Teach For America
Director, Alumni Talent Development
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Charleston, SC
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Full-Time
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$74K - $99K
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Other
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February 25th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Teach For America is hiring a Director, Alumni Talent Development. The role involves leading alumni educator fellowships and alumni-facing initiatives in South Carolina, focusing on program design, alumni support, recruitment, and relationship cultivation to enhance teacher retention and leadership roles for alumni. The Director will strategize, execute programs, track data, and collaborate with partners to meet regional goals.
Highlights
- Lead strategy and execution of alumni educator fellowships aligned with regional goals.
- Design and lead fellowship sessions including onboarding and continuous support for fellows.
- Develop and maintain relationships with program fellows, external stakeholders, university partners, and school districts.
- Support alumni during transition from corps members, facilitate talent matching, and accelerate alumni career growth in mission-aligned roles.
- Assist recruitment of alumni educators for TFA South Carolina fellowships and plan alumni engagement events.
- Participate in teacher recruitment activities, including attending in-person career fairs.
- Attend and contribute to regional team events, professional development, and flexible project support.
- Require at least 4 years of related work experience and a Bachelor's degree.
- Demonstrate strong organizational, strategic thinking, relationship-building, decision-making, and data-driven skills.
- Prefer experience in coaching adults and previous development work with TFA corps members and alumni.
- Compensation range: $74,300 to $99,300, depending on qualifications and location.
Director, Alumni Talent Development Full Description
ROLE TITLE: Director, Alumni Talent Development
POSITION REPORTS TO: Senior Managing Director, Impact & Partnerships
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 18, 2026, by 11:59 PM ET.
LOCATION: South Carolina
WHAT YOU'LL DO
The Director, Alumni Talent Development, is a member of Teach For America's South Carolina Regional Impact Team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading TFASC alumni educator fellowships and other alumni-facing initiatives, programs, and outreach. Specifically, you will design, strategize, and execute on the scope and growth of our alumni educator fellowships aligned to program goals, including increased teacher retention and an increased number of TFA alumni in education leadership roles. You will work closely with other team members to support recruitment for all alumni-facing fellowships, initiatives, and programs, synthesize an effective alumni communications strategy, and cultivate and develop relationships with alumni in support of regional goals and priorities.
WHAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Program Design and Execution (40%)
- Leads strategy and design of alumni educator fellowships, aligned to programmatic and regional goals
- Designs and leads all-track fellowship sessions, including program onboarding
- Develops relationships with program fellows by responding to program feedback, supporting fellows through program tracks, and holding regular check-in calls in support of fellow development and satisfaction
- Stewards relationships with external program stakeholders, including university partners and vendors for fellowship professional development
- Tracks programmatic data and proactively shares quantitative and qualitative findings with the wider team
- Manages the school district placement strategy and process for all fellows
- Alumni Support (40%)
- Support second-year corps members during their transition to alumnihood
- Design and execute talent matching and alumni career acceleration in mission-aligned roles
- In partnership with other team members, help drive the recruitment of alumni educators into TFA SC fellowships specifically
- Develop relationships with district partners to create a pipeline for alumni leadership and to retain and recruit alumni educators to South Carolina
- Directly plan and execute engagement strategies for alumni (social events, survey completion, etc.)
- Support alumni engagement efforts related to TFA's 35th anniversary, TFASC's 15th anniversary, and ongoing networking opportunities and events
- 10%: Recruitment
- Support the region's teacher recruitment goals by attending several in-person career fairs each year.
- Participate in all-team recruitment activities as needed throughout the year.
- 10%: Team Responsibilities
- Support and participate in regional events
- Attend and participate in team staff meetings, retreats, and other all-team engagements.
- Drive own professional development with support from manager and others to include mandatory PD requirements of the region.
- Engage in community opportunities that have personal meaning/connection.
- Understand and effectively communicate Teach For America-South Carolina's programmatic initiatives, goals, and impact externally and internally.
- Will operate flexibly to lend skills and capacity to meet the needs of emerging projects or priorities as they arise.
A WEEK IN THE LIFE
Over the course of any week, the Director, Alumni Talent Development, will spend time designing our alumni educator fellowship and alumni-facing initiatives. You will meet 1:1 with fellows to facilitate feedback and provide professional coaching support, use data to refine programmatic offerings, and meet with potential partners to grow and develop the fellowship's three tracks. You will work with your teammates to develop alumni communications, facilitate relationship development with key alumni, and meet with district partners to understand potential leadership opportunities for TFA alumni. You may also host an in-person alumni event in South Carolina, or attend a virtual learning space for TFA staff working in alumni-facing roles. Sometimes you may even lean in and use your talents to support work such as other regional events, corps member interviews, and more.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):
- At least 4 years of related work experience
- Proven ability to:
- Strong organizational skills and ability to execute on multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Strategic thinker with experience developing programs aligned to short and long-term goals
- Ability to develop and cultivate relationships with diverse internal and external collaborators
- Ability to balance multiple competing priorities and make complex decisions independently or with little support from a manager
- Ability to use data to drive programmatic decisions
- Deep dedication to being an anti-racist lea/der through grounding in our commitment to diversity, equity, belonging, and inclusion, and in Teach for America's core values and mission.
- Willing to work occasional weekend or evening work hours required.
- Bachelor's Degree
BONUS (preferred qualifications)
- Previous experience leading development for TFA corps members and alumni preferred
- Previous experience coaching adults professionally preferred
YOUR FUTURE TEAM
Teach For America South Carolina was founded in 2011 on the belief in the potential of all children in South Carolina and their right to an excellent and equitable education. Our diverse network of leaders is committed to expanding opportunities for our state's students by creating education systems that prepare all children to succeed in the 21st century. Since 2011, TFASC has recruited, developed, and retained 767 teachers in South Carolina schools, impacting more than 70,000 students across the state.
YOUR COMPENSATION
The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost-of-labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint, depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Tier A Salary: $74,300-$99,300
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