Braven Little Rock , AR 72223
Posted 1 week ago
Job Title: Managing Director, Arkansas Partnerships
Team: External Affairs
Location: Arkansas
Employment Type: Grant-Funded, Temporary, Full-time
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Start Date: ASAP
About Braven
Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation.
We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.
Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.
To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.
About the Role
In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Managing Director, Arkansas Partnerships who will lead our efforts to develop a new higher education partnership in Arkansas.
As a member of the External Affairs Team, you will build a strong coalition of corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners in Arkansas that ideally will lead to Braven’s potential new Arkansas region. As the MD, Arkansas Partnerships, you will build prospective partnership(s) with an HBCU and/or public institution of higher education that meets Braven’s new site criteria, develop shared value partnerships with employers, oversee all development efforts to build a path to raising approximately $6.2M for a new school expansion, ensure a sustainable funding pipeline, lay the groundwork for or start a launch committee, engage with influential policymakers, and elevate Braven’s local brand and thought leadership.
The MD will report to and work collaboratively with the VP, New Sites through the launch of the initial higher education partnership. If a partnership with a higher education institution in Arkansas moves forward, there is potential for this to become a permanent full-time regional leadership role.
This position is a grant-funded, temporary, full time role through at least January 2025 with the potential to transition to permanent full-time status upon the launch of Braven in the Arkansas region.
What You’ll Do
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Preferred Qualifications
Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.
Work Demands
Additional Requirements
Application & Interview Process
While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:
Benefits
Compensation and Benefits
The salary for this position, which depends on prior work experience and our assessment of your demonstrated fit for the role, will likely be between $105,000-$131,200. Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.
Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:
Location
While this role will not work from a set office in Arkansas and will be mostly remote, the team member is required to be located in Arkansas and within commuting distance of Pine Bluff and Little Rock or the NW corner of the state.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.
Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.
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