Job: Alumni manager at Teach For Armenia Company

Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Category: NGO/Nonprofit

Type: Full time

Deadline: 28-Sep-18 00:00:00

Salary:

Description

Responsibilities

• Set long-term vision for alumni impact at the classroom, school, regional and system levels and alumni engagement with the organization

• Develop strategies to encourage and engage alumni to support organization’s external communication, advocacy, fundraising, training and leadership activities and recruitment strategies

• Design rigorous and robust professional development opportunities that accelerate alumni leadership development

• Identify leadership and career opportunities for alumni at the classroom, school, region and system levels

• Develop career support and transition services for second-year fellows

• Oversee the planning and delivery of various workshops, trainings and events, including networking opportunities with external partners, alumni induction ceremony, alumni conference, etc.

• Create and sustain an alumni culture that inspires alumni to mobilize around issues of justice and equity and develop annual and quarterly plans for alumni involvement

• Lead communication and outreach to alumni through social media, email, digital platforms, events and networking opportunities

• Design physical and virtual spaces to allow for collaboration and community building between alumni in classrooms and those working in other sectors

• Collaborate with other functional teams and regional teams to ensure aligned approach to fellow and alumni development and engagement prior to, during and beyond their fellowship

• Identify, develop and manage relationships with external partners that benefit alumni career and professional development and further their commitment to the mission, including graduate schools, school districts, governments, businesses, non-profit organizations, etc.

• Develop an alumni advisory committee

• Maintain communication and interaction with the entire Teach For Armenia alumni population on ongoing basis by maintaining and updating the online alumni database and sharing frequent updates, announcements and other information through targeted contact with Teach For Armenia alumni.

• Report updates and details of alumni career lifestyle in order to benefit other alumni, current Fellows, incoming prospective Fellows and the Fellowship in general.

• Build networking and career opportunities for Teach For Armenia alumni by developing employer database for Teach For Armenia alumni.

• Maintain an alumni information display case, alumni newsletter/website, and departmental forms.

• Develop an effective Teach For Armenia Alumni Association with a positive image and promote participation and good-will.

• Organize periodic alumni gatherings.

RequiredQualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree preferred

• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience with 2 years of management experience  

• Excellent vision-setting and strategic thinking and planning ability  

• Exceptional communication skills and ability to inspire and galvanize others to take action toward ambitious goals

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills

• Proven ability to develop and leverage relationships and partnerships to achieve concrete goals

• Strong critical thinking skills and ability to analyze a problem or opportunity and identify appropriate strategies

• Ability to independently prioritize tasks and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment  

• Operates with urgency and sense of possibility to achieve ambitious goals  

• Flexibility to work in a cross-cultural environment

• Ability to organize and coordinate events and alumni activities within deadlines and budgets

• Excellent knowledge of Armenian and English languages (oral and written), good knowledge of Russian strongly desired

• Alumni status of a similar long-term program preferable (FLEX, UGRAD, AIESEC, Erasmus, etc.)

• Record of success in cultivating and building partnerships in Armenia preferred

• Experience in career development and/or nonprofit sector preferred

Benefits

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