America's Promise Alliance · 3 weeks ago
Vice President of Collective Action, K12 & Youth Development
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $195K/yr
10+ years expAmerica’s Promise Alliance is focused on improving K12 education and youth development through collective action. The Vice President of Collective Action will lead initiatives, manage member organizations, and drive programming to enhance collaboration and improve student outcomes.
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Responsibilities
The VPCA is responsible for bringing new organizations into our Alliance Community and ensuring strong retention of our current member organizations
Analyze our current membership and create a strategic recruitment plan to ensure our Alliance community includes a critical mass of the organizations we need to meet our goals in this issue area
Partner with APA’s VP of Alliance Community to recruit new member organizations into the community and ensure their successful onboarding
Lead the renewal process for organizations in this issue area, ensuring high rates of member retention, and that our community stays together and gets better over time
The VPCA serves as the point person for all members in this issue area, working directly with their CEO's and executive teams
Through regular engagement with our members, deeply understand the evolving needs of these organizations, identifying both which needs are most consistent across the network and which ones have the greatest chance of improving student outcomes
Use your understanding of member needs to inform new program design in our Alliance community, translating current pain points into concrete programming
Recruit strategic partners and subject matter experts to drive new Alliance programming
Analyze member engagement data, identify the least engaged organizations, understand the dynamics that drive this low engagement, and build customized plans to improve engagement for these organizations over time
APA will begin convening the member organizations in this issue area annually. The VPAC will lead all aspects of planning and execution for that annual convening. This includes:
Lead all aspects of logistical and strategic planning for the convening each year
Ensure strong attendance among members
Creation customized annual agendas for these convenings that both (1) respond to the most urgent and important needs facing our member organizations and (2) facilitate new collective action ideation
Lead convening facilitation, along with other APA team members and external experts recruited by the VPCA
Lead post-convening evaluation and continuous improvement efforts
The VPCA is responsible for identifying and vetting new ideas for collective action initiatives annually. This includes:
Design and implementation of an annual process to engage Alliance member organizations in the identification of ideas for new collective action initiatives
Testing ideas that come from our membership with external experts to understand relevant field dynamics, the viability of the idea, and key design considerations
Running a process with both Alliance members and APA leadership to prioritize and select a short list of ideas each year that have the greatest potential for scaled impact. These are the collective action initiatives the VPCA will then attempt to launch
Once new ideas are identified, the VPCA is responsible for designing these collaborations into actionable initiatives, including strong theory of action, intended outcomes, and defined member and field benefit. This includes:
Comprehensive initiative design
Creation of concept papers used to explore the ideas with funders, external experts, and Alliance members organizations
Development of multi-year budgets and operating plans
Identifying and recruiting strategic partners, when necessary, to execute the initiative
Recruiting a ‘critical mass’ of member organizations who would participate in the initiative, if launched
Once new ideas are crafted into compelling initiatives and we have reached a critical mass of member organizations who would participate in the initiative when launched, the VPCA is responsible for securing the funding needed to launch the work. Once funding is secured, the VPCA contributes to sustaining those funding relationships. The VPCA works in partnership with APA’s VP Development to:
Identifying the funders most aligned to each initiative
Crafting and conducting outreach to funders
Managing the exploration process with potential investors, supporting the development of proposals and grant agreements, and securing the anchor funding we need to launch each initiative
Once funding is secured, the VPCA is responsible for supporting reporting and stewardship for funders
Once our collective action initiatives are funded, the VPCA is responsible for successfully launching each initiative and ensuring they achieve their intended outcomes. The VPCA should expect to manage 3-5 large-scale initiatives at any given time. This launch and management work includes:
Creating the staffing plan and operating model unique to each initiative
Hiring and management of the team responsible for implementation
Proactive communication on progress to Alliance members, APA leadership, and funders
Iterative program design to respond to challenges, take advantage of opportunities, drive continuous improvement, and ensure increasing sustainability over time
Qualification
Required
Field-recognized leader with 10+ years of senior leadership experience in national nonprofit organizations and/or school systems
Deep knowledge of the field, funders, research, policy landscape, and experts in these issue areas and the ability to utilize that knowledge to inform our work and priorities
A robust network of experts, operators, and funders in this issue area. The ability to activate this network to meet APA's strategic priorities
Deep experience in program design, continuous improvement, and program evaluation. Able to design all aspects of APA's new collective action initiatives, ensuring both strong design and execution
Ability to set a compelling vision, to inspire the top leaders in the sector to rally around that vision, to align metrics, and to steer toward results
Experience raising funds and sustaining funding relationships
Experience facilitating convenings with senior-level leaders, ensuring effective collaboration, engagement, and consensus-building among diverse stakeholders
Experienced manager and leader, ability to work cross-functionally, strong action-orientation and accountability for results; effective in rapidly growing and evolving environments
Effective written and verbal communication, including translating complex issues to multiple audiences internally and externally
A leader in building and nurturing positive culture, ability to adapt and persist through challenges, and an adaptive learner
Benefits
Generous benefits package that extends beyond health care coverage to help provide team members with a work-life balance that includes professional development, retirement savings, self-managed vacation, and more
Company
America's Promise Alliance
America’s Promise Alliance (APA) has developed a national model for field building that strengthens the organizations serving young people and unites them in powerful collective action.
11-50 employees
Funding
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Mike O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer
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