Nevada Executive Director

TEAM: Teach For America

• Nevada

REPORTS TO: Jill Baldemor | Senior Vice President, Regional Field Executive

LOCATION: Nevada

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Nevada is a place of hope and potential. In a rapidly growing state with the 5th largest school district in the country, we've made strides to improve education, but still have work to ensure all kids have access to an equitable and excellent education.

Since 2004, Teach For America has worked alongside dedicated families, educators, and business & community leaders to transform Nevada's education system. With an updated school funding formula, an emerging Commission on Innovation & Excellence in Education, a newly adopted Portrait of a Nevada Learner, fresh investment in new school facilities funding, and a huge focus on education across our communities, this is our moment to set up Nevada's future for success.

The next phase of Teach For America Nevada requires a visionary, fearless leader - that leader is you.

WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

TFA is seeking its next Executive Director to lead the Nevada region to achieve the local 2030 impact goal. This leader will work shoulder-to-shoulder with existing champions and enlist new advocates - including our corps members, parents, students, community leaders, donors, and elected officials - as partners in the success of all children. The next leader will lead a strong, accomplished, and innovative regional team and will play a key role in public affairs across the statewide landscape. The next Executive Director's mission is to evolve and hone the role that Teach for America must play to accelerate educational opportunity for all. The Executive Director will lead a team of 11-14 staff members and will be responsible for raising more than $6,000,000 per year.

Specific duties and responsibilities include:

Strategy, Innovation, and Impact

• Iterate, strengthen, and execute an inspiring strategy to reach our local 2030 goal

• Build relationships to inspire and galvanize action across staff, members, board, and the broader education, civic, and philanthropic communities.

• Translate the vision into long- and short-term priorities, strategies, and goals, adjusting as needed

• Deliver local impact by leveraging capabilities of TFA's central teams while maximizing local relationships, partnerships and expertise.

• Act as an organizational steward to help us improve our impact and culture in the region and beyond. This includes leading and stewarding organizational strategy, decision-making, and learning and creating trust and transparency between central teams and the region.

• Provide leadership, in partnership and coalition with local organizations, in pursuit of education policy and innovative solutions necessary to reach our local 2030 goal.

Lead Fundraising and Resource Stewardship

• Initiate, cultivate, and extend relationships with the organization's portfolio of individual, foundation, and corporate supporters with an emphasis on developing new partnerships aligned to emerging strategic efforts.

• Lead efforts to generate philanthropic support in collaboration with the Development team, leveraging the local TFA Nevada board and their relationships.

• Generate interest in engaged philanthropy with an emphasis on establishing and nurturing new partnerships with potential funders.

• Enlist champions and supporters to cultivate strong relationships and continued support for the organization's core priorities.

• Engage strategically with elected and appointed members of state government in order to ensure Teach For America's continued ability to operate in Nevada and ongoing support for public funding.

• Promote the work of TFA in creative ways including communications, thought leadership and events to elevate the work of the organization to others.

Board Leadership

• Manage strong relationships and partnerships with the Board, particularly the Chair, maintaining regular and ongoing communication with the entire Board, and providing support and guidance to members to support effective governance of the organization.

• Work closely and openly with the Board, ensuring ongoing communication of risks, issues, successes, and emerging opportunities.

• Build a diverse regional board and leverage board members and their networks to support financial sustainability.

Team and Organizational Leadership

• Model the organization's core values to approach challenges, ensuring the organization grows and retains its people.

• Grow and evolve a culture that is strategic, agile, and determined to deliver for students in partnership with our communities.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop a diverse team of high quality and highly functional leaders who are aligned with the mission and vision of the organization.

• Actively coach and develop direct reports to be effective in their roles and in the management of their teams and functions. Provide deep thought partnership, stewardship and cover as needed to direct reports and team members engaged in the cultivation of emergent work aligned to the region's strategic direction.

