\nAssociate Director of External Affairs\n\nBES is a national non-profit organization that identifies and prepares excellent leaders to transform education in their communities. From school founders and executive directors, to operations leaders, deans of students, and directors of curriculum and instruction, BES trains leaders to build schools, to ensure their schools excel, and to sustain their results over time. Since 1993, BES has prepared leaders to found more than 215 schools in 54 cities across 21 states and Washington, DC, educating more than 71,000 students each year. 82% of these students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and 94% identify as students of color. In all, BES has trained nearly 3,000 leaders to found, lead, and grow schools that reflect and respond to the needs of their communities.\n\nThe Associate Director of External Affairs is an integral member of the six-person External Affairs Team. This person will conduct research and ensure smooth operational systems, robust knowledge, and relationship management within and across teams so that BES can accurately measure our impact and properly steward and collaborate with key stakeholders to expand our reach. The Associate Director of External Affairs reports to the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships. \n\nHeadline Responsibilities:\n\nThe Associate Director of External Affairs is responsible for:\n\n\n* Researching:\n\n\n\n* Conduct prospect research to identify new local and national funders and partners to ensure BES meets our annual fundraising and partnership goals. \n\n* Conduct research for new regions for the BES Fellowship, and select BES programs, and assess their viability in terms of need, authorization, talent, and strategic partners with guidance from the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Senior Director of External Affairs and Philanthropy.\n\n* Manage and update the Funder Resource Playbook, Authorizer Playbook, External Affairs Handbook, and BES Fellow School Model Summaries.\n\n* Track and disseminate national and regional news to inform new and current approaches to BES’ development and partnership strategy.   \n\n* Track federal and state policy and legislative developments that impact or may impact BES strategy or lead to new opportunities for BES.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Managing Relationships and Producing Materials:\n\n\n\n* Support senior-level team members by creating pre-and post-meeting strategic notes for external meetings, drafting outreach and follow-up emails  for these meetings, and drafting custom proposals to work towards securing new partnerships for BES.\n\n* Support the Senior Director of External Affairs and Philanthropy in the execution of the stewardship strategy, including drafting and sending donor appeal and acknowledgment letters as well as drafting letters of intent or responses to request for proposals (RFP) issued by charitable entities.\n\n* Support the recruitment and selection of BES Fellowship candidates for regional partners by creating prospective Fellow candidate portfolios for partner interviews, scheduling partner interviews, and facilitating follow through as needed in collaboration with the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships.\n\n* Manage a subset of external relationships with support from the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships that will grow over time once acclimated to the role.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Managing Information:\n\n\n\n* Responsible for overall knowledge management and database systems (including our CRM (Zoho) and Google Drive) for External Affairs\n\n* Depending on availability of funding each year, manage BES startup funding process for all BES Fellows and the BES team, including reviewing applications submitted, coordinating deliberations with the Startup Committee, monitoring the pool of funding, completing all award notification responsibilities, and improving processes each year.\n\n* Manage grant deliverables spreadsheet and support Senior Director of External Relations and Philanthropy and Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships to engage program leads in a timely manner as needed to track progress and inform future grant applications.\n\n* Coordinate with the BES Operations Team to source, analyze, and share key information maintained by the Operations team such as the BES roster of schools\n\n* Lead special projects, as needed, to collect, organize and analyze information regarding BES programs and leaders (such as job transitions of BES alumni) in collaboration with the Operations to drive development and partnership strategy.\n\n* Monitor the External Affairs Team’s progress toward goals as part of the BES Strategic Plan to ensure we stay on track to meet our targets.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Continuously Improving:\n\n\n\n* Continuously improve BES’ development, strategy, and partnerships research, operations, and knowledge management functions, in alignment with BES beliefs, the BES strategic plan, and our values of continuous growth and learning, intentional results, valuing all voices and identities, integrity and respect, and clear and candid communication.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nRequired Skills, Experience, and Competencies:\n\nThe ideal candidate for the Associate Director of External Affairs has had at least three years of relevant experience.\n\n\n* Organizational Skills: Organized and detail-oriented, has an ability to simultaneously handle a variety of projects and complex tasks, and has disciplined systems to manage information.\n\n* Proven Independent Leader: Has a track record of meeting deadlines and prioritizing work and has the patience and tenacity to complete online research consistently. Knows how to successfully manage up and across an organization to get relevant information and drive strategies. History of teamwork and willingness to roll up sleeves to get the work done.\n\n* Demonstrated Commitment to DEI: Has a track record of making commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion in practical, tangible, and result-oriented ways. Demonstrates a willingness to learn about research-based tools and strategies to further BES’s commitment to equitable and antiracist practices.\n\n* Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders in diverse settings.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nPreferred Skills, Experience, and Competencies:\n\n\n* K-12 Education Experience: Experience working or volunteering directly in K-12 education or a K-12 education nonprofit.\n\n* Database Management Experience: Experience using a customer relationship management system, and ideally, Zoho.