Senior Director - Network Engagement & Program, Europe

About the Role

Teach For All is seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to support a diverse group of network and prospective partner organizations in the Europe region. As a Network Engagement Senior Director, you will steward Teach For All’s engagement with a group of the region’s partner organizations and prospective partner CEOs, working to build and deepen relationships and collaborations across the region. In this role you will act as a strategic advisor to partner organizations, diagnosing needs and opportunities, consulting on strategic challenges, and mobilizing network resources to drive collective impact

In this position, you will also play a critical role in increasing programmatic impact in the region through targeted support around teacher, alumni and school leader development. Related responsibilities will include working with global team members to build a more active Head of Training community, partner support initiatives, contributing to Erasmus projects, developing learning experiences and developing resources. The ideal candidate for this position will have a proven ability to work effectively across diverse contexts and cultures, navigating ambiguity with ease, and will have experience making sound strategic decisions that drive impact in complex and changing environments.

This role provides an exceptional opportunity for an individual with superior leadership, strategic, interpersonal, and programmatic skills to increase the impact of our mission and shape the education landscape in the region. The strongest candidates will have a proven ability to set a clear vision, build culture and relationships, influence outcomes through others, and make strategic decisions that drive meaningful impact. A strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is essential.

The ideal candidate will have a deep familiarity of living and working in the region, must reside and be authorized to work in the region, speak English and ideally one additional regional language. The Senior Director- Network Engagement & Program, Europe will report to the Head of Program - Europe.

Key Responsibilities

Partner Support (50%)

• As a “portfolio lead,” serve as the primary day-to-day relationship holder with a portfolio of current and prospective partner organization CEOs, cultivating relationships to build positive, long-term partnerships as a means to achieving shared and mutually beneficial goals and outcomes.
• Co-create and manage the implementation of an annual partnership plan with each organization in the Network Engagement Director’s portfolio, identifying how Teach For All will support them and how they will contribute back to the network on an ongoing basis. This plan will include the strategic engagement of other colleagues, teams and resources from across Teach For All.
• Share insights, ask thoughtful questions, and provide support to partner and prospective partner organization CEOs and their leadership teams, to build their capacity, advance strategic clarity and impact, and foster learning and sharing across the network, in line with Teach For All’s shared global vision and priorities.

Programmatic Impact (30 %)

• Facilitate meaningful learning experiences in the region, virtual and in-person when possible, such as immersive experiences and peer-to-peer visits for network partner organizations and emerging social entrepreneurs, fostering collaboration, culture, and connection in line with our broader network vision and values.
• Lead initiatives and strategies on region wide and global priorities to contribute to progress against our network intended outcomes.
• Leveraging deep understanding of the educational landscape, develop and execute on strategies that build external champions and elevate awareness of our programmatic work across the region.
• Co-build a thriving community of Heads of Training and teacher coaches to facilitate stronger cross regional learning and collaboration
• Support leadership development of key stakeholders in the region from alumni and senior partner staff through coaching and leadership development experiences

Contribute to Teach For All globally (20%)

• Work with the other global teams to contribute to global priorities and initiatives in particular in relation to our leadership development and program strategies
• Represent the global organization as needed at external opportunities

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years professional experience, including working and/or living in the region
• Experience having led an educational institution or managed a large team
• Experience working in senior leader coaching and teacher development
• Demonstrated impact on increasing student outcomes
• Willingness and ability to reside and work (authorization) in region long-term
• Experience working across borders preferred
• Ability to understand and lead in alignment with Teach For All’s purpose, theory of change, unifying principles vision, and intended outcomes
• Exemplifies Teach For All’s core values and a commitment to Teach For All’s mission
• Ability to lead effectively to increase diversity and inclusivity; sensitivity to racial, cultural and ideological diversity, including power and privilege dynamics
• Visionary, strategic, and analytical
• Ability to deeply understand and navigate within distinct local contexts quickly
• Ability to develop strong, authentic relationships with diverse individuals, and to influence and motivate others through both formal and informal authority
• Strong operating instincts
• Able to communicate effectively in English. French and another European language is preferable

What Teach For All Offers

• Commitment to cultivating a culture in which all staff members feel they belong, are valued for their contributions, and have an impact on our organization’s progress.
• Professional and personal enriching experiences that will allow ample opportunities to make a positive impact to the work of Teach For All and beyond
• Comprehensive benefits package designed for your well-being and work-life needs.
• All roles are 100% remote, with the option for in-office collaboration in some locations.
• Generous time off and flexible work arrangements
• And much more!

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on country of hire, prior work experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Work Authorization

Candidates for this position must possess or be able to obtain work authorization in the country they want to work in in order to be considered.

Travel and Hours

Travel expected, approximately 30%, mostly within the Europe region, but also some travel out-of-region to attend conferences etc. Given that we work across all time zones, some non-traditional hours for very early or late-night calls are an expectation of this role.

Applications Instructions

Please submit your resume or curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of motivation in English directly online. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of 60 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization committed to developing collective leadership to ensure all children fulfill their potential. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections among partners, accessing global resources, and fostering the leadership development of partner staff, teachers, and alumni.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusiveness

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization that inspires individuals of all backgrounds – across nationalities, races, ethnicity, religions, political views, economic backgrounds, sexual orientations, physical disabilities, languages, ages, genders and prior experiences – to bring their full selves to the work of ensuring educational opportunity for all.

In order to maximize our effectiveness in fulfilling Teach For All’s mission, we also feel it is important to focus on increasing representation and inclusiveness with respect to two dimensions in particular: we prioritize diversity of geography because this can help us quickly understand and connect with the diverse cultures and geographies of the world. We also prioritize increasing the representation and inclusiveness of team members who themselves have experienced the inequities we’re working to address by nature of sharing the background (e.g. economic, racial and ethnic, religious) of the most disadvantaged groups in their countries.