Community and Coalition Building

• Convene and catalyze a community-grounded coalition of champions and stakeholders to advance systems change by influencing the conversation about education, learning, and economic mobility, fueling the leadership of Nevada alumni and community leaders and help to cultivate the conditions required for students to thrive.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

Leadership, Vision and Courage to Ensure All Children Receive an Excellent Education

• Inspire, demonstrate belief and hold self and others accountable for providing strategic clarity and direction and for reaching high quality learning outcomes for all students.

• Navigate complex environments and act with integrity, honesty, transparency, and courage in the best interest of students.

• Facilitate and secure buy-in for a clear and compelling vision of leadership and excellence.

• Solicit, elevate, understand, and value--either through personal experience or empathy--the perspective of a wide variety of stakeholders.

• Build and maintain a culture of success grounded in the core values of the organization.

Influence and Relationships

• Navigate complex political environments, relationships, and dynamics to challenge ideas and enable thoughtful decisions and positive outcomes for students.

• Aware of the political nature of this work and can develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships in service of the TFA's short and long-term goals.

• Build positive relationships and coalitions with key education leaders, political officials and other key stakeholders that inspire and drive investment in the organization.

• Communicate purposefully and effectively, tailoring messages for the audience, context, and mode of communication.

• Maintain visibility and presence in the organization and greater community, using your voice to change public opinion and convince others to take action in the face of political tension, conflict, or controversy.

Strategic Planning and Effective Execution

• Use a wide lens to identify, analyze, and leverage information and connections to advance broader systems change

• Envision the possibilities that others may not see and offer innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.

• Anticipate challenges and opportunities in order to set priorities and focus efforts to execute on the organization's strategy.

• Analyze complex, nuanced data and information from multiple angles and exercise judgment in making critical decisions and communicate the implications to diverse audiences.

• Exhibit a strong focus on short and long-term goals, accountability, and results; establish clear metrics for success.

• Monitor progress and demonstrate persistence to overcome obstacles to achieve goals.

Advocacy for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Racial Equity

• Address matters of equity, race, and bias in decision-making with clarity, sincerity, and an understanding of historical context.

• Foster and promote inclusion across the organization and the community.

• Build trust and authentic relationships across lines of difference through self-reflection, self-awareness, openness, vulnerability, empathy, and a clear sense of personal identity.

• Acknowledge race and power dynamics that play out within the organization, school systems and community and continuously interrupt those inequities with action, courageous dialogue, and honesty.

Team Leadership, Coaching and Management

• Elevate the performance and tap into the potential of others to achieve ambitious goals.

• Assess team and individuals' skills, identify development needs, and provide feedback and support to improve practice, build capacity, and maximize talent.

• Collaborate on development and learning experiences which utilize effective adult learning techniques.

• Inspire team collaboration and engagement to ensure successful outcomes grounded in the core values of the organization.

Education And Other Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience, at least part of which includes experience leading an organization with effective operational and fiscal management as well as building external relationships.

• Deep passion, commitment and alignment with the mission and values of Teach for America, including but not limited to education advocacy and organizing, nonprofit and school system leadership.

• Deep understanding of the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial equity that are necessary for leading an organization that serves communities of color across Nevada

• Ability to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity, and to prioritize work efforts to execute overall strategy.

• Deep experience, curiosity, and understanding of the complexity of the local educational and political context in at least one major Nevada city and a curiosity to learn more about other communities in Nevada where TFA works.

• Demonstrated experience building consensus, leading successful campaigns, and mobilizing others to champion the efforts of an organization.

• Exceptional written, oral, and visual communications skills and a desire to develop and maintain deep relationships with a variety of diverse constituents.

• Knowledge of best practices and education policy and research on a national, state, and local level.

• Ability to travel efficiently and frequently (4-5x per year) across the state of Nevada

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

A hallmark of our team is a strong culture that fully embraces Teach For America's core values. At Teach For America

• Nevada, we build off the great impact our corps members, alumni, and broader community are making to work towards a collective vision that is innovative and community-driven. Specifically, we are working towards our 2030 goal which is that twice as many students are proficient in 3rd grade reading in 2030 than in 2019, across Clark County School District.

YOUR COMPENSATION

The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost of labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary range for this role is set forth below. This range may be modified in the future: $183,400 to $255,00