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Manager, Corporate Engagement & Relations


About NAF:

NAF is a national network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to ensure high school students are college, career, and future ready.  NAF’s educational design ignites students’ passion for learning and gives businesses the opportunity to shape America’s future workforce by transforming the learning environment to include STEM infused industry-specific curricula and work-based learning experiences, including internships.


Since 1980, NAF has been partnering with high-need communities to improve outcomes for students by implementing NAF academies – small learning communities within existing high schools. NAF has grown from one NAF Academy of Finance in New York City to hundreds of academies across the country focusing on growing industries including: finance, hospitality & tourism, information technology, engineering, and health sciences. During the 2020-2021 school year, over 117,000 students attended 619 NAF academies across 37 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. In 2020, NAF academies reported 99% of seniors graduated with 87% of graduates planning to go to college.

Summary: 

The primary function of the Corporate Engagement & Relations Team is to develop and deepen relationships with employer partners and influence their ability to impact priority regions and local communities within the NAF Network.

The Manager, Corporate Engagement & Relations works with the Corporate Engagement & Relations team to develop, implement, and support strategies to increase high quality work-based learning and advisory board experiences for the network. This role requires an individual with knowledge of NAF’s educational design and experience in the private sector, industry, and/or the public sector. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, detail-oriented, strong communicator, can manage multiple projects simultaneously, and has a proven track record of effective collaboration and project management.

Travel required regionally and nationally – normally approximately 50%. Office location can be either in the New York City or from a home office. Due to COVID restrictions travel is temporally suspended and all activities/position functions will be done remotely until further notice.

Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:

Relationship Management (50%)

  • Serve as a relationship manager between NAF and partners providing exemplary customer service, partnership engagement and growth plans, and project management.
  • Work internally to develop and implement expanded partner engagement initiatives including: work-based learning, internship programs, advisory board service, alumni hiring and engagement, and brand awareness activities.
  • Provide training in best practices and processes to build staff and network competency and capacity in areas of delivering impactful and outcome driven work-based learning, advisory boards, internships, relationship management service.
  • Facilitate cross-functional communication between organizational teams.
  • Serve as a spokesperson for NAF at events and conferences.

Develop and Implement Employee Engagement Programs (35%)  

  • Match company and employee engagement interest with strategic locations.
  • Develop intimate knowledge of partner employee volunteer programs, engagement practices and talent acquisition strategies.
  • Provide opportunities for employees to contribute to communities in a meaningful way by providing opportunities to participate in defined engagement opportunities. 
  • Recommend ideas for improving and updating NAF WBL and advisory board engagement resources, tools and curricula.

Plan Development and Operations (15%)   

  • Prepare, monitor, and review all partnership, engagement, and project plans.
  • Maintain and submit all expense reports accurately and on-time.
  • Manage outcome-based metrics and data gathering; produce all required reports

Educational/Training Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Degree in a related field such as Business, Communications, or Public Policy a strong plus.

Experience:

  • Demonstrated success designing and delivering results in the corporate sector and/or maintaining successful public/private partnerships.
  • Experience with managing multiple projects supporting multiple stakeholders, developing dashboards, virtual engagements, and templates/resources.
  • Experience managing a portfolio of external partners or clients focused on measured impact.
  • Demonstrated success in development, implementation, and oversight of action plans, particularly as they relate to relationship management.
  • Database management, event management and effective industry communication and collaboration.
  • Professional customer service/customer experience & relationship management skills.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Commitment to the NAF mission and vision for young people; knowledge of and experience with NAF’s educational design.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong technology skills: demonstrated proficiency/experience of Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook/Teams; Smartsheets, Asana, Salesforce, or CRM preferred.
  • Remote working and team/matrix management experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of work-based learning best practices and familiarity with internships.
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
  • Spanish language (verbal and written) proficiency a plus. 

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