Associate Director, Workforce Strategy

Associate Director, Workforce Strategy

Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students 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, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate Director, Workforce Strategy, who will support students towards strong post-college career outcomes. As a member of the Greater Boston team, you will serve as a strategic career coach to students attending our Higher Education Partner, who have completed the Braven Career and Leadership Accelerator Course (the Accelerator). This role has the opportunity to accelerate Braven's regional and national impact.

This role is part of the Greater Boston regional team and reports directly to the Senior Director of the Greater Boston Region.

What You'll Do

Strategy and Career Coaching (55%)

• Develop vision and strategy to support Fellows in securing internships and strong post-college career outcomes
• 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 the annual Jobs Campaign to ensure graduates land a strong post-college career opportunity
• Provide strategic 1 : 1 career coaching for Fellows
• Build, cultivate, and steward relationships to gain a comprehensive understanding of opportunities within the field to refer students

Student Programming and Engagement (35%)

A+ Team (5%)

Brand / Sustainability (5%)