Job Title: Managing Director, Arkansas Partnerships 

Team: External Affairs

Location: Arkansas

Employment Type: Grant-Funded, Temporary, Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven

We believe that the next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere. We empower promising college students with the skills, confidence, experiences, and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs, which lead to meaningful careers and lives of impact.

Learn more about Braven’s impact:

https://impactreport.bebraven.org/

https://jobsreport.bebraven.org/

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Managing Director, Arkansas Partnerships who will lead our efforts to develop a new higher education partnership in Arkansas. 

As a member of the External Affairs Team, you will build a strong coalition of corporate, philanthropic, and nonprofit partners in Arkansas that ideally will lead to Braven’s potential new Arkansas region. As the MD, Arkansas Partnerships, you will build prospective partnership(s) with an HBCU and/or public institution of higher education that meets Braven’s new site criteria, develop shared value partnerships with employers, oversee all development efforts to build a path to raising approximately $6.2M for a new school expansion, ensure a sustainable funding pipeline, lay the groundwork for or start a launch committee, engage with influential policymakers, and elevate Braven’s local brand and thought leadership.

The MD will report to and work collaboratively with the VP, New Sites through the launch of the initial higher education partnership. If a partnership with a higher education institution in Arkansas moves forward, there is potential for this to become a permanent full-time regional leadership role.

This position is a grant-funded, temporary, full time role through at least January 2025 with the potential to transition to permanent full-time status upon the launch of Braven in the Arkansas region.

What You’ll Do

• Higher Ed Partnership (HEP) Cultivation & Program Operations (35%) 
• Cultivate, steward and manage key relationships at institutions of higher education - including the President or Chancellor, Provost, executive cabinet (as appropriate), Point Person, the Professor of Record, and other faculty/staff as needed.
• Leverage campus insights and relationships to effectively partner with the Central External Affairs Team to develop brand integration strategies to build awareness and investment for Braven among students and key higher education champions.
• Regional Fundraising and Local Partnership and Awareness Building (40%)
• Cultivating, partnering and ensuring the health of key stakeholder relationships at local employer partners and key donors and foundations, including researching potential partners and scheduling and preparing for meetings with potential partners
• Building a fundraising pipeline toward the goal of $6.2M raised for the first three years of program by launch of the higher education partnership 
• Focusing on growing and diversifying a sustainable funding base that will include gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government 
• Raising Braven’s brand awareness through thought-leadership, public speaking, social media, and press pieces
• Exploring local political and policy landscape 
• Regional Strategy and Operations (20%)
• Development and beginning to implement a comprehensive multi-year strategic plan to reach our vision for scale and excellent outcomes in Arkansas
• Building and managing a launch committee that will help maximize the Arkansas region’s impact, narrative, and sustainability
• Other duties as assigned (5%)