<2019-20> Director, External Relationships

Mission:Memphis Scholars exists to inspire and teach all students so that each and every child has the opportunity to choose, and achieve, their future.

History:Memphis Scholars was founded in 2015 and operates three turnaround charter schools in the Tennessee Achievement School District. We serve approximately 900 scholars across North and South Memphis. We are a diverse team of educators that works everyday to deliver on the promise of our mission.

Essential Duties

This role serves as a bridge between internal and external stakeholders.

This role’s work centers around four areas: student recruitment, staff recruitment, communications, and consistent network-wide events that focus on: bringing in prospective staff members and students to experience Memphis Scholars; bringing in current staff, families, students to inspire commitment to the work of Memphis Scholars.

This role is responsible for network communication strategy to ensure stakeholders stay appropriately informed about Memphis Scholars.

This role is responsible for the number and success of events, establishment and execution of calendar (tours, quarterly events, etc.) number of sourced and partnerships stewarded. Partnerships should be focused on their ability to meet the mission needs of inspire or teach.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors degree

Minimum of 5 years experience in education, recruiting, public relations, and/or marketing

Role Specific Competencies

• Achievement - The drive and actions to set challenging goals and reach a high standard or performance despite barriers
• Initiative & Persistence - The drive and actions to do more than is expected or required in order to accomplish a challenging task
• Monitoring & Directiveness - The ability to set clear expectations and to hold others accountable for performance
• Planning Ahead - A bias toward planning in order to derive future benefit or to avoid problems
• Impact & Influence - Acting with the purpose of affecting the perceptions, thinking, and actions of others
• Team Leadership - Assuming authoritative leadership of a group for the benefit of the organization
• Developing Others - Influence with the specific intent to increase the short- and long-term effectiveness of another person
• Analytical Thinking- The ability to break things down in a logical way and to recognize cause and effect.
• Conceptual Thinking- The ability to see patterns and links among seemingly unrelated things.
• Self-Confidence- A person belief in one's ability to accomplish tasks and the actions that reflect that belief.
• Organizational Commitment- Aligning one's own behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of the organization.
• Concern for Order- An underlying drive to maintain or increase order in the surrounding environment.
• Benefits Statement:Memphis Scholars consistently offers full time employees the best benefits in the Mid-South. We have been awarded the Best in Benefits Grand Champion Award by Lipscomb and Pitts two years in a row. Apply now to learn more.