Associate Director, Workforce Strategy

Associate Director, Workforce Strategy

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 an Associate Director, Workforce Strategy, who will support students towards strong post-college career outcomes. As a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth team, you will serve as a strategic career coach to students attending our Higher Education Partner who have completed the Braven Career and Leadership Accelerator Course.

This role has the opportunity to accelerate Braven's regional and national impact.

This role is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth regional team and reports directly to the Senior Director of the Dallas-Fort Worth Region.

Strategy and Career Coaching (55%)

Develop vision and strategy to support Fellows in securing internships and strong post-college career outcomes

Manage progress-to-goals tracking / reporting for student internship / job attainment, including monthly dashboard updates and annual survey collection process

Manage and analyze student-level and program data, as well as track engagement within centralized systems, to determine and implement student support interventions

Lead annual Jobs Campaign to ensure graduates land a strong post-college career opportunity

Provide strategic 1 : 1 career coaching for Fellows

Build, cultivate, and steward relationships to gain a comprehensive understanding of opportunities within the field to refer students

Student Programming and Engagement (35%)

Develop and implement strategy to build a regional Fellow community

Create, plan, and execute events for Fellows to support community building, networking, and engagement

Collaborate with the Career Communities team to promote continued career exploration and skills development for Fellows and to implement in-person workshops in DFW

Collaborate with Employer Partners to execute on skill development and networking opportunities / events

Attend Learning Labs to begin Fellow engagement

A+ Team (5%)

Manage a Workforce Development intern

Source Fellows to serve as interns and volunteers

Support in the selection of PAFs to participate in Braven publications and events

Participate in individual annual and quarterly planning and all team events

Other duties as assigned

Brand / Sustainability (5%)

Collaborate cross functionally to help build the Braven brand

Represent Braven externally as needed