Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Edgility Search is seeking a Vice President, External Relations for TEACH, an organization dedicated to addressing the national teacher shortage. The VP will be responsible for building external relationships and partnerships to meet annual revenue goals while promoting TEACH's mission and reputation among decision-makers.
Responsibilities
- Developing TEACH’s “new state business development pipeline,” including:
- Building connections to get initial meetings and pitching TEACH to new partners
- Developing the strategy and actions to build new relationships and secure ongoing contracts
- Overseeing the processes and systems to enable TEACH’s new business development work
- Setting up and overseeing a system to track legislation and state budgets to identify opportunities for partnership
- Overseeing a process to track and get TEACH to speak at industry conferences
- Meeting with advocacy groups and getting TEACH on the radar of advocacy groups, so that the organization’s model is included in their public and private recommendations about how to address teacher recruitment
- Track all contract renewals and ensure that there is an effective strategy for securing ongoing funding
- In states where TEACH does not yet have legislated funding, oversee the strategy and process to secure legislated funding (including potentially managing a lobbyist)
- In states TEACH has legislated funding, oversee the process to protect, maintain, or increase that funding (including potentially managing a lobbyist)
- Secure grants to support general operating funds, funds for special projects, or funds to subsidize SEA contracts
Skills
- A compelling communicator to external audiences; able to effectively share TEACH's mission and model and inspire involvement and allyship from a number of different audiences, including leaders in State Departments of Education, other policy makers, funders, advocates, and elected officials
- An accomplished relationship manager with 3+ years of success in building partnerships for nonprofits, government agencies, or other mission-driven entities
- A builder of authentic relationships with community partners, policymakers, funders and other supporters, able to engage with a variety of individuals and speaks in a clear and compelling manner about the organization's goals and priorities
- A demonstrated commitment to TEACH's mission and vision for attracting and keeping new, diverse talent in the teaching profession
- Culturally competent and a self-reflective leader who understands the effects of race, class, ethnicity, income, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and other issues of difference in society and is able to lead direct conversations about them
- Strong writing and editing abilities, especially as it pertains to writing compelling grant proposals and reports, as well as persuasive documents of all kinds
- Strategic thinker, problem-solver, and understanding of how to manage an organization's profile and reputation among target audiences
- Demonstrated success raising dollars from foundations
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- FSA
- HSA
- Retirement
- Monthly home office stipend
- Annual professional development (PD) fund
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