Associate Director, Career Communities

Braven • Atlanta, GA

3d • $79,200 - $114,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program. 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, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream. In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Director of Career Communities who will focus on supporting Fellows as they pursue careers in Business and Arts & Media-related fields. This individual will lead the strategy and execution of a program to better connect our Fellows with their industry interests, ultimately launching them on their path to securing a strong postgraduate outcome. As a member of the Design Team, which sits on the Product Team, your focus areas include convening programming to build career clarity and navigation confidence, along with connecting Fellows to opportunities, resources, and networks that lead to success. This role is on the Product team and reports directly to the Head of Program Design.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of work experience in the related field
• Authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• An entrepreneurial, strategic, and results-driven approach to program design and execution.
• Ability to create, own, and execute a strategic plan that connects ideas to outcomes in program design, implementation, and ongoing iteration
• Experience using stakeholder data to uncover insights, recommend solutions, and test new ideas
• A ‘roll up the sleeves’ attitude, ability, and interest in managing the myriad details associated with external event programming
• Confidence and competence in public speaking and presentations
• Anticipate problems and collaboratively propose and tackle solutions
• Experience working with young adults and/or college students.
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: group facilitation, instruction, or advising (e.g., student services or young adult development)
• Knowledge of entry-level hiring processes and best practices for landing strong postgraduate jobs.
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills as well as deep listening ability.
• Organization-wide project management with complex workstreams, managing complex decision making processes, including stakeholders with diverse needs and interests, and laterally managing team leads.
• Exceptional relationship building skills, enabling you to build trust quickly and collaborate across management levels, internal and external relationships as well as across dimensions of identity
• Balanced perspective that enables one to effectively prioritize levels of urgency and regulate emotions, along with helping others do the same when required
• Experience leading and managing in complex environments during times of growth and employing change management skills, including but not limited to:
• Experience making decisions with speed, agility, and common sense, while identifying and engaging key stakeholders appropriately
• Strong organization skills, tracking, and managing big picture ideas as well as key details
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Responsibilities

• Convene Programming (60%) Build a scope & sequence of career exposure, skill-building, and community events for students in the Business and Arts & Media Communities based on research-backed insights
• Design and execute events, often in partnership with employers, that lead to strong student outcomes and engagement
• Co-lead the Ready to Launch Bootcamp, a program for graduating seniors, to increase their self-confidence and efficacy in their job search
• Improve programming throughout the year by leveraging insights from quantitative data and conducting student focus groups and interviews
• Collaborate with other Associate Directors, Career Communities, and cross-functionally across the organization to secure employer partner guests and design well-attended, best-in-class events
• Set Vision & Direction for Career Communities (15%) Determine the best strategies in support of strong student outcomes and experiences through conducting and synthesizing user research, observations, labor market trends, and feedback
• Lead collaborative and cross-functional proposal and prioritization processes to determine how Career Communities need to evolve to remain relevant and resonant
• Internalize Braven’s research base and logic model and ensure all designs align, adjusting course due to new research insights as needed
• Communicate Opportunities to Fellows (10%) Create a bi-weekly newsletter for students in your communities, which directs them to relevant internships and jobs, events, and resources
• Collaborate cross-functionally on student recruitment efforts to ensure high attendance at planned events and work strategically to increase engagement
• Lead Virtual Community (10%) Facilitate student engagement in each Career Community’s virtual community spaces
• Manage Intern (5%) Manage a student intern to support the virtual communities and the bi-weekly newsletter
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees