Director of Strategy & Operations, Global Leadership Accelerator

Position Summary: 

We are seeking a Director of Strategy & Operations to join our Global Leadership Accelerator at Teach For All.  The Accelerator aims to grow the leadership of tens of thousands of leaders who are working to reimagine education around the world. This includes hundreds of social entrepreneurs supporting nearly 15,000 teachers currently in classrooms, and over 100,000 alumni leaders, reaching millions of children in 60 countries and growing. 

You will play a key role in designing and operationalizing the strategy for this highly entrepreneurial team. You will report directly to the Head of the Global Leadership Accelerator, who also serves as a Chief Learning Officer for our new Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future. 

You are ideal for this role if:

• You are excited to be part of a fast-moving,  entrepreneurial team with a bold vision
• You are highly organized and love building systems but can also be flexible to emerging needs
• You are a strong strategic & critical thinker and  excel at day-to-day operations and project management
• You can synthesize complex ideas into clear, compelling communications
• You are a self-starter who also thrives in collaborative environments

Global Institute of Shaping a Better Future

Description of Job duties and Responsibilities:

• Act as Chief of Staff for the Global Leadership Accelerator, enabling the team to maximize it’s impact, by building a thriving culture, strong systems, strategic clarity, & efficient operations. Responsibilities include:
• Strategic Planning: Partner with the Head of Global Leadership Accelerator and wider team to set strategic direction, facilitate long-term planning, and track progress
• Financial management: Oversee budget  in line with strategic priorities, and manage execution (e.g. budget management, vendor contracts & relationships, internal & external reporting)
• Team systems:  Build and manage systems (e.g., data, communications, knowledge management), continually looking for ways to innovate & optimize processes
• Team culture & operations: Lead on building  team culture, communications, &  collaboration, and support on processes for staff hiring, performance management & development
• Manage administrative  support:  Manage administrative personnel and contractors, delegating basic tasks where relevant (e.g., translation support, invoicing)

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Head of Global Leadership Accelerator, providing thought partnership and support  on key strategic, operational & external engagement activities.  Responsibilities include:
• Strategic support:  Develop and oversee our learning agenda; lead and manage execution of special strategic  projects; act as a thought partner on strategic issues
• Operational support: Provide high-level operational support (e.g., initiative implementation, complex work planning & scheduling, cross-team alignment & stakeholder management)
• External engagement: Support efforts to develop new partnerships; act as an ongoing  liaison for key partners; provide enabling support (e.g., research new opportunities, meeting prep)

• Provide project management support for flagship leadership programs (e.g., fellowships, workshop series, external leadership forums, CEO peer learning groups)
• Lead on communications, team logistics, marketing, content development, and impact evaluation
• Support efforts to launch leadership offerings within the Global Academy, as part of our newly launching Global Institute for Shaping a Better Future

• Define and operationalize new approaches to scale so we can grow our reach & impact.  This includes:
  • Knowledge management: Take our knowledge management to the next level, including defining a strategy, supporting the team to develop best-in-class knowledge products, driving uptake of our Resource Hub, and continually seeking opportunities for innovation (e.g. AI).
  • Data & impact: Create and execute a new  data & impact strategy, so that we can rapidly learn & evolve our work internally, and communicate our impact externally; own all aspects of this work (e.g., data management, innovation on metrics, impact reporting, growing team’s capacity)

Experiences and attributes needed to successfully live into the role:

• Enjoys building structure & systems while also flexible to emerging needs
• Self-driven, self-motivated and highly organized; can manage multiple tasks with high reliability
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively, ideally in diverse & cross-cultural environments
• Strong critical thinker who can problem-solve effectively  in complex situations
• Proficient in working with data to identify trends & insights 
• Excellent written communication & design; able to  synthesize complex information
• At least 2-4  years of work experience, preferably in a consultant or project manager role
• Demonstrated commitment to Teach For All’s vision & values
• Operates with humility & learning orientation;  committed to growing one’s  own leadership

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on country of hire, prior work experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Work Authorization

Please note, this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. All candidates must possess local permanent work authorization/permit in order to be considered. 

Travel and Hours

Travel is possible when it is safe to do so and in accordance with local travel guidelines. Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role. 

Posting Date: 11/12/2024

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

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Please submit your resume or curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of motivation in English directly online. Your letter should summarize motivations for your application and how your skills and experience align with the terms of this opportunity.   

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of 60 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization committed to developing collective leadership to ensure all children fulfill their potential. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections among partners, accessing global resources, and fostering the leadership development of partner staff, teachers, and alumni.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicity, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.

In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness with respect to two dimensions in particular: we prioritize diversity of geography because this can help us quickly understand and connect with the diverse cultures and geographies of the world. We also prioritize increasing the representation and inclusiveness of team members who themselves have experienced the inequities we’re working to address by nature of sharing the background (e.g. economic, racial and ethnic, religious) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.