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Our client is a new international organization that will support entrepreneurs in other countries who are pursuing the development of the organizations that will aim to end educational inequity in their countries. They call upon their top recent college graduates, of all academic majors, to commit two years to teach in high-poverty areas and to become lifelong leaders in the pursuit of expanding educational opportunity.

The Vice President, Regional Growth, Strategy & Development for Latin America will build stakeholders’ understanding of and support for our client’s model in the region, support social entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of pursuing the development of this model in their countries and secure the funding necessary for our client’s support of all partner organizations in the region. The VP will report to the Vice President of Growth, Strategy and Development of the organization.

Team Overview

Our client’s growth strategy and development team is responsible for raising funds to cover the expenses of the firm’s support of local organizations. This team also manages the relationship between social entrepreneurs aspiring to launch local organizations and our client’s global network from the time an entrepreneur initiates contact until his/her local organization has developed a final business plan. During the early stage process the growth strategy and development team assesses alignment between the mission of the local organization and the resources of the network, facilitates the local organization’s development of a strategic business plan and partners with the social entrepreneur who is leading the local organization to identify and secure financial resources for our client’s support of the new organization.

Our client launched in 2007 and currently supports 9 countries. Based on existing global demand, they are preparing to support between 13 and 16 countries in 2010 and between 18 and 21 countries in 2011. To fuel this anticipated growth, our client needs to raise approximately $12 million in 2010 and $14 million in 2011.

Our client currently supports one partner organization in Latin America, Enseña Chile, which launched in 2008. Additionally, the network plans to support social entrepreneurs in Peru, who are in the early stages of building their organizations and will place teachers in classrooms in 2010. Our client is also supporting several other social entrepreneurs throughout Latin America as they explore the feasibility of this model in their context.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Building understanding of and support for our client’s model in the region including financial resources necessary for engagement (60%)
  • Networking with regional leaders in the philanthropic, public and private sectors, and education communities to introduce and build support for our client’s model.
  • Raising all funds necessary for early stage and ongoing support of local programs in the region, which may range anywhere from $1 to $3 million in 2009-2010 annually depending on the number of social entrepreneurs interested in pursuing the model.
  • Working in concert with staff on the ground in Latin American countries to recognize adaptation patterns within the region and design ways for those understandings to influence how our client successfully operates within the region.
  • Seeding the idea among high-potential entrepreneurs, which may include presenting at regional and/or national conferences, establishing press contacts with media outlets in the region, and engaging with relevant associations in the region that may be aligned with our client’s objectives.
• Supporting social entrepreneurs who are at the early stages of pursuing the development of this model in their countries (30%)
  • Meeting with self-identified entrepreneurs, guiding them through the process of writing a business plan, including helping them understand our client’s unifying principles and develop a vision for adaptation of the model to the local context.
  • Sharing tools, systems and knowledge base with local entrepreneurs.
  • Acting as a thought partner to local entrepreneurs on the questions and issues that arise during the planning process.
  • Facilitating visits between newly interested, serious entrepreneurs and current partner and/or member organizations.
  • Engaging with alumni from the network who have backgrounds in this region to connect them with local social entrepreneurs.
• Liaising with the country relations team to help transition entrepreneurs to the partnership stage, at which point their organization will receive full-time on-the-ground support from the country relations team (10%)

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
• Minimum of five years of work experience preferred
• Prior international and/or fundraising experience preferred
• Prior experience with one of our network partner organizations, either as a participant or staff member is preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Fluency in Spanish required and Portuguese highly preferred
• Ability to deeply understand the local context as well as the our client’s theory of change
• Exemplifies core values of being results driven, entrepreneurial, respectful, impactful, and a commitment to our client’s mission
• Ability to be visionary, strategic, and analytical
• Ability to develop strong relationships with diverse individuals, and to influence and motivate others
• Ability to develop strategic plan in a start-up environment and execute successfully against that plan while working remotely
• Must be values-driven, self-motivated, and critically thinking with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Must have sensitivity to racial, cultural and ideological diversity

Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience. In addition, a comprehensive benefits package is included.