Part-Time Director, Workforce Strategy

Job Title: Director, Workforce Strategy (Part-Time)

Team: New York Region, Lehman College 

Location: In-person in New York City (NYC)

Employment Type: Temporary Part-time

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Part-time, temporary role ending 2027

Hours: Not to exceed 28 hours per week

Hourly Rate: $70

About Braven

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low-income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

To achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a temporary, part-time Director of Workforce Strategy who will support students toward strong post-college career outcomes. As a member of the NYC team, you will serve as a strategic career coach to students attending Lehman College who have completed the 3-credit Braven Career and Leadership Accelerator Course. At Braven, our goal is for 60% of Fellows who graduate to have a full-time job that requires a bachelor’s degree or enroll in graduate school within 6 months of graduation. The Director of Workforce Strategy will work cross-functionally to meet this goal. This role is subject to annual renewal.

This role is on the New York Region team and reports directly to the Executive Director of New York City.

What You’ll Do 

Strategy and Career Coaching - 90%

• Develop vision and strategy to support Fellows in securing internships and strong jobs. 
• Develop and implement strategy to build a regional Fellow community.
• Manage progress-to-goals tracking/reporting for student internship/job attainment, including monthly dashboard updates and annual survey collection process.
• Manage and analyze student-level and program data, as well as track engagement within centralized systems, to determine and implement student support interventions.  
• Lead annual Jobs Campaign to ensure graduates land a strong post-college career opportunity.
• Provide strategic 1:1 career coaching for Fellows.
• Maintain a constant and comprehensive understanding of opportunities in the Lehman and Braven network in order to refer students to best-fit opportunities. 
• Collaborate with the Career Communities team to promote continued career exploration and skills development for Fellows.

Student Programming and Engagement - 10%

• Create, plan, and execute events for Fellows to support community building, networking, and engagement.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• BS/BA or relevant experience
• 5+ years of experience working with college students

Preferred Qualifications

• You have 5+ years of experience in manager or director level role
• You have a track record of success in managing complex relationships and projects.
• You demonstrate a strong proficiency in early career coaching.
• You have experience in higher education or workforce strategy.
• You build inspiring visions and strategy that motivates others to action. 
• You’re extremely detail-oriented and sweat the small stuff, while also not losing sight of the big picture. 
• You build strong external and internal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and have significant experience tailoring your approach based on an understanding of the beliefs, motivations, and contexts of others. 
• You enjoy bringing together multiple perspectives to enhance your work and decisions
• You continually reflect to improve, and actively create space for the receipt of upward feedback from individual contributors and managers
• You have a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
• You exemplify Braven’s core values.
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in New York City 

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fully vaccinated and have received the Booster vaccination against COVID-19 and provide proof of such by the date of hire. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons. Exempted individuals will be subject to weekly testing if they engage in any in-person work activities.  

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Performance Task
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners

Location

We gather in the office at least 3 days per week (on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and often work remotely 2 days per week (although certain commitments might adjust that from time to time). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of New York City.  We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.  

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.  We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.