Partnerships Manager

About the Organization

As headquarters for the YouthBuild movement, YouthBuild Global unifies and partners with an expansive network of YouthBuild programs around the world, championing opportunity youth as they achieve their ambitions and reach their full potential. In YouthBuild programs, young people who are out of school and out of work reclaim their education, gain job skills and credentials, and become leaders in their communities.

From training, technical assistance, capacity building, and innovative program enhancements to leadership development, financial stability, and narrative change and public policy, YouthBuild Global serves as a convener, collaborator, and catalyst for the entire YouthBuild movement.

For more information about YouthBuild Global and the YouthBuild movement, visit YouthBuild.org.

Job Summary

YouthBuild Global (YBG) proudly partners with companies and nonprofit organizations to train, educate, mentor, and hire YouthBuild students and alumni. Our partners provide students and graduates with essential technical know-how, skills training, access to networks, internship and job opportunities, resources, and inspiration. Through these collaborations, our partners often gain access to a pipeline of talent, industry experts and innovations, and positive employee and customer engagement.

In this role, the Manager supports the stewardship of new and existing partnerships in the US and internationally specific to manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, and warehousing. The Manager will also supervise a direct report, the Strategic Partnerships Associate, who will steward partner relationships across workplace industries including hospitality, healthcare, and technology, as well as non-revenue generating partnerships with workforce training and education providers.

Working with the Strategic Partnerships team and cross-functional colleagues, the Manager helps coordinate partner engagement, affiliate support, technical assistance, data tracking, pathway implementation, and team supervision so YouthBuild programs can connect students and graduates to quality training and employment opportunities.

The YouthBuild team operates across nine countries and multiple initiatives and is dedicated to linking YouthBuild graduates to livelihood opportunities in the rapidly changing labor market of the 21st century.

This individual can be located remotely from the following States: MA or remote in ME, NH, MI, NY, DC, MD, SC, GA, FL, TX, CA, WA, WI. The Manager will be expected to travel occasionally to YBG's Roxbury, MA headquarters and to other locations. The majority of work will be performed remotely in support of the global YouthBuild network.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Duties for this position will include but are not limited to the following. Duties are aligned with YBG standards and goals.

Technical Assistance/Career Pathway Development 55%

Support the launch and implementation of manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, and warehousing partnerships by coordinating with YBG departments, helping connect partners with existing training and career development initiatives, and assisting with communication between affiliates and partners.

Collaborate with YouthBuild affiliate staff as they engage with national and regional corporate partners, including supporting meetings, monitoring engagement activities, tracking data, and providing responsive technical assistance.

Help create, refine, and share tools and resources such as guides, training materials, partner briefs, and fundraising materials related to manufacturing and logistics partnerships.

Coordinate with Network Engagement and international program staff to support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of relevant industry partnerships at affiliate programs.

Maintain tools and systems for gathering student placement and opportunity information; recommend improvements to trackers as needed; review and summarize results for internal and external use.

Work with YouthBuild program staff to compile and review program and participant data, identify trends and opportunities for improvement, and contribute to timely impact reports for internal and external stakeholders.

Facilitate or co-facilitate industry sector training sessions with YouthBuild programs on topics such as engaging employers, understanding trade associations, and identifying relevant industry credentials.

Partnership Development 45%

Serve as a day-to-day contact for established and emerging domestic and international corporate and employment partners in the manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, and warehousing industries.

Research potential new partners, support outreach and follow-up, and help develop plans to introduce appropriate partners to the YouthBuild network in collaboration with other YBG teams.

Maintain working relationships with relevant industry partners, including trade associations, unions, government agencies, educational organizations, advocacy groups, and others.

Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to coordinate partner activity that supports YBG’s strategic objectives, including program design improvements, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship pathways, equitable workforce systems, and Development priorities where appropriate.

Supervise the Strategic Partnerships Associate, providing guidance, prioritization, and support as the Associate stewards partner relationships across workplace industries including hospitality, healthcare, and technology, as well as non-revenue generating partnerships with workforce training and education providers.

Other Duties/Responsibilities

Collaborate with Development, Marketing and Communications and Network Engagement Departments to maximize and publicize partnership successes, opportunities, stories, results, best practices, etc. to internal and external audiences.

Travel to industry-relevant conferences, partner meetings, program visits, or other events up to 25% of the time

Serve on self-selected internal YouthBuild Global committees and cross-departmental project teams.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education & Experience Required
• The ideal candidate will have the following experience and align with YBG’s mission, vision, values.
• A strong desire to provide a positive social impact for opportunity youth by working with employers to grow available and family sustaining career opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience supporting partnership management, employer engagement, business development, workforce development, or a similar function; bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years' relevant experience preferred, or equivalent. Work experience may substitute for formal education.
• Experience working with nonprofit organizations is strongly preferred; familiarity with corporate social responsibility programs, employer-nonprofit partnerships, or nonprofit service delivery is helpful.
• Work experience and/or industry knowledge in the manufacturing and/or logistics sector.
• Working knowledge of workforce and talent ecosystems at local, state, national, or international levels.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively to achieve aligned goals and objectives
• Experience coordinating projects and program activities across departments, sites, or stakeholder groups without direct reporting authority.
• Skills & Knowledge Required
• Exercises good judgment, works well with a team, and has knowledge of the manufacturing and logistics industries
• Experience supporting workforce development technical assistance, training, or partner implementation with a range of stakeholders.
• Communicates clearly across diverse professional settings with a wide range of stakeholders and audiences.
• Adaptive and organized, with the ability to respond to unplanned variables while keeping projects moving forward.
• Strong relationship management, problem-solving, presentation, verbal communication, and business writing skills.
• Sound business acumen and ability to convey information professionally to a variety of stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial, resourceful, and committed to YBG’s mission and the YouthBuild movement; Technical skills including MS Office Suite software, Salesforce database management, project tracking, and basic budget monitoring.
• Physical Effort Required
• Candidates should be able to travel, up to 25%of the time, and infrequently be able to push, pull, and carry items weighing < 25 lbs.