Head of Partnerships

Job Overview
Seniority level

Associate Level

Qualification

Bachelor Degree

Applied

1 Position

Employment type

Full-time

Location

Bangkok, Thailand

Seniority level

Senior Level

Qualification

Bachelor Degree

Applied

1 Position

Employment type

Full-time

Location

Bangkok, Thailand

Teach For Thailand is looking for a highly driven Head of Partnerships to build a community of champions and partners across the public and private sectors to support Teach For Thailand in growing a movement of leaders who are working together to improve educational equity and opportunity for all children in Thailand.

As the Head of Partnerships, you will be responsible for developing the vision and strategy to grow and sustain the cross-sector partnerships necessary to support our vision and mission. To do this, you will be managing and developing a growing team of professionals who lead the key work-streams involved in your strategy, including but not limited to fundraising, government relations, policy, and over time you will be responsible for evolving the structures and roles on your team to match the needs required to achieve your growing growth targets. This will require you to demonstrate exceptional leadership and management skills, as well as strategic thinking, judgment, relationship building, and strong execution and prioritization abilities.

As a member of Teach For Thailand’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), you will work closely with the Board, CEO and other SLT members. You’ll be a creative and inspirational leader, accustomed to working with the highest level of stakeholders across sectors, and you will be someone who thrives when bringing about positive change and achieving bold outcomes. This is an ideal opportunity for an enthusiastic, passionate and relationship-driven manager and leader who is looking to take on a new challenge in a fast-paced, results-oriented, socially-minded environment.

The Role: Head of Partnerships

Key outcomes and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

Development:

  • Increase revenue generation of our funding streams (corporate, foundation, and public sector) through diversification of our funding base, from around THB ~57M in FY‘23 to THB ~70M in FY 24 (annual increases of 20-50% annually depending on scale)
  • Develop, deliver, evaluate and continually refresh partnerships strategy in order to secure necessary resources (financial and in-kind) for the organization to execute the program
  • Engage current partners through different levers in a creative and systematic way with the results that ~90% of current partners renewing their support in FY’23 (ie. establish corporate volunteering program and etc)
  • Establish a new income stream of individual donors to reach 5% of its annual budget in 2023 and gradually increase year on year to a third of the operating budget by 2025

Government Relations:

  • Collaborate with the local and national government (ie. Local Administrative Units, Ministry of Education, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and etc) to secure funding of all teachers salary at around THB ~20-30m which will increase significantly when we scale
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships for current and future expansion of Teach For Thailand to different provinces of highest needs.

Team Management:

  • Hire/Coach/Manage a team of 2-5 high-potential team members
  • Build a strong team culture to ensure that the External Relations team is a stretch yet sustainable place for every team member to work with the goal of retaining high performing team members over the next two years

Senior Leadership Team Member:

  • Provide leadership for the organization and representing the vision, mission, and core values of the organization both internally and externally
  • Develop and oversee organization-wide strategic and operational plan; monitoring organizational performance across the board
  • Work on key strategic initiatives and issues to optimize the operations of the organization as well as maximize impact

Recruitment:

  • Bachelor’s degree required, more advanced degrees preferred,
  • Minimum 10 years full time work experience, including at least 5 years of experience in fundraising and/or government relations and/or partnerships, business development, sales preferred,
  • Demonstrated success in building and growing effective partnerships with government partners and/or in fundraising preferred,
  • Proven track record of achievement in managing a team to achieve ambitious targets,
  • Thai fluency is mandatory (written and spoken) and very good command of English

Skills/Knowledge/Mindset:

  • A deep commitment to education equity – a belief that all children can succeed regardless of their background
  • Visionary leadership skills, with the personal drive and energy to inspire and motivate colleagues and peers
  • Ability to work effectively with ambiguity in an organization transitioning out of its startup phase, including the willingness to operate outside of one’s formal role to ensure the success of the broader organization
  • A learning orientation – commitment to learning and development and openness to feedback
  • Excellent organizational and strategic planning skills and the ability to assess, prioritize and manage a varied and demanding workload under pressure and with tight deadlines whilst maintain a high bar for quality
  • Exceptional relationship building, relationship management and negotiation skills, with demonstrated ability to influence and persuade at all levels
  • Ability to establish and manage authentic working relationships with people of all working styles
  • Exemplary communication skills written and speaking
  • Exemplify Teach For Thailand’s core values: Mission Comes First, Grow Together, Sense of Possibility, and Act Like Owners.

Compensation

Salary depends on prior experience and our structure. Benefits include medical insurance, a generous leave policy, and possible opportunities for travel. Additionally, there is ample opportunity for professional development and mobility within the organization as well as access to professional development through the Teach For All global network.

To Apply

To join us as a team member, apart from being well qualified, you need to believe as strongly as we do in our mission and vision to ensure the success of our organization.

Please send your resume and a one-page cover letter explaining why Teach For Thailand and why this role to careers@teachforthailand.org with the subject line of the position you are applying for.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

TeachFor Thailand Foundation

People & Culture Team 

7th floor , Athakavi Building 2

Sukhumvit26 Road

KlongToey, Bangkok 10110