ROLE TITLE: Manager, Network Activation
POSITION REPORTS TO: Executive Director, Phoenix
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 12, 2026 11:59PM ET
LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ
WHAT YOU’LL DO
We are looking for someone who is passionate about Teach For America’s mission, the Phoenix community, and particularly the role that TFA corps members and alumni play in having a profound impact on students in our community.
The goal is to strengthen our external relationships, leading to increased prospect selection of Phoenix as the place they want to have an impact through Teach For America each year, and to enlist the local community - especially the broader Teach For America network - in helping us achieve that critical goal.
The ideal candidate will be highly motivated to expand Teach For America’s impact in Phoenix and able to confidently contribute to that effort. To do this job well, you should be energized by building relationships quickly and across a diverse range of people and backgrounds. Your passion for building the most talented and diverse force of leaders committed to creating better opportunities for students in our city should drive your work. Your ability to see potential in people and opportunities for inspiration will enable the strategic success of your campaign to bring more incredible leaders to TFA’s work in Phoenix.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
● Work directly with the Recruitment team to build awareness about the Phoenix region, driving more applicants to select Phoenix as their regional preference
● Mobilize the broader TFA network — corps members, alumni, partners, and supporters — as active ambassadors for Phoenix with prospective applicants
● Identify and cultivate partnerships with local organizations and networks that can serve as recruitment pipelines into the TFA teaching corps
● Support key recruitment and matriculation events and projects in collaboration with national teams ● Deepen relationships with Phoenix-area alumni, stewarding them toward meaningful engagement across multiple regional priorities — including recruitment, school partnership support, and broader community impact
● Develop and grow partnerships with local organizations that advance our regional goals beyond recruitment, including resourcing and strengthening anchor school partners
● Maintain accurate and current alumni data to enable effective, personalized stewardship of our network over time
A WEEK IN THE LIFE
Over the course of any week, the Manager, Network Activation could spend time on the following:
● Briefing the regional Executive Director on progress across both recruitment goals and alumni/community partnership priorities
● Designing and adjusting strategies to grow Phoenix's share of applicants — including identifying which local networks, campuses, or community channels are most promising
● Spending a day on a local university campus alongside the Recruitment Team — meeting with prospects, delivering presentations, and connecting with faculty to position Phoenix as a compelling regional choice
● Collaborating with national Recruitment and Matriculation teams to align on goals, share local insights, and contribute to broader TFA recruitment strategy
● Meeting with local alumni or community partners to deepen relationships, identify ways they can support regional priorities (recruitment, school partnerships, our 2030 goal work, etc), and ensure their engagement is meaningful and sustained
● Co-leading events that bring the Phoenix region to life — school visits, alumni dinners, etc — designed to both inspire and activate the broader network
● Interviewing candidates for the teaching corps (several times per year)
● Preparing the Executive Director and/or Development Team with materials, data, and pitch decks that reflect progress across recruitment and partnership goals
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role (minimum qualifications):
Work Demands
○ Ability to frequently conduct meetings both in-person and virtually
○ Ability and willingness to work evening hours and occasional weekends required ○ Some travel required - both across the state (occasional) and to other close by states (less frequent) for in-person meetings
Essential Skills
○ Knack for influencing others toward outcomes through sophisticated relationship management - The core of this role is cultivating trust with a wide range of people: alumni, community partners, university faculty, prospects, and national TFA staff. The ability to initiate, deepen, and sustain meaningful relationships over time is essential.
○ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
○ Project & Campaign Management — Juggling recruitment campaigns, alumni engagement, partnership development, event coordination, and national team
collaboration requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams without dropping the ball.
○ Data Fluency & Progress Tracking — From tracking progress to goal metrics to maintaining accurate alumni data, this role requires comfort turning data into insight and action.
○ Cross-functional Collaboration — This person works across local and national teams. The ability to align stakeholders, navigate organizational complexity, and influence without direct authority is essential.
Education
○ Bachelor’s Degree required
BONUS (preferred qualifications)
Prior Experience
○ Alumni of Teach For America corps program and/or staff preferred
○ Experience living or working in the Phoenix area, preferably in the education sector
○ 5-7 years of prior professional experience
Bonus Skills
○ Ability to build strong relationships with others in challenging situations
○ Ability to think big, generate ideas and implement solutions to complex problems
○ Exceptional ability to build and execute a project plan
YOUR FUTURE TEAM
This role will sit on the Teach For America Phoenix core team and report directly to the Executive Director. Together with schools and partners across the community, the Phoenix team works hard every day towards our ambitious goal to double the number of students enrolling in college in the communities we serve. To reach this goal by 2030, we will need a core team of leaders who are committed to each other, the Teach For America Phoenix network, educational equity, and most of all the students whose lives we hope to make a difference in. While this team is responsible for local impact and accountable to the communities we serve across Phoenix, we are also privileged and proud to partner with many teams across the broader Teach For America enterprise, all committed to pursuing equity for children across our country.
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.
Tier 1: $61,300 - 82,000
Tier 2: $66,800 - 89,400
Tier 3: $72,300 - 96,800
You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. If your location is not listed, please click here for additional total rewards information.