Alumnae Community Lead, Cross-Regional

Position Title: Alumnae Community Lead, Cross-Regional

Location: US or Canada, fully remote

Reports to: Shereen Bhan, Leadership Development and North America Director

Hours per week (average): 40 (full time)

Full time; Exempt

Our Vision and Mission – WomenLift Health is committed to expanding the power and influence of talented women in global health and catalyzing systemic change to achieve gender equality in leadership. We envision a world where diverse, accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes.

Our Work – Established in 2019, we work to advance equality in health leadership through a range of actions at the individual, institutional, and societal levels. This includes a “Leadership Journey,” which focuses on giving mid-career women the tools, along with peer, mentor and coach support, to successfully use their voice, expertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushing conversations and partnerships with health institutions, taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It also includes driving a global conversation about the importance of women’s leadership, amplifying the voices of national and global health leaders including at our annual conference, Women Leaders in Global Health.

We Are a Growing Organization That Is Committed To Building a Culture With Our Partners That Values

Our Culture and Values – We are building a diverse, entrepreneurial team of people who bring unique cultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcome results-oriented problem-solvers of any nationality, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability.

• Transformative change based upon bold, strategic thinking combined with adaptability and pragmatic action.
• Spirit of learning that ensures we are open, forward-looking, constructive, and committed to growing collectively and individually.
• Collaborative leadership that celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences and ensures everyone contributes to their full potential.
• Partnership grounded in humility, respect, empathy, and inclusion.
• Achieving impact by improving global health and gender equality.

Position Summary

WomenLift Health is seeking a Program Lead to work under the direction of the Leadership Development Director and in close collaboration with Leadership Development teammates across regional hubs. The ideal candidate will possess a clear understanding and value for women’s leadership, excellent people skills, and the ability to manage the needs of a diverse and expanding global community beginning with North America, India, East Africa and soon to be scaling to Southern Africa and beyond. They have a demonstrated track record in working both independently and collaboratively, as well as the emotional and cultural intelligence to collaborate with diverse individuals across different time zones. The Program Lead will support regional teams in creating aligned and contextualized offerings for the regional and global community to grow, connect, and lead beyond their experience in our Leadership Journeys. The incumbent must be a self-starter and a forward-looking thinker. This position is fully remote and requires both US and international travel approximately 4-6 times per year.

Roles And Responsibilities

Working closely with the functional and regional Leadership Development (LD) teams:

• Lead the development of alumnae community related material for on-boarding newly hired Leadership Development teammates across regions
• Provide ongoing alumnae community design and implementation support to regional hubs, particularly in the early phases of each hub with a plan for progressive regional ownership over time
• Lead refinement and support implementation of a comprehensive and forward-looking cross-regional Alumnae strategy as well as regional governance structures for alumnae.
• Support alumnae community monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts by contributing to defining, reviewing, and tracking of quantitative and qualitative metrics associated with the alumnae network
• Support the creation of an alumnae database to identify and amplify alumnae stories, leadership projects, and broader leadership advancement in health
• Manage the inclusion of significant alumnae process changes in the established Change Management System to balance flexibility for customization and standardization.
• Support institutional influence work as needed including engaging with public, private, NGO, Academic and philanthropic health institutions and institutional leaders represented by alumnae members
• Contribute to instructional design and facilitation of programmatic offerings (both asynchronous and in-person) to alumnae and cohort communities.
• Build systems, platforms, and processes for alumnae community learning and sharing to ensure ideas, feedback, best practices, and key information is effectively documented and exchanged across all hubs.
• Lead the development and implementation of cross-regional alumnae events and learning sessions including engaging programmatic and resource partners to expand the pool of offerings to alumnae.
• Contribute to design and development of customized digital spaces for the alumnae community on the WomenLift Health website, the TechChange platform, and a customized mobile application
• Contribute alumnae relevant content for the WomenLift social media platforms

Education & Experience (required)

• Experience in training and capacity-building domains
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Senior Program Management or lead roles, preferably in global or public health, leadership development, international development, or gender-equality domain.
• 10+ years of project management experience, preferably across a diversity of cultures and countries
• Master’s degree (related field preferred)
• Demonstrated track record of managing and engaging large scale global communities

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (required)

• Advanced computer skills and demonstrated experience in using MS office suite including spreadsheets, web-based applications such as email, social media, videoconferencing, program and task management applications, and ease in learning new programs
• Depth of experience, maturity, confidence, ability to learn and adapt, and give and receive feedback
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English
• Demonstrated success in following through and successfully completing simultaneous projects in a timely manner
• Interpersonal Skills: Proven ability to collaborate and co-create within geographically, culturally diverse teams, clients, and external stakeholders
• Strong strategic management skills, and forward-thinking ability
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and assign work to others
• Ability to exercise sound judgment routinely and independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects
• Established track record in successfully managing and engaging large global communities

Education & Experience (preferred)

• Additional language preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of digital & online learning modalities is a plus
• Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality knowledge and experience

How To Apply

To apply, submit resume and cover letter through Jobsoid link. Please also include 3 professional references and desired annual salary in USD.

Hiring Information

Salary range: $80,000 - $120,000 USD (Salary will be dependent on local market.)

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees (and their families). Employees are able to enroll in 401K retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401K contributions. Employees are also eligible for pretax transportation benefits. Employees will receive 120 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of voluntary leave annually. Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment.

COVID-19 Policy

To center the safety and well-being of its employees, New Venture Fund requires that any employee who is required to conduct in-person activities for their job must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within four weeks of their start date. This position may require candidates to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations may be sought and approved in accordance with the law by contacting human resources at [email protected].

Hiring Statement

WomenLift Health is a project of New Venture Fund (NVF), a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. NVF is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NVF’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.

Those hired outside of the United States will be hired by a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) such as Safeguard.