Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $100 million and more than 600 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

The Leadership Development Manager will support the Leadership Practice and project teams with leadership technical assistance, including leading and managing initiatives that grow the leadership development technical capacity across the organization. A core initial responsibility will be to manage and build partnerships for the Impact Fellowships Community Network, a growing community of organizations and practitioners that implement fellowships and leadership development programs globally, as well as manage its flagship annual Impact Fellowships Summit (IFS), and other network activities throughout the year. This position may also support the management and implementation of other program-related events and new business efforts as assigned.

We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships.

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Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8+ years of progressive job experience.
• Experience with developing leadership-focused curriculum, activities, and learning opportunities.
• Experience supporting the creation or strengthening of networks or learning communities.
• Proven experience managing or supporting the management and implementation of large external-facing events.
• Experience conducting outreach and developing and maintaining partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience creating and facilitating leadership development programs.
• Experience presenting information orally in front of a range of audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Supervisory experience or experience directly managing staff preferred.
• Proven experience managing a project or multiple administrative and programmatic components of a project to meet goals and objectives in a demanding, time sensitive work environment.
• Proactive and comfortable with contemporary digital platforms for collaboration and communication including familiarity with online tools and platforms for surveys, payments, and virtual programming; as well as with the Microsoft suite of applications.
• Demonstrated ability to plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives with strong ability to anticipate challenges and proactively generate solutions.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, including the ability to prioritize.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member with consistent ability to take initiative, meet deadlines, and be flexible.
• Availability to support scheduled program activities in the evenings and on weekends occasionally.
• Outstanding interpersonal and intercultural skills; and
• Speaking, reading, and writing proficiency in English.
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Your Daily Tasks

• Manage and lead initiatives to increase leadership technical capacity across IREX.
• Develop, manage, and implement a network outreach and communications strategy for the Impact Fellowships Community.
• Develop, manage planning, logistics, and implementation of annual fellowship sector-focused summit, virtual webinars leading up to the summit, and other in-person and virtual events as assigned – including delegation to and management of staff supporting the initiatives.
• Manage event and project workplans.
• In close collaboration with practice leadership and strategic partnerships unit (SPU), develop and work towards targets for event registrations, strategic partnerships, and sponsors. Develop and lead outreach strategies to market events or program activities, such as participant recruitment.
• Oversee vendor solicitations, and negotiate with and procure selected vendors.
• Manage volunteer recruitment and staffing plans for events; and
• Develop and manage event agendas, run of show documents, and other resource and guidance materials, or oversee the delegation of these tasks.
• Support or manage discreet projects under the guidance of program teams.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization in support of disseminating leadership technical knowledge, IFS, and discreet projects, understanding that the role will shift depending on the project being supported.
• Conduct research and outreach to ensure that IREX and IREX-implemented programs benefit from the latest trends and developments in leadership theory and practice.
• Develop and maintains relationships with a range of stakeholders in the leadership development sector toward enriching IREX leadership programs and initiatives.
• In collaboration with Practice leadership and SPU, conducts outreach to organizations and individuals in support of IREX’s leadership portfolio.
• Manage correspondence with IFS stakeholders such as partners, vendors, facilitators/moderators, steering committees, and participants.
• Manage the preparation of outreach materials, event logistics documents, and reporting on events, webinars, and other projects as assigned.
• Support connecting IREX staff focused on leadership work with internal and external leadership development resources.
• Manage IFS-related communications for internal and external audiences.
• Provide leadership technical assistance for new business development and in support of maintaining current programming.
• Contribute to new business efforts such as supporting proposal research and writing, concept note idea generation, and other tasks as requested.
• Support sponsorship and partnership development activities for IFS and in support of other Practice programs including identifying prospective partners, outreach, negotiating partnerships/sponsorships, and maintaining relationships.
• Manage recruitment of new participants and organizations for IFS and other events and initiatives as assigned; and
• Manage the sourcing of keynote speakers, panelists, and facilitators for a range of in-person and virtual events including, webinars, summits, and other events.
• Ensure activities and initiatives under your management are compliant with IREX and federal procurement and financial management policies and procedures as applicable Ensuring that procurements are compliant with internal processes.
• Manage payments to vendors and consultants.
• Manage IFS event budgets, including monitoring that procurements are in line with available budget and tracking expenditures; and
• Support revenue collection systems and record keeping as necessary.
• Support program teams to apply IREX’s leadership approach within their programs.
• Lead the planning and implementation of the Impact Fellowship Community and summit and other initiatives as assigned.
• Provide leadership development technical support to the Practice, project, and event teams as assigned.
• Manage staff formally and informally as assigned; and
• Provide management and other program support to teams during staff transitions and busy periods.

IREX will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008.

We conduct background checks on all successful candidates.

This position is eligible for Telework. The eligible employee is a regular, full-time DC-based staff who works from a worksite outside the DC office for one or more days a week.

This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship.

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EOE – Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.