Vice President, Development & Strategic Partnerships

ORGANIZATION:
BranchED
ROLE:
Vice President, Development & Strategic Partnerships

LOCATION:

Remote (Atlanta, GA preferred)
TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS: 20% time
SALARY: $116,000 - $145,000

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ED is a professional services organization and a collective of faculty, teachers, and leaders advancing educational excellence by expanding individual capacity, enabling supportive relationships, boosting institutional effectiveness, and collaborating with communities. We believe every student deserves access to caring, adaptive, and well-prepared teachers; every teacher deserves high-quality preparation and ongoing professional learning that equips and empowers, and every person benefits when we create a higher standard of education together.

We are committed to achieving programmatic transformation leading to improved outcomes for educators who, by extension, benefit all students by preparing them to maximize their life possibilities.

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ED is at an inflection point. As part of a long-term impact and sustainability strategy, the organization is launching a mission‑aligned initiative built around its AI‑driven simulation platform to accelerate teacher performance. Branch

ED is also expanding its core nonprofit offerings through multi‑year philanthropic investments and fee‑for‑service engagements. Over the next three to five years, Branch

ED aims to grow revenue from $10M to $15M, while increasing its institutional reach from 300 to 500+ partners and serving pre‑service and in‑service teachers each year.

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• People First: We invest in people and honor their voice and multiple narratives in teaching, leading, and serving with excellence, love and respect.
• Intentionality: Keeping at the forefront the ideas of those impacted, we strategically use a collaborative design process to interrogate research, data, and best practices to understand, act, and reflect on how to best solve problems
• Inclusion: We respect the beautiful complexity of culture, appreciate difference as an asset and embrace the central importance of identity in building strong educator preparation programs
• Collaboration: We strive to intentionally and openly communicate points of intersection and connection between our work with the team, our partners, and the providers and communities we serve
• Agency: We strive to give our team members individual meaning and control of their work while also embracing joint ownership of our collective mission and interdependent
• Curiosity: We believe that approaching opportunities with an open mind, a healthy sense of humor, a strong desire to learn something new and an appreciation for good surprises bring joy to work and authenticity to relationships
• Growth: We promote brave spaces for continuous improvement and self‑development for ourselves, our partners, and the providers and communities we serve.

The Vice President, Development & Strategic Partnerships (VP) leads the organization’s external presence and partnership strategy—overseeing brand, communications, and institutional partnerships to elevate visibility, engagement, and revenue. This role aligns storytelling with strategy: ensuring the organization’s mission, programs, and impact resonate across audiences, including funders, partners, and the broader public. In addition, the VP drives growth in individual and corporate giving by cultivating relationships, partnerships, and philanthropic investments that expand the organization’s reach and long‑term sustainability.

The VP also provides strategic oversight of development operations, ensuring that fundraising systems, data, and stewardship processes are efficient, accurate, and support relationship‑based fundraising. The role manages a team of several staff and key contractors around communications, events, and grant writers.

Individual and Corporate Giving Strategy and Execution (25%)

• Develop and lead a comprehensive strategy to grow individual and corporate giving, aligning philanthropic investments with brand partnership opportunities…