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Braven

Senior Director, New Jersey

11 days ago

Newark

Job Description Job Title: Senior Director, New Jersey Team: New Jersey Location: In-Person in Newark (NJ) Employment Type: Full-time Start Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025 About Braven 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. To learn more, take a look at Braven’s 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 Senior Director, New Jersey who is responsible for the programmatic success at the Higher Education Partner (HEP). They are responsible for ensuring that the students who complete the Accelerator at the HEP secure a strong first job or enroll in graduate school within 6 months of graduation and maintain a positive and strong presence at the HEP and in New Jersey. As a member of the New Jersey team & the leader of the Higher Education Partnership, you will lead a team of 3-5 full-time employees and a team of part-time interns. The Senior Director of the HEP Partnership will also be responsible for working collaboratively with all of our central and regional teams, including our volunteer recruitment team and the team that manages the delivery of our course. Together, you, the Executive Director (ED), and the Senior Director of the Higher Education Partnership will build and maintain a positive and strong presence at the HEP and in New Jersey. This role is on the New Jersey team and reports directly to the Executive Director of New Jersey. What You’ll Do Deliver Site Outcomes (40%) • Oversee and ensure strong local program implementation at the HEP, including the pre-course, course, and post-course experience, to meet programmatic goals., • Drive and responsible for the quality of regionally owned program elements including (but not limited to) local programming, learning lab implementation, data collection for job campaign, etc., • For the elements of the program that are delivered by the center, serve as a check for the HEP satisfaction and fit with local student needs and campus culture; provide feedback to the central teams in a spirit of partnership and continuous improvement., • Assess data continuously and ensure students are on track to graduate and secure strong jobs. Partner with Braven’s Product team to develop supports and interventions to achieve student jobs outcomes., • Participate in the organization-wide efforts to drive program model strategy and decisions, recommending changes as needed to Braven’s program model to achieve transformational and sustainable impact., • Observe, provide feedback, and collaborate in weekly in-person and virtual Braven Accelerator course, virtual and in-person career events, student recruitment events, and other key moments throughout the year., • Develop and steward strong and formalized partnerships with the HEP leadership and faculty, employers, and community-based organizations that result in additional resources for our students and improvements to our program model., • Cultivate and manage relationships with key HEP stakeholders that foster collaboration and a healthy partnership., • Lead and co-lead meetings with the HEP stakeholders to build Braven into the career ecosystem and ensure that Braven is upholding partnership goals and agreements., • Act as the “mayor” of the local HEP, deeply understanding the ecosystem, owning local relationships (faculty, professor of record, etc.) and the campaign manager running local campaigns on campus., • Co-create strategy in partnership with the ED for the HEPsite and drive stakeholders towards the shared vision., • Utilize the deep understanding of the local context and assets available to knit together an overarching strategy that brings the right programmatic and structural enrollment supports on the campus., • Lead and manage the Program Staff, • Provide organization-wide leadership within the One Braven Group- internal staff advisory group, • Cultural stewardship of Braven’s Core Values Minimum Requirements • BS/BA, • Prior work experience in higher education, 7-10 years in non-profit field, • Technical Skills and Knowledge: Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Jira, • Experience in an early-stage environment launching an initiative, program, or team, • Success in managing and developing people and teams while creating and fostering a strong sense of culture, • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills and ability to facilitate strong partnerships across a range of stakeholders, • High degree of flexibility and adaptability, ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and comfort with ambiguity, • Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting milestones and deadlines, • Data-driven mindset with focus on using data and metrics to drive decisions and measure performance, • Exemplification of Braven’s core values, • Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population, • Prior work experience in higher education, 7-10 years in non-profit field, • Technical Skills and Knowledge: Proficiency in Google Suite, Slack, Jira, • Experience in an early-stage environment launching an initiative, program, or team, • Success in managing and developing people and teams while creating and fostering a strong sense of culture, • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills and ability to facilitate strong partnerships across a range of stakeholders, • High degree of flexibility and adaptability, ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and comfort with ambiguity, • Proven ability to create, operationalize, and manage project plans, meeting milestones and deadlines, • Data-driven mindset with focus on using data and metrics to drive decisions and measure performance, • Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, • Exemplification of Braven’s core values, • Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population 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 • Ability to work in-person in Newark (NJ) at least 3 days per week, Tuesday through Thursday, as well as on-site at the HEP campus. As a part of senior leadership, this role may be in-person more than three days per week., • Ability to travel 2-5 days per quarter for staff training, retreats, and other events., • Non-traditional hours include the Braven Accelerator course that may take place during the evenings and specific events that might take place in the evenings or weekends such as Homecoming, Student Orientation, Galas, etc., • Authorized to work in the U.S. While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be: • Phone screen with Talent Team member, • Performance Task, • Interview with Hiring Manager, • Panel Interview with Key Partners 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 $134,800-$168,500. This is a full-time regular, exempt, and benefits eligible position where you will be working at 100% capacity. 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: • Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and three team-wide, week-long shutdowns in Spring, Summer, and Winter (this is a minimum of 24 days per year), • 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 We gather in the office 3 days a week Tuesday through Thursday and work remotely 2 days a week Monday and Friday. Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of Newark, New Jersey. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face, and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week. 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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