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 San Jose State University (SJSU) team, you will serve as a strategic career coach to students attending SJSU 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 on the Regional Bay Area team and reports directly to the Senior Director.
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
- Build, cultivate, and steward relationships at SJSU to gain a comprehensive understanding of opportunities within the Bay Area region and beyond to refer students
Student Programming and Engagement (35%)
- Develop and implement a 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 the San Francisco Bay Area
- Collaborate with Employer Partners to execute on skill development and networking opportunities/events
- Cultivate and engage PAF's reestablish an alumni board
- Attend Learning Labs to begin Fellow engagement
Management & Supervision (5%)
- Manage a Workforce Development intern and/or coordinator
- 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