About the Team
The Network Learning function advances knowledge and learning in the network to make progress toward our 25 year vision. We do this by learning alongside the various communities in our global network, creating learning experiences, building partnerships, and enabling connections for constituents to advance their own learning.
Position Description
As the Head of Educational Leadership, you will lead Teach For All's strategy to develop the leadership of our network alumni working in positions of educational leadership - be it as leaders within schools or in education policy. Our network now has over 88,000 alumni with 72% remaining as leaders in the education sector.
In this role, you will build strong communities among these alumni, foster their leadership, and create partnerships that will enable their impact. The role is ideal for someone who has extensive experience leading at a school and system level and is looking for an opportunity to foster conversation among their peer leaders and create opportunities for newer leaders to advance their impact.
Outcomes
Success in this role means that our alumni in educational leadership have access to learning experiences, tools, connections, and resources to impact the education system in their contexts. Success for the role will be measured by:
Quantity and quality of engagement in peer communitiesLeadership growth and impact of alumni leadersFeedback from CEOs and partner leadership, Teach For All colleagues, and other stakeholders about the impact of the communities, leadership development, and partnershipsKey Responsibilities
As an individual contributor, the Head of Educational Leadership's primary responsibility is to develop and execute a strategy that enables our network's most high potential alumni educational leaders to learn from and support each other, develop as transformational leaders, and have greater impact in the communities they serve. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Strategic Leadership Determine strategy for developing educational leadership across the networkPartner with organizations working in the space (e.g. Global School Leaders, Ambition Institute, Global Schools Forum, Transcend, Kizazi) so they can provide support to communities to bolster their learning and leadership development.Community Building
Collaborate with our connectivity team to:
Build out communities of practice (school leaders, school administration, education policy, teacher leadership)Build relationships with alumni leaders in these areas and proactively bring them into the communitiesSupport communities to organize learning events and share insightsCreate community platforms for members to connect asynchronously in between events so they can reach out to each other easily for advice/resources/challengesSupport communities' learning activities via Communities Fund (fund learning exchange trips, events, etc.)Leadership and Learning
- Collaborate with internal teams at Teach For All like the Leadership Accelerator, Knowledge Team, or Learning Experiences team to create learning or leadership development experiences according to the needs of communities.
- Work with partners to develop their own pathways to accelerate career trajectories of alumni into educational leadership.
- Capture and share knowledge and stories of current alumni's insights in order to develop learning for others.
- Collaborate with communities and various Teach For All global or local partner staff to develop a strategy that will inspire more alumni to work in these key leadership roles.
External Leadership
- Support Teach For All's effort to generate resources for Educational Leadership Initiative and create communications materials to illustrate its impact.
- Serve as an internal and external point person for all things Educational leadership (e.g. identify panelists for events, support Public Affairs in various projects).
- Find outlets to elevate the voices of our network alumni.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- At least 10 years of full-time experience working in educational leadership.
- Extensive experience creating transformation while serving as a leader within an educational system.
- Prior experience as a staff member of one of Teach For All's network partners is useful.
- Exceptional communications that can clearly communicate to an international audience as well as effectively convey stories that can compel others to act.
- Ability to build strong relationships with multiple stakeholders from a range of cultures and understand their goals and motivations in order to drive effective operations.
- Experience building mutually beneficial partnerships that enable impact.
- Ability to thrive in a high-energy and entrepreneurial organization as part of a collaborative and committed team.
- Ability to work collaboratively and flexibly with colleagues globally, including a high volume of virtual interactions.
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