Akilah Insitute for Women Managing Director of Partnerships and Careers Job Vacancy in Rwanda

d hire Akilah graduates. He/she is able to hold
the big picture in mind while diving into the granular details. The MDPC will
design and support an effort to reach out to our current partners and collect
data on what skills they see in our graduates and where we need to refine our
curriculum to meet their growing needs. We expect the MDPC to be innovative
about how we can manage our high level partnerships as we grow exponentially
and bring on new connections. The MDPC will manage a team of 1-2 members and
work very closely with the Managing Director of Program on tying back all
feedback from our partners into our curriculum development for the students.

• Own the success of all partnership
  cultivation, oversight, and ongoing management.
• Spearhead a comprehensive feedback loop with
  our partners. Develop the analytical tools to assess our graduate’s
  performance once they are placed into jobs. Our goal is to move beyond
  anecdotal stories and find a systemic way to collect aggregated feedback,
  identify patterns of success and challenges, and use the data to drive
  improvements in the program.
• Communicate effectively with the Managing
  Director of Program to integrate feedback into the curriculum.
• Serve as critical thought partner to the
  Country Director and leadership team in the US. Provide sound counsel,
  demonstrate fidelity to the vision, and exercise judgment in sensitive
  situations.
• Supervise 1-2 staff members.
• Work in close proximity to the Director of
  Communications to ensure consistent messaging.
• Leverage community, private sector, government
  conferences and events to build strategic partnerships. Identify ways to
  showcase our students’ hands-on learning work–in order to engage current
  and prospective partners more deeply.
• Expand Akilah’s partnership base and pipeline
  by crafting and implementing a comprehensive partnership strategy.
• Cultivate, strengthen, and expand corporate
  partnerships to develop job placement sites for the students and
  graduates.
• Work effectively with colleagues across the
  growing Akilah global network to share information, resources, and leads.
  Help to manage relationships effectively and collaborate on global
  efforts.
• Create an alumni strategy to maintain ongoing
  relationships with Akilah’s graduates. Devise a process to collect data on
  all graduate’s job performance and promotion rates.
• Work with the Managing Director of Program and
  Country Director to design a program that helps students prepare for their
  job search and long term careers during their three years at Akilah.
• Develop a career assessment tools that assist
  students in thinking about what kinds of careers they would be good at
  based on their performance and interpersonal skills.
• Develop workshops for students so that they can
  explore future careers options. Create recruiting events and activities
  that will bring corporate partners and student together a few times a
  year.

• 5+ years of relevant experience in sales,
  partnership building, relationship management, or business development.
  Private, public, and non-profit backgrounds are all valued. The ideal
  candidate will have succeeded in a high-performing organization and be eager
  to apply best practices.
• Achievement oriented, comfort operating in a
  fast-paced entrepreneurial environment with accountability to results.
• Ability to effectively lead a team directly as
  well as earn trust and accountability from colleagues on other teams;
  collaborative approach to decision-making
• Highly developed interpersonal skills,
  excellent oral presentation and written skills.
• Has a deep understanding of the growing
  Rwandan labor market and is well networked with the private sector to help
  identify suitable job opportunities for Akilah students.
• Ability to model Akilah’s core values.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited
  institution required; relevant advanced degree preferred.