Leadership Development Program Associate (Full-Time), The Partnership, MA

Posted July 22, 2022

Description:

Our Organization

Formed in 1987, The Partnership is the premier New England organization focused on attracting,
retaining, and developing professionals of color at all levels of leadership. We offer leadership
development programs for professionals of color and provide services for companies so professionals
and executives of color can thrive.

Our Culture

• Your best self is welcomed and wanted here – because we have got some crazy big bold goals to dream up & accomplish.
• We have great pride in our signature leadership development programs. An intense focus to delivering on program commitments and being accountable for our work is essential.
• A place to learn, experiment, and grow. We provide mentorship to grow your skills, and then we are focused on helping you find what is next best for you.

The Work

• Coordinates all aspects of program meeting & event operations needed for conducting 50+ Leadership Development sessions during the program year. Serves as key liaison to program participants, creating & monitoring communications of program information such as program books, pre-work materials and agendas.
• Produces & co-hosts program sessions across our virtual meeting platforms, including Zoom, Remo, Slack or others.
• Maintains & manages Partnerships alumni database in CRM system.
• Serves as program coordinator for BoardLink – a service offering linking our executive program graduates with nonprofit board opportunities.

Wonder if you will like this job? Here is what we love about it:

• Acute attention to detail, following through, working under tight deadlines and reaching goals.
• Working with great people who are authentic, care about their mission, and about each other. We are a small team of 10 professionals who care about each other and the work we do.
• Supporting & maintaining positive relationships with our program participants, responding to a myriad of requests for program details or technical support.
• Learning new technologies quickly & training others to use them too.
• Handling the unexpected and able to find thoughtful, creative options when the unpredicted happens.

Wonder if you are the best person for the job?

Please do not self-screen yourself. If you do not know the processes, we can teach you. If you have
a learner’s mindset, curiosity to experiment, and the courage to take a chance on yourself, then we
want to invest in you.

How to Apply:

To apply, please send an email to Karen James at [email protected] with answers to the
following questions (video addendums to applications will also be accepted):

1. What caught your attention about this role?
2. Why do you believe this is the right position for you at this time? How does the position tie to
   your background and experience?
3. What is your process for keeping track of what needs to get done?
4. Tell me about a time when you learned something new; what got you curious about it and how
   did you go about learning more?