Manager, Early Talent

About the role

Teach For America (TFA) is seeking a dynamic Manager, Early Talent (MET) who will lead engagement strategies for undergraduates in a region, generating interest and awareness of educational inequity, influencing brand, and building the movement for educational equity amongst communities of leaders.

Responsibilities

• Execute on the cohort’s vision for undergraduate strategy, reflecting a thorough understanding of a portfolio’s landscape, brand health, and reflections captured from multiple years of campaigns leading in to Early Admission

• Recommend and take action based on regional context (backwards planning tactics across RCAs, mobilizing existing leads to take part in programs, leveraging marketing and events, etc.) for undergraduates that encompasses existing programs (ex. Ignite), new programs (ex. TFA Impact), and prototype programs (ex. Washington College Mentors).

• Collaborate with teammates to steward strong prospect journeys through generation strategies (ex. presentations, social media, career fairs, etc.) and nurturing strategies (ex. hosting networking events, mixers, virtual events, etc.) to create robust pipelines across universities

• Leverage campus knowledge to inform partnerships with internal RT and org-wide teams (such as Marketing, Regions, REMI, etc.), by identifying the most effective use for their resources, initiatives or pilots.

• Manage and audit the building of a well-sourced pipeline of diverse and competitive underclassmxn alongside recruiters and Ambassador(s)/temp staff that can be revised and segmented throughout the season to provide for targeted and informed outreach.

• Collaborate with others to understand campaign networks and build campaign power maps (ex. freshmen orientation, residence life, Career Service Offices, First-Generation office programming, etc.), analyzing the web of relationships to identify strong candidates to meet, potential influencers, and other pockets of potential.

• Identify and build authentic relationships with key stakeholders within a market/campus, including top leaders, faculty, organizational leaders, etc. Invest and galvanize them to execute influencer strategy, building a diverse coalition of support, and creating more favorable campus landscapes.

• Influencing Others to Achieve Outcomes: (30%) Manage laterally across multiple layers to collaborate with and invest teammates or network partners towards a specified strategy. Lead the programmatic recruitment, marketing, and overall operational needs for virtual and in person events that build knowledge of the issue of educational inequity, a clear understanding of the mission and vision of Teach For America, and how attendees can continue to engage with the organization

• Leverage existing information about leads to strategize around their prospect journey, including developing a plan for how/when to prioritize them in program recruitment, how that outreach can be tailored and personalized for the most compelling effect, and what learning can be gathered in that attempt.

• Engages in centralized levers and influencers, and reflects a high degree of interpersonal awareness

• Plan and execute high impact days on campus by organizing communications, planning events, and maximizing the return on investment by pulling a variety of strategic levers (career fairs, flyering, presentations, faculty meetings, etc.) based on the campus context

• Routinely executes data quality involving lead nurture tactics, including consistently inviting existing leads to upcoming programming, adding leads to automated journeys, and accurately leveraging tech softwares (e.g., Yesware, Groove, TFACT, etc.)

• Lead the design, execution, and overall operations for campaign events or projects through exemplary attention to detail and by leveraging team partners, including recruiters and part-time staff.

• Organize and maximize the use of existing resources and various internal teams (SPO, Early Engagement, REMI, Regional Staff) in planning to promote integration, maximize impact and optimize the strengths of the RT.

• Use quantitative and qualitative data to correctly identify the opportunity or challenge for a given strategy. Consistently leverage learning results from successes and failures that are conclusive, specific, and evidence-based to make pivots for campaigns and to inform sub-team/cohort innovation and/or strategy.

• Collect and share learnings from this execution.

Requirements

• Prior Experience: At least 2 years of professional work experience

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and with cultural competence across diverse groups

• Teach For America alumni and/or Teach For America recruitment experience strongly preferred

• Experience working with database programs and software preferred (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Salesforce)

Qualifications

• A strong candidate; Demonstrates strengths in operating, planning, and execution, and gets energy from the design and execution of key recruitment strategies (ex. events, social media, career fairs, etc.) to draw prospects towards Teach For America.

• Naturally builds relationships and is particularly adept at developing and cultivating partnerships and networks, especially across lines of difference, in order to achieve results.

• Verbally communicates thoughts and ideas clearly and succinctly, often in a way that captures the attention of the intended audience.

• Skilled at identifying opportunities and barriers within a given strategy; can work with agility to adjust strategy from week to week in order to achieve overarching team goals.