors towards ending educational inequity for students in low income communities. The vice president, working closely with the chief operating officer, will identify and set the strategic direction on key initiatives to increase the impact of our executive directors and regions, will design and develop cross-regional initiatives, and will be the liaison for our national functional teams in their work supporting our regions. In addition, s/he will oversee the operations and systems that support our executive directors, identifying and solving the operational challenges of a rapidly growing organization that has outgrown many of its previous operations. Finally, the vice president will manage a team to support this work, including the director, operations, manager, strategy and operations and senior associate, operations.
Regional Operations Team
Teach For America partners with 46 urban and rural communities and counting. Each region has its own unique challenges and opportunities. Our team works with districts, community members, alumni, and other supporters to set the vision and direction for TFA in each region, in order to help that community expand educational opportunity. On Regional Operations, we're constantly challenging one another to push our team - and all of our regions - to be their best.
Responsibilities:
- Set the vision and direction for the strategy and operations team and create a culture of excellence
- Set the strategic direction for and design and develop cross-regional initiatives to increase the impact of our executive directors and regions. Examples include regional visioning and strategic planning and regional budgeting (alongside core team).
- Lead Regional Operations work with Teach For America's national functional teams. This includes:
- Ensure national functional support moves regions forward towards their goals and long term impact.
- Hold the "big picture" view in order to prioritize among national functional initiatives and integrate work across functions as appropriate
- Ensure regions' perspectives drive the development of national functional support.
- Work closely with the chief operating officer and senior vice president to develop scope and sequence for team calls highlighting functional topics that will accelerate our progress against our regional priorities and execute those conversations
- Identify operations we have outgrown, oversee the development of new systems that preserve our spirit of innovation and are scalable as we continue to grow, and oversee the operations and systems that support our executive directors and the regional operations team
- Attract, hire, develop, and manage the strategy and operations team
- Guide organizational direction given the unique position of the regional operations team to integrate all functions and overall work of every region
- Example: Co-lead Growth Strategy Working Group with GDP partner; key voice on headcount coordination and dissemination, annual planning initiatives, and cadence of organizational initiatives that affect regions
Candidate Profile and Experience Prerequisites:
- Superb strategic thinker, including operations components
- Demonstrates ability to work across teams and with senior leaders in the organization to get things done
- Understands the perspectives of regions and the needs of executive directors and their regions
- Operates with a high level of personal responsibility
- Demonstrates sound judgment
- Gets results by managing through others and across multiple layers of an organization.
- Demonstrates deep commitment to Teach For America's mission, core values, and our commitment to diversity and inclusiveness
Experience:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Previous experience as an executive director or on a regional team strongly preferred
- Minimum 7 years professional work experience and prefer 5 years of management experience
Other:
Some travel is required (25%-40%)
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=12828
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.
About Teach For America:
All kids deserve the chance to reach their full potential, and at Teach For America, we believe an excellent education is the one of the most effective way to give them that opportunity. Yet millions of children growing up in poverty lack access to a high-quality education. As a result, just 8% of kids from low-income communities will graduate from college by the time they are 24, compared with 80% of kids from more affluent areas. This problem, with disproportionately and unjustly affects African American and Latino children, not only limits students' life opportunities, but families, communities, and our nation suffer when vast numbers of children fall behind.
Teach For America helps to eliminate this injustice by recruiting, developing, and supporting leaders committed to creating change. Our work is about people: students - the leaders of tomorrow - with their limitless potential; parents, who want to give their kids the best; our teachers - called corps members - tirelessly working to help their students excel; alumni of our corps, a mighty force for social change; and the staff, supporters, and partners who make our efforts possible. These individuals from diverse experiences and backgrounds are united by one goal - that one day, all children in our nation will have access to an excellent education.
To effectively reach that day, our outcomes-oriented organization is powered by a $270 million budget and more than 1,900 talented, passionate staff members. We are committed to constant growth and improvement and to providing staff with opportunities for professional development. Our organization welcomes leadership and innovation from all levels. We also know that in order to be successful, we need staff members from diverse backgrounds, especially those that share the backgrounds of low-income students, so we place a particular focus on diversity and inclusiveness. We were deeply humbled, but not surprised, when Fortune named us a "Best Company to Work For" in both 2011 and 2012. Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please go to:
http://bit.ly/VxuGpH
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