Strategic Partnerships Manager (Contractor)

Summary

CareerVillage is a global tech nonprofit that democratizes access to career information and advice for underrepresented youth through AI-powered and open-access platforms. The Strategic Partnerships Manager will operate and grow the AI for Career Development Coalition by managing member engagement, coordinating projects and events, supporting coalition leadership, and cultivating strategic relationships.

Responsibilities

• Handle AICD's day-to-day operations and administration: manage member onboarding , own calendaring and convening coordination, and serve as the first line of response for member questions
• Build and maintain the systems that keep members connected and collaborative over time, such as a shared knowledge hub, and vet other tools worth adopting
• Nurture the community by planning and executing events, developing member resources, engaging our online member community and the other spaces where members show up
• Interface with members directly to stay close to what they actually need, and be an extra ear to the ground
• Project-manage AICD's grant-funded deliverables and help execute against committed timelines, coordinate members and research partners to keep the coalition's benchmarking work on track, and help push in-progress field resources and artifacts to completion
• Support the AICD lead: build slide decks, take notes, act as a thought partner, handle convening and meeting logistics so they can focus on facilitation, and draft member communications for them to send
• Identify and cultivate relationships with prospective strategic members, and support our broader field-building strategy
• Collaborate with our marketing team on member communications, including a newsletter and website, and stay current on developments in the ecosystem relevant to AICD's work

Skills

• 3+ years of experience in partnerships and/or community building, ideally in workforce or career development
• Experience operating in small or scrappy organizations. You know how to make things happen without specialized teams around you, and you're energized by building processes as the work grows rather than operating within ones already established
• A systems thinker, comfortable moving between granular admin and higher-altitude strategy, and okay with the admin work even when it's the less exciting part of the week
• A track record of running complex, multi-stakeholder coordination to completion, and of managing relationships with senior or powerful stakeholders while holding clear boundaries
• A temperament for substance over hype. You believe in being additive, not noisy, and you listen closely before making assumptions
• Open to learning on the job and forming your point of view through the work, rather than arriving with fixed answers about what the field needs
• Interested in our mission and excited to help democratize career access for the learners who need it most
• Within the United States
• Must be able to work 9A-5P in Eastern (ET), Central (CT), or Pacific (PT) time zones
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. CareerVillage is not sponsoring visas or work authorization at this time
• At this time, we can only consider applicants with authorization to work in the United States on a permanent, full-time basis; unfortunately, we cannot provide visa sponsorship
• Edtech and/or AI experience
• Experience building, growing, or sustaining a community, coalition, or membership program
• Project management experience coordinating cross-organizational initiatives
• Familiarity with cross-sector or coalition environments where members span practitioners, institutions, employers, funders, and technology builders
• Interest in learning and using new tools and technologies to keep a community organized and connected

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience in partnerships and/or community building, ideally in workforce or career development
• Experience operating in small or scrappy organizations. You know how to make things happen without specialized teams around you, and you're energized by building processes as the work grows rather than operating within ones already established
• A systems thinker, comfortable moving between granular admin and higher-altitude strategy, and okay with the admin work even when it's the less exciting part of the week
• A track record of running complex, multi-stakeholder coordination to completion, and of managing relationships with senior or powerful stakeholders while holding clear boundaries
• A temperament for substance over hype. You believe in being additive, not noisy, and you listen closely before making assumptions
• Open to learning on the job and forming your point of view through the work, rather than arriving with fixed answers about what the field needs
• Interested in our mission and excited to help democratize career access for the learners who need it most
• within the United States
• must be able to work 9A-5P in Eastern (ET), Central (CT), or Pacific (PT) time zones
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. CareerVillage is not sponsoring visas or work authorization at this time
• At this time, we can only consider applicants with authorization to work in the United States on a permanent, full-time basis; unfortunately, we cannot provide visa sponsorship

Nice to Haves

• Edtech and/or AI experience
• Experience building, growing, or sustaining a community, coalition, or membership program
• Project management experience coordinating cross-organizational initiatives
• Familiarity with cross-sector or coalition environments where members span practitioners, institutions, employers, funders, and technology builders
• Interest in learning and using new tools and technologies to keep a community organized and connected

Benefits

• Full-time employee conversion as a possibility, dependent on organizational capacity and demonstrated fit
• Strong possibility of conversion to a full-time employee position within the first 6-12 months, depending on organizational capacity and fit
• Path to a more senior position in the organization, depending on organizational capacity and fit
• Flexible on location within the United States