Senior Operations Associate - Rising Generation

About Rising Generation

Teach For All is incubating a new organization, Rising Generation, focused on a critical question: How can we catalyze a norm shift in the first job choices of university graduates, so that many of the most promising leaders assume professional responsibility in proximity to our world's most pressing social challenges? 

Even as global challenges such as inequality, polarization, and climate change grow more urgent, and many young people express a desire to make a difference, relatively few university graduates begin their careers in roles that place them in close proximity to communities experiencing inequities and injustices. First job choices often shape the leaders people become, deeply influencing their perspectives and priorities, their understanding of the issues and their solutions, and the assets in the most marginalized communities. 

Rising Generation aims to help create the conditions that inspire and enable more graduates to make intentional, values-based first job choices that bring them closer to societal challenges and equip them with the perspectives and experiences needed for long-term impact. While this work is deeply aligned with Teach For All’s mission, it is designed to benefit a much broader ecosystem of institutions, organizations, and leaders, focused on the United States at first with the intention to expand globally over time.

During its initial building phase in the United States, Rising Generation will focus on three interconnected strategic areas:

University Community & LearningElevating this issue among university leaders, faculty, and administrators, and supporting student leadership and organizing efforts that encourage a norm shift toward first jobs in proximity with the roots of the issues students care about.

Public Purpose PathwaysExpanding and strengthening early-career pathways that place graduates in meaningful roles addressing public and social challenges, through partnerships across sectors and support for social entrepreneurs launching and scaling proximity-oriented programs.

Data, Research & StrategyDeveloping a research foundation on first job choices, including how choices vary across institutions and student populations, and using research, media, and storytelling to inform strategy, shape public conversation, and track progress toward impact.

About the Team

Rising Generation is being built by a small, entrepreneurial founding team working in close collaboration with Teach For All staff and partners, actively shaped by Teach for All CEO Wendy Kopp. Team members hold ownership over specific strategy areas while also sharing responsibility for building the initiative’s foundations, relationships, and learning over time.

Position Summary

Rising Generation is seeking a Senior Operations Associate to support the day-to-day functioning and operations of a small, entrepreneurial founding team. This role will play a critical enabling function - helping the team work effectively across priorities, systems, and relationships, while building the operational backbone that allows the initiative to learn, adapt, and grow.

The Senior Operations Associate will work closely with each of Rising Generation’s three core strategy areas identified above and will collaborate extensively across Teach For All’s internal systems, teams, and platforms. This role is ideal for a strong executor and relationship-builder who is excited to help translate ambitious ideas into action.

The Senior Operations Associate will report to the Head of University Community & Learning, who will serve as the technical line manager for the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operational strategy and execution for Rising Generation, with end-to-end responsibility for designing, evolving, and overseeing the systems, processes, and resources that enable the initiative to deliver on its strategic priorities. This includes setting operational direction; managing administrative infrastructure; designing and managing budgets and financial processes in partnership with Teach For All’s finances teams; leading in the implementation of AI pilots; and ensuring high-quality execution across in-person and virtual events, convenings, and learning spaces.
• Own cross-team coordination and systems alignment across Rising Generation and the broader Teach For All ecosystem by serving as a strategic partner to Rising Generation’s three strategy leads (Data, Research, & Strategy; University Community & Learning; and Public Purpose Pathways). This includes proactively identifying gaps, redundancies, and opportunities across strategies; designing shared systems and ways of working; auditing existing resources and proposing updates to meet the initiative’s needs; aligning stakeholders across functions; and driving adoption of common tools, processes, and metrics including by utilizing AI tools. The role acts as a central integrator, influencing priorities and decisions across operations, finance, people, communications, technology, and development.
• Steward the execution of Rising Generation’s communications and storytelling infrastructure in close partnership with Teach For All communications, media, branding, and development teams. This includes shaping narratives and materials in support of strategic priorities; the development of decks, briefs, and pitches; ensuring coherence and quality across external-facing communications; creating visualizations to reflect team progress for different audiences; and guiding the effective use of digital and social platforms to advance our narrative work.
• Manage the operations for the Rising Generation Collective, including owning communications, data, and membership systems, and ensuring a high-quality experience across all in-person and virtual touchpoints.
• Contribute to experimentation and action in the U.S. by supporting key strategies for several of the interconnected priorities listed above. This may include engaging with external stakeholders and translating learning from the field into refinements to strategy and systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, ideally in mission-driven, nonprofit, or social impact organizations
• Very strong project management and execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on commitments
• Comfort working in a new and evolving environment, with the ability to organize work, support flexible and collaborative ways of working, and adapt priorities as the team and initiative take shape
• Ability to build strong working relationships and communicate clearly and effectively across teams and functions
• Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders and facilitating coordination across differences in role, background, and perspective
• Exemplifies Teach For All’s core values 

Additional desirable skills/experiences (not required)

• Experience working with university students or recent graduates, or in higher education or youth-facing contexts
• Experience working directly with communities that have experienced inequities and injustice, including as a Teach For America corps member or comparable experience

What Teach For All Offers:

• Commitment to cultivating a culture in which all staff members feel they belong, are valued for their contributions, and have an impact on our organization’s progress 
• Professional and personal development experiences and ample opportunities to make a positive impact on the work of Teach For All and beyond 
• Comprehensive benefits package designed for your well-being and work-life needs
• Generous time off and flexible work arrangements
• And much more! 

Application Instructions 

If this opportunity sounds like the next best step in your career, please submit your resume or curriculum vitae (CV) and a one-page letter of motivation directly online. Your letter should summarize motivations for your application and how your skills and experience align with the terms of this opportunity. We look forward to learning about you and your passion for our mission! 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Therefore, candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.

Work authorization

This position does not offer employment visa sponsorship, immigration assistance, or support for work permits or residency applications. To be considered, candidates must already possess valid work and residency authorization to work in the country of hire at the time of application. 

Compensation

Salary for this position is competitive and dependent on country of hire and prior work experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Travel and Hours

Travel expected, approximately 20%, mostly within the U.S. Teach for All is a global, remote-first organization that spans time zones, so flexible working hours outside of typical hours should be expected on occasion.

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of over 60 independent, locally led organizations and a global organization united by a commitment to developing collective leadership to ensure all children can fulfill their potential. Each network partner recruits and develops promising leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, towards a world where all children have the education, support, and opportunity to shape a better future. Teach For All’s global organization works to increase the network’s impact by supporting the development of new organizations; fostering network connectivity and learning; providing coaching and consulting; and enabling access to global resources for the benefit of the network.