\n\n* Technology: Experience using Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Canva, online meeting platforms (Zoom), donor prospecting software (such as iWave, DonorSearch or a similar platform).\n\n\n\n\n \n\nOther Requirements:\n\n\n* Travel for bi-annual team convenings or occasional conference or in-person meeting attendance for the External Affairs Team\n\n* Can be based anywhere in the United States\n\n\n\n\n \n\nCompensation:\n\n\n* BES offers a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes medical and dental coverage, a 401(k) contribution match, paid time off, paid parental leave, and the ability to work remotely. \n\n*  The 2024-2025 salary range for the Associate Director position at BES is: $85,005-$102,988\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Senior and Senior jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nWe are seeking an experienced IT Managed Services & BPO Sales Leader to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in selling IT and BPO managed services and leading a managed services pursuit team. This role is responsible for cultivating the company’s presence in the Higher Education market and growing business development opportunities with new Colleges and Universities with whom the company has not had previous significant contact. The successful candidate must have specific experience as an individual contributor selling IT managed services and BPO to large clients within various industries. Prior experience in Healthcare, State and Local government or Education verticals a benefit but not a requirement. This is an individual contributor role with high visibility in the organization. \n\n\nTravel Requirement: This position requires travel at least 50% of the time. \n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* The person hired for this role must have solid current experience selling multi – year / multi - million-dollar IT and/or BPO managed services that leverage distributed teams.\n* Be responsible for new logo hunting and the sales cycle from deal origination to closure (signed contract) and successful handover to the Executive Account Director subsequently over a period of time.\n* Bring an understanding of the IT & BPO managed services marketplace and competitor offerings to drive the company’s growth strategy and investments.\n* Build a predictable pipeline of new business to generate repeatable and profitable revenues \n* Execute go-to market plans via targeted campaigns and other sales channels including advisors, influencers, conference attendance, industry events, etc.\n* Effectively identify and translate College and University challenges and needs into the company service offerings. \n* Be a key intermediary between the service delivery team and the customer.\n* Lead complex sales process within an IT and/or Business Process functional office environments by clearly defining best business solutions, developing strategies and execution of plans and utilizing business models. \n* Astute at identifying and qualifying leads, be able to develop strong relationships at potential Colleges and Universities and have the proven ability to convert these relationships into commercial engagements in situations where little to no previous relationship existed.\n* Build deep client partnerships, by effectively and proactively managing client’s expectations, challenges and desired outcomes\n* Strong sales process and operations skills (pipeline management, forecasting, budgeting, etc.)\n* Strategically minded and able to create a consultative and solution-minded sales environment.\n* High-energy style who is motivated by winning.\n\n\n\nRequirements\n* Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field\n* 5+ years of experience in IT managed services sales, experience in selling business process managed services a plus\n* Proven track record of success in meeting or exceeding sales targets\n* Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills\n* Experience of successfully leading, implementing, and deploying innovative go to market strategies and origination activities across large scale services-based opportunities\n* Proven ability to drive strategic sales pursuits including executive relationship management\n* Experience leading and growing a managed service offering within a highly matrixed organization\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Expect from Us\nAt CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career. \n\n\nOur employees enjoy:\nMeaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators. CampusWorks Inc., as a large consulting firm,  provides its employees with an opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with our clients across the United States and in Canada.  With the nature of our clients’ work evolving quickly,  we’re all being asked to support larger CampusWorks initiatives. Upon joining CampusWorks in a consulting role, your talent and expertise may be applied to a range of projects, assignments, and clients. \nA CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family.\nA virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites.\nFlexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.\nA company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone.\n\n\n At CampusWorks, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives each CampusWorker (we call ourselves CampusWorkers) brings to our workplace each day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you are passionate about higher education and creating Happy Campuses, let's talk!  If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying.  \n\n\n \nAbout CampusWorks\nFounded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results.\n\n\nWant to learn more about life at CampusWorks? Visit https://www.campusworksinc.com/about/ to see how we empower Higher Education to reach its full potential\n\n\nFriendly Note to External Agencies:\nAt CampusWorks, we kindly request that you please refrain from submitting blind submissions or resumes/CVs on behalf of recruitment agencies. To ensure a smooth and effective collaboration, we would like to inform you that any candidates sent to us without a signed agreement in place will regrettably not be accepted or considered as a submission.\n\n\nAAP/EEO Statement: \nCampusWorks, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) and Affirmative Actions (AA) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Consulting, Education, Finance and Sales jobs that are similar:\n\n $40,000 — $70,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote

