Associate Director, Higher Education Partnerships

Job overview

The Associate Director, Higher Education Partnerships role is hybrid, with three in-office days and two remote days each week, and requires commuting distance to a Braven hub. The listing identifies Chicago, IL among the role locations, while the detailed location section specifies commuting distance to Newark. The salary range is $83,600–$89,800 in Chicago; Braven prepares college students for career opportunities through a career-accelerating program. The associate director develops portfolio-level strategy, frameworks, and partnership structures that help regional leaders deepen and scale higher education partnerships. The role also leads a national higher education convening or faculty council and supports agreement strategy, data synthesis, and organizational learning.

What you'll do

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to Regional Senior Directors across five to seven partner sites
• develop partnership frameworks and decision rules
• identify portfolio patterns, risks, and practices and translate them into recommendations
• lead cross-site strategic projects
• lead one national higher education convening body or the Faculty Council
• coordinate MOU renewal strategy with regional leaders and Legal
• improve partnership decision-making systems and reporting
• synthesize quantitative and qualitative partnership data.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

associate director

higher education partnerships

hybrid

chicago il

braven

partnership strategy

portfolio leadership

higher education

mou strategy

national convening

$83,600-$89,800

travel 2-3 times per quarter

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Unlimited vacation (minimum 20 days annually), organization-wide holidays and shutdowns, 401(k) match up to 5%, 85% health premium coverage for employee and dependents, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and paid sabbatical after four years.

Why this role

Hybrid schedule with in-office work Tuesday through Thursday and remote work Monday and Friday. Travel roughly two to three times per quarter. Braven does not offer employment visa sponsorship.

About the employer

Braven is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Individual and Family Services. Sector: 62.