Title: Alumni Development Officer
Reporting to: Executive Director
Start Date: September 2024
Employment Type: Full-time ( 1 year)
Location: Based in Senegal ( remote)


About Teach For Senegal
Teach For Senegal (TFS) is focused on developing a movement of leaders across the nation who are committed to ending educational inequity. In the short term, through a two-year Fellowship, TFS recruits Senegal’s most outstanding university graduates and young professionals of all academic disciplines to teach as full-time teachers (Fellows) in high-need schools in poor communities. Through this experience, our Fellows gain exposure to the realities of Senegal’s education system and begin to identify their role in building a wider movement for educational equity. In the long term, TFS supports its alumni – equipped with the experience, conviction, and insight that comes from leading children to fulfil their potential – to be a force for change, working from across sectors to expand educational opportunity.
Teach For Senegal’s culture and work is grounded in and guided by a deep commitment to pursuing true transformational change for students growing up in low-income communities. It is a leadership development organization – committed to fostering staff members, Fellows, stakeholders, community and alumni who establish a clear and bold vision for the future and strategically work towards achieving our vision of an excellent education for all children. TFS operates with a deep sense of possibility and perseverance with a team of young, dynamic and diverse individuals. We are an organization committed to its people, and we operate with respect and humility towards all.

As a start-up and localy-led organization working in a complex environment, we are looking for exceptional individuals who are both self-directed and strong team players to make up our team.



Position Summary
The primary role of the Alumni Development Officer is to help Teach For Senegal alumni achieve their individual goals and further our collective goal of educational equity for every Senegalese 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 towards expanding educational opportunities for all children in Senegal. Teach For Senegal seeks a visionary and highly strategic individual who will set the vision for alumni leadership, developing strategic partnerships that maximizes alumni impact across diverse sectors.


Roles and Responsibilities
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 Senegal.
• Partner with Teach For Senegal’s program team 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 delivery of various workshops, trainings, 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 Senegal.
• Oversee execution of high-impact Fellow and alumni events, including but not limited to networking events with organizational partners, alumni induction ceremony, annual alumni conference 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 to facilitate alumni placement.
• Coordinate placement events, invite employers to speak at events and arrange on-site interviews.
• Work with businesses to identify employment trends on a regional basis 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 delivery and co-facilitation of Professional Development courses.
• Building strong alumni community in Senegal
• Build an active community of alumni inspired by and dedicated to Teach For Senegal’s mission by planning, implementing, and maintaining programs that maximize alumni engagement and foster strong relationships between alumni and Teach For Senegal.
• 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 Senegal, 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 prior to, 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
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with 3 years of management experience
• Record of success in cultivating and building partnerships in Senegal
• Experience in career development and/or nonprofit sector preferred


Requisite Skills
• Strong knowledge of job market trends.
• Knowledge and understanding of job referral and placement procedures.
• Knowledge of career counselling principles and practices.
• Able to demonstrate PowerPoint presentation development and stand up presentations skills.
• Ability to market the Teach For Senegal alumni and capabilities to business and industry.
• 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 a wide range of people from diverse communities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.-
• Knowledge of applicable legislation, standards, policies and procedures within specialty area.
• 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 key issues of education reform
• Strong project management skills and experience
• Excellent organizational skills
• Experience working and living in Senegal or in a country with similar context to Senegal.
• Fluent in English and French
• Approach to Work
• Deep commitment to Teach For Senegal’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 who are quite different from you
• Reflective and proactively working to grow and improve
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.


Compensation
Salary depends on prior experiences. Additionally, there is ample opportunity for professional development and mobility within the organization, as well as access to professional development through the global network Teach For All.