Associate Director, Workforce Strategy
hace 10 días
Dallas
Job Description Job Title: Associate Director, Workforce Strategy Team: Dallas-Fort Worth Location: In-Person in Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) Employment Type: Full-time Start Date: October 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 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 (the Accelerator). 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. What You’ll Do 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, • 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, • 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, • Collaborate cross functionally to help build the Braven brand, • Bachelor’s Degree, • You have 5+ years of experience in manager or director level role, • You have a track record of success in managing complex relationships and projects., • You demonstrate a strong proficiency in early career coaching., • You have experience in higher education or workforce strategy., • You build inspiring visions and strategy that motivates others to action., • You’re extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture., • You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others., • You enjoy bringing together multiple perspectives to enhance your work and decisions, • You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and managers, • You exemplify Braven’s core values., • Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.sion 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 the Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) area or our higher education partner’s campus at least 3 days per week, • Travel 2-3 times per year for Braven-wide trainings and convenings, • Some nights and weekends are commensurate with Learning Labs and other campus-related activities as needed. Learning Lab schedules may vary by semester., • 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 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 on-site at least three days a week (Tuesday through Thursday) and often work remotely two days per week (although certain commitments may adjust this schedule from time to time). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of Dallas-Fort Worth. 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.