Director Alumni Leadership (Asia Pacific) Job in New Zealand Recruiting by TeachForAll Inc

Position Summary

Teach For All is looking for a Director Alumni Leadership to spearhead our efforts to unleash the impact of network alumni in the Asia Pacific region. We are looking for someone who is passionate about leadership development and systems change, and who deeply believes in the potential of our alumni network to positively improve outcomes for children and communities.

In this role, you will be responsible for cultivating Teach For All network alumni leadership across the Asia Pacific region in two ways. First, you will directly support Teach For All network partner organizations with their alumni strategy development - working with Heads of Alumni and CEOs across the region to facilitate learning, connectivity, and generate resources that lead to greater alumni impact over time. Second, you will also build your own strong relationships with alumni leaders in the region to cultivate their leadership and connectivity so that they can grow as leaders, learn from and support one another, to increase their impact. Working at both the organizational level and with alumni leaders directly, your role will focus on advancing alumni leadership, engagement, and impact across the region.

The ideal candidate is someone highly strategic with a track record of impact, who is creative, loves to build community, has strong program design skills, excels at building relationships and working collaboratively, and is highly competent at coaching and developing others. 

This role will be part of Teach For All’s Global Alumni Leadership Team, with counterparts in other regions to foster global learning, connectivity and innovation across the regions. The role will report to the Head of Alumni Leadership globally, but with a dotted line to the Head of Asia Pacific, working in very close - daily - collaboration with the Teach For All Asia Pacific regional team to develop and advance regional and local strategy for support

Outcomes

Success in this role means:

About the Global Alumni Leadership team

Today there are over 100,000 Teach For All network alumni working across more than 60 countries. Together, they are one of the world’s largest networks of local leaders working collectively in pursuit of transformational progress for children. While we know that each local context is unique, the similarities in the nature of the challenges facing children from place to place mean that solutions are often shareable. We have seen how much faster local leaders can move when they are exposed to what is possible in other contexts. Therefore, one of Teach For All’s biggest organizational priorities is to foster the leadership development and connectivity between these alumni so they can grow as leaders, learn from and support each other, to have even greater local impact.

To drive forward this effort, Teach For All’s Global Alumni Leadership Team (a) works with our network partner organizations to strengthen their efforts to develop their alumni at the local level; and (b) fosters cross-border connections between alumni so that they can benefit from being exposed to innovations and learning outside of their own contexts. The Alumni Leadership Team is globally spread, with team members in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Americas.

The Teach For All's Asia Pacific Region

The Asia Pacific one of the largest, most diverse and dynamic regions in the Teach For All global network, with 15 partner organizations in the following countries (in addition to several more prospective partner organizations in the pipeline): Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Teach For All Asia Pacific team works to grow and accelerate the impact of this community of partners, and generate awareness and support for Teach For All’s vision and mission in the wider region. The Teach For All Asia Pacific team is regionally distributed with team members located across different countries in the region, currently including Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and New Zealand. 

Roles and Responsibilities

As the Director of Alumni Leadership (Asia Pacific) at Teach For All, you will engage in the following and/or similar activities: 

Partner Support 

There are currently 15 network partners in the Asia Pacific region. Each organization is developing their alumni leaders at the local level. To support their efforts, you will:

Develop Alumni Leaders

There are currently ~10,000 alumni leaders in the Asia Pacific region. To support them to grow as leaders, and learn from one another, you will:

As the ideal candidate, you will bring:

Compensation

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

Work Authorization

Please note, this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. All candidates must possess local permanent work authorization/permit to be considered. 

Travel and Hours

Travel possible, approximately 10-15% when it is safe to do so and in accordance with local travel guidelines. Given that we work across different time zones, some non-traditional hours for early or later calls are an expectation of this role. 

Posting Date: February 19, 2020

Apply now!

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience. Please submit your resume or curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of motivation in English directly online. Your letter should summarize motivations for your application and how your skills and experience align with the terms of this opportunity.

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.