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Senior Manager - Partnerships and Outreach - NGO

As Senior Manager, Regional Partnerships, responsibilities include:
Deepening Government Relationships:
- Support the professional development and execution of initiatives that are led by the Government Relations Managers who is a direct reportee.
- Build sustainable programmatic relationships with senior Government officials with support from the Government Relations Manager.
- Source large-scale external partnerships for us and our Alumni organizations that advance educational equity in the region.
- Advocate for alleviating key structural and/or policy barriers that impede progress towards the regional vision.
Fostering Alumni collectives:
- Support the Alumni Manager in the city with developing a strategy, contextualizing goals, quarterly milestones, action planning, execution and professional development.
- Design and curate learning & action spaces for regional Alumni to act collectively towards the regional vision.
- Nurture the growth of and collaboration between Alumni organizations in the region.
- Build strong relationships with Alumni Entrepreneurs and the Regional Alumni Chapter committee to facilitate their progress.
Sourcing career opportunities for Fellows & Alumni:
- Identify and engage with organisations that serve children from low-income. communities in the region, by providing opportunities for them to interact with and hire from our Fellows & Alumni.
- Cultivate a pipeline of key alumni in the region and match them to roles aligned to the regional vision and their personal aspirations.
- Build an ecosystem of donors and other relevant partners that accelerate our work in the region, especially where barriers to entry are high.
Building a larger movement for educational equity:
- Build the regional brand - Advancing regional priorities through Communications and Recruitment efforts.
- Establish and leverage the regional board, in partnership with the City Director.
- Advance key policy and implementation shifts that accelerate progress for children by
- Developing a community that consistently mobilizes others.
- Forging coalitions of organizations and individuals working towards educational equity.
- Cultivating a network of well-known advocates that span business, government, politics, and entertainment.
Functional Details:
Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations:
- Graduate/Postgraduate in any field
- 5-8+ years of relevant work experience in external-facing roles (e.g., public relations, government relations, management consulting, business development)
- Experience in managing, executing, and taking complete ownership of multiple projects at the same time
- Ability to work independently and make strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Experience of having built strong relationships and having influenced others without authority
- Ability to motivate a team and develop individuals over time
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills to solve complex community-related challenges
Preferred Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations:
- Previous experience working in the development/education sector
- Experience in building and managing high-functioning teams to targeted outcomes
- Experience of having created, deep, meaningful learning experiences and resources for adults through strong design-thinking capabilities, addressing both dynamic and diverse learning needs of individuals
- Experience in building and managing high-functioning teams to targeted outcomes
- Regional language proficiency preferred

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Employement Type: Full time
Industry: Management Consulting / Strategy
Role Category: NGO / Social WorkGeneral / Other Software
Functional Area: Not Applicable
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