Alumni Development Officer at Teach for Kenya

Position Summary
The primary role of the Alumni Development Officer is to help Teach For Kenya alumni achieve their individual goals and further our collective goal of educational equity for every Kenyan child. They will seek to cultivate a movement of Fellows who are dedicated to advancing the cause of educational equity in the long run. The Alumni Development Officer will focus on leadership and professional development, helping Fellows and alumni to embark on high-impact paths and supporting their continuous commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all children in Kenya.
Teach For Kenya seeks a visionary and highly strategic individual who will set the vision for alumni leadership, developing strategic partnerships that maximize alumni impact across diverse sectors. To succeed in this role, he/she must have excellent networking skills, a strategic mindset in cultivating partnerships and placement opportunities as a value proposition to the Alumni, strong people management skills, a skilled negotiator, entrepreneurship skills, and business development background relevant in progressing the social innovations in relevant platforms.

Quality Education for All Kenyan Children

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Setting alumni vision and strategy

• Develop the vision, goals, and strategy for long-term alumni impact in expanding educational opportunity, rooted in a deep understanding of the root causes of educational inequity in Kenya.
• Partner with Teach For Kenya’s leadership to develop and implement regional alumni impact visions and strategies grounded in the educational contexts of the different regions.
• Advance and refine vision and strategy through ongoing research and expert consultation.

Providing leadership and professional development to Fellows and alumni

• Develop strategy and plan for career and professional development for Fellows and alumni that accelerate their leadership and deepen their understanding of educational inequity and long-term solutions; oversee the delivery of various workshops, training, and other opportunities in collaboration with other relevant departments.
• Identify post-fellowship career options and connect alumni to strategic opportunities that enable their long-term impact, including cultivating alumni for full-time staff positions at Teach For Kenya.
• Oversee execution of high-impact Fellow and alumni events, including but not limited to networking events with organizational partners, alumni induction ceremonies, annual alumni conferences, etc.

Building external partnerships

• Identify, cultivate, and inspire external supporters across diverse sectors to contribute to alumni impact efforts.
• Build and maintain partnerships that benefit Fellow and alumni career and professional development, including but not limited to graduate schools, education organizations, governmental entities, non-profit organizations, businesses, etc
• Drive placement outcomes for Alumni
• Meet established goals and objectives as provided by leadership.
• Develop long-term working relationships with employers
• Maintain frequent contact with employers to obtain information on job opportunities, develop and enhance working relationships, and facilitate alumni placement.
• Coordinate placement events, invite employers to speak, and arrange on-site interviews.
• Work with businesses to identify regional employment trends and communicate these trends to the organization and Alumni.
• Recommend and facilitate new professional development based on employer needs.
• Complete employer satisfaction surveys to ensure alumni meet or exceed current job market and employer needs.
• Participate in the delivery and co-facilitation of Professional Development courses.
• Building a strong alumni community in Kenya.
• Build an active community of alumni inspired by and dedicated to Teach For Kenya’s mission by planning, implementing, and maintaining programs that maximize
• alumni engagement and foster strong relationships between alumni and Teach For Kenya

Managing team execution and collaboration

• Manage and grow an effective and results-driven Alumni Impact team through staff coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Build and utilize data systems to track alumni progress toward career goals, monitor levels of engagement with Teach For Kenya, and make data-driven decisions regarding strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with other departments and regional teams to ensure an aligned approach to Fellow and alumni development and engagement before, during, and beyond their fellowship.
• Foster a team and organizational culture focused on leadership and long-term impact

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree preferred
• Record of success in cultivating and building partnerships in Kenya
• Experience in career development and/or nonprofit sector preferred
• Minimum five years of professional experience with three years of management experience

Qualifications – Experience, Skills, and Beliefs

• Strong knowledge of job market trends.
• Strong relationship-builder—alumni work greatly depends on building 1:1 relationships to strengthen the community and network. The person can’t just be a strategist.
• Big-picture and strategic thinker—the ADO can see their role as one of setting vision and direction, keeping abreast of ideas in system change, collective action, etc.
• Credibility or strong influencer.
• Knowledge and understanding of job referral and placement procedures.
• Knowledge of career counseling principles and practices.
• Able to demonstrate PowerPoint presentation development and stand-up
• presentation skills.
• Ability to market the Teach For Kenya alumni and capabilities to businesses and industries.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills required, including writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage, coach, and develop staff.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with various people from diverse communities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Ability to set goals and strategy and use data to guide actions.
• Ability to build external relationships to support event development and develop partnerships.
• Deep knowledge of and engagement in the critical issues of education reform.
• Strong project management skills and experience.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Deep commitment to Teach For Kenya's mission and core values.
• Self-starter with initiative, confidence, drive, and flexibility to deal with unexpected situations or last-minute changes in a dynamic team.
• Great at connecting and building deep relationships, even with people quite different from you.
• Reflective and proactively working to grow and improve.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Very proactive in making connections and visiting organizations involved in systems change work to learn from them.
• Values the importance of local context – isn’t just thinking about national system change, but also local change.

Key Performance Indicators

• Alumni Impact in the region
• 100% of placement opportunities/ Success rate of Alumni as change makers Long-term secured MOU
• 100% self-sustenance of the program/high-impact paths established consistently
• 100% availability/access to Alumni documentation/portfolios