Braven · 21 hours ago
Associate Director, Workforce Strategy
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$84K/yr - $104K/yr
5+ years expBraven 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 by developing strategies for internships and career coaching, while also managing student engagement and programming.
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 Boston
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
Required
Bachelor's Degree
5+ years of experience working with college students
Preferred
You have 5+ years of experience in a manager role
You have a track record of success in managing complex relationships and projects
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 enjoy bringing together multiple perspectives to enhance your work and decisions
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 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
Company
Braven
Braven empowers promising young people on their way to college graduation and strong first jobs.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Barclays Corporate BankingCD&R Foundation
2022-10-27Grant· $1M
2022-06-14Grant
2017-01-01Seed
Leadership Team
Aimée Eubanks Davis
Founder and CEO
Meeri Chang
Director of Systems Management
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