\nWe are seeking an experienced IT Managed Services & BPO Sales Leader to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in selling IT and BPO managed services and leading a managed services pursuit team. This role is responsible for cultivating the company’s presence in the Higher Education market and growing business development opportunities with new Colleges and Universities with whom the company has not had previous significant contact. The successful candidate must have specific experience as an individual contributor selling IT managed services and BPO to large clients within various industries. Prior experience in Healthcare, State and Local government or Education verticals a benefit but not a requirement. This is an individual contributor role with high visibility in the organization. \n\n\nTravel Requirement: This position requires travel at least 50% of the time. \n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n* The person hired for this role must have solid current experience selling multi – year / multi - million-dollar IT and/or BPO managed services that leverage distributed teams.\n* Be responsible for new logo hunting and the sales cycle from deal origination to closure (signed contract) and successful handover to the Executive Account Director subsequently over a period of time.\n* Bring an understanding of the IT & BPO managed services marketplace and competitor offerings to drive the company’s growth strategy and investments.\n* Build a predictable pipeline of new business to generate repeatable and profitable revenues \n* Execute go-to market plans via targeted campaigns and other sales channels including advisors, influencers, conference attendance, industry events, etc.\n* Effectively identify and translate College and University challenges and needs into the company service offerings. \n* Be a key intermediary between the service delivery team and the customer.\n* Lead complex sales process within an IT and/or Business Process functional office environments by clearly defining best business solutions, developing strategies and execution of plans and utilizing business models. \n* Astute at identifying and qualifying leads, be able to develop strong relationships at potential Colleges and Universities and have the proven ability to convert these relationships into commercial engagements in situations where little to no previous relationship existed.\n* Build deep client partnerships, by effectively and proactively managing client’s expectations, challenges and desired outcomes\n* Strong sales process and operations skills (pipeline management, forecasting, budgeting, etc.)\n* Strategically minded and able to create a consultative and solution-minded sales environment.\n* High-energy style who is motivated by winning.\n\n\n\nRequirements\n* Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field\n* 5+ years of experience in IT managed services sales, experience in selling business process managed services a plus\n* Proven track record of success in meeting or exceeding sales targets\n* Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills\n* Experience of successfully leading, implementing, and deploying innovative go to market strategies and origination activities across large scale services-based opportunities\n* Proven ability to drive strategic sales pursuits including executive relationship management\n* Experience leading and growing a managed service offering within a highly matrixed organization\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Can Expect from Us\nAt CampusWorks, we don't just help our clients succeed; we help our employees succeed. Competitive pay, robust benefits for full-time employees, and professional development opportunities are a few of the many reasons that CampusWorks is a great place to build your career. \n\n\nOur employees enjoy:\nMeaningful work. Our employees often tell us that their work gives them a sense of purpose because it makes a difference in the lives of students and educators. CampusWorks Inc., as a large consulting firm,  provides its employees with an opportunity to work both onsite and remotely with our clients across the United States and in Canada.  With the nature of our clients’ work evolving quickly,  we’re all being asked to support larger CampusWorks initiatives. Upon joining CampusWorks in a consulting role, your talent and expertise may be applied to a range of projects, assignments, and clients. \nA CEO who cares. Chairman and CEO Liz Murphy has made it her mission to create a culture that appreciates and takes good care of its people. As a result, being an employee of CampusWorks feels like being a member of a big family.\nA virtual and onsite workplace. In an effort to reduce our environmental footprint, CampusWorks became a virtual company in 2012. As such, our team members are located across the U.S. and Canada, where they work from their home offices and at client sites.\nFlexibility. We value work-life balance because we know that happy employees create happy customers. That's why CampusWorks offers both full-time and part-time 1099 consulting career opportunities to fit life's unique demands.\nA company that gives back. Every year CampusWorks proudly supports numerous charitable fundraising initiatives that align with our vision to make higher education accessible to everyone.\n\n\n At CampusWorks, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives each CampusWorker (we call ourselves CampusWorkers) brings to our workplace each day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you are passionate about higher education and creating Happy Campuses, let's talk!  If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying.  \n\n\n \nAbout CampusWorks\nFounded in 1999, CampusWorks is dedicated to helping higher education overcome business and technological challenges that stand in the way of student success and completion. We work with community colleges, technical colleges, four-year public and private institutions, multi-college districts, and statewide higher education systems to tackle problems big and small. Our services are rooted in systems thinking and reach across the institution—from Student Services to Human Resources to Finance to Academics—to achieve transformative results.\n\n\nWant to learn more about life at CampusWorks? Visit https://www.campusworksinc.com/about/ to see how we empower Higher Education to reach its full potential\n\n\nFriendly Note to External Agencies:\nAt CampusWorks, we kindly request that you please refrain from submitting blind submissions or resumes/CVs on behalf of recruitment agencies. To ensure a smooth and effective collaboration, we would like to inform you that any candidates sent to us without a signed agreement in place will regrettably not be accepted or considered as a submission.\n\n\nAAP/EEO Statement: \nCampusWorks, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) and Affirmative Actions (AA) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Consulting, Education, Finance and Sales jobs that are similar:\n\n $40,000 — $70,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote