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Braven · 6 hours ago

Associate Director, Workforce Strategy

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$92K/yr - $115K/yr

5+ years exp

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. The Associate Director, Workforce Strategy will support students towards strong post-college career outcomes and serve as a strategic career coach while managing various aspects of student programming and engagement.

EducationHigher EducationNon Profit

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop vision and strategy to support Fellows in securing internships and strong post-college career outcomes

Manage progress-to-goals tracking/reporting for student internship/job attainment, including monthly dashboard updates and annual survey collection process

Manage and analyze student-level and program data, as well as track engagement within centralized systems, to determine and implement student support interventions

Lead the annual Jobs Campaign to ensure graduates land a strong post-college career opportunity

Provide strategic 1:1 career coaching for Fellows

Build, cultivate, and steward relationships to gain a comprehensive understanding of opportunities within the field to refer students

Develop and implement a strategy to build a regional Fellow community

Create, plan, and execute events for Fellows to support community building, networking, and engagement

Collaborate with the Career Communities team to promote continued career exploration and skills development for Fellows and to implement in-person workshops in some of Braven's markets across the country and virtually in evening and some weekend hours

Collaborate with Employer Partners to execute on skill development and networking opportunities/events

Attend Learning Labs to begin Fellow engagement

Manage a Workforce Development intern

Source Fellows to serve as interns and volunteers

Support in the selection of PAFs to participate in Braven publications and events

Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all team events

Other duties as assigned

Collaborate cross-functionally to help build the Braven brand

Represent Braven externally as needed

Qualification

Career CoachingWorkforce StrategyData AnalysisEvent PlanningRelationship BuildingStrategic VisionDetail-orientedTeam Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree

5+ years of experience working with college students

Ability to work in-person in either Chicago or New York City, on the designated 3 days per week

Travel 2-3 times per year for Braven-wide trainings and convenings

Some nights and weekends are commensurate with Learning Labs and other campus-related activities as needed. Learning Lab schedules may vary by semester, but are most often held weekday evenings

Ability to move, lift, and transport items for events such as setting up banners and tables

Authorized to work in the U.S

Braven doesn't offer employment visa sponsorship

Preferred

You have 5+ years of experience in a manager role

You demonstrate a strong proficiency in early career coaching

You have experience in higher education or workforce strategy

You build inspiring visions and strategies that motivate others to action

You're extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture

You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others

You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and manager

You exemplify Braven's core values

Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven's mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven's student Fellow population

Benefits

Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year)

$25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health

Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month

Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents

12 weeks of paid parental leave

A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff