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 ending the national teacher shortage. This role focuses on business development, building partnerships with state education agencies, and enhancing TEACH's presence and funding opportunities in the education sector.
Responsibilities
- Developing TEACH’s pipeline for new business with states, including:
- Developing the strategy and actions to establish new relationships and secure ongoing contracts
- Building connections to get initial meetings and pitching TEACH to new partners
- Overseeing the processes and systems to enable TEACH’s new business development work
- Designing and overseeing a system to track legislation and state budgets to identify opportunities for partnership
- Securing opportunities to elevate TEACH’s presence in relevant spaces, which may include:
- Speaking and presenting at industry conferences
- Publishing thought pieces
- Enhancing our partner-facing brand
- Creating and overseeing a process to track relevant events, publications, etc
- Meeting with advocacy groups and getting TEACH on their radar so that the organization’s model is included in their public and private recommendations about how to address teacher recruitment
- Partner closely with the VP of Regions to monitor all contract renewals and ensure that there is an effective strategy for securing ongoing funding
- In select instances, lead the strategy and process for garnering or maintaining legislated funding for existing states (likely done in partnership with the Regions functions; may include the hiring and management of a lobbyist)
- In select instances, lead the strategy and process securing philanthropic funding in existing states to complement or expand TEACH’s regional footprint
- Secure grants to support general operating funds, funds for special projects, or funds to subsidize SEA contracts
- Ensure strong and compelling grant reports are produced to enable recurring or expanded funding (this may require direct authoring and/or overseeing other contributing writers)
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
- A strong track record of developing new business amongst government agencies (or similar), resulting in multi-year earned revenue contracts (includes a base level of understanding related to contracting)
- An accomplished relationship manager with 3+ years of success in building authentic partnerships with and for nonprofits, government agencies, community partners, policymakers, funders and other supporters
- 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 dimensions of identity 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, creative problem-solver, and understanding of how to manage an organization's profile and reputation among target audiences
- Demonstrated success raising dollars from foundations strongly preferred
- Experience working with and/or managing lobbyists or policy advocates is preferred
- Understanding of state budget cycles and legislative funding processes is preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, retirement, monthly home office stipend, and an annual professional development (PD) fund
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