Director of Alumni Leadership, Americas
Teachforall · Remote locations: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru. While we are prioritizing candidates based in Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru due to our existing employment infrastructure, exceptional candidates from the Teach For All network in the Americas may be considered on a case-by-case basis, if local contractual and compliance standards can be met. · Posted Jul 8, 2026
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Position Summary
To advance Teach For All’s 25-year vision , we are seeking a Director of Alumni Leadership to catalyze the collective impact of our alumni network across the Americas. This role will lead our efforts to strengthen alumni leadership and build a more connected and influential alumni movement across Latin America, transforming the systems that shape the lives and learning outcomes of children in underserved communities.
This role requires a high degree of autonomy and initiative to drive results, leveraging a collaborative approach to consult with network partners and build the resources necessary to strengthen the region’s alumni leadership pipeline.
The ideal candidate is a strategic movement-builder who balances a high-level vision for systems change with the practical ability to mobilize people. You are someone who sees the immense potential of our alumni and possesses the natural ability to connect leaders across borders, turning individual leaders into a unified regional movement. Driven by a deep commitment to educational equity in Latin America, you are an expert at cultivating leadership in others, communicating complex information, designing group learning journeys, and weaving meaningful relationships. Most importantly, you are a clear-eyed advocate for children, focused on transforming the structures that limit their potential to ensure every student in the region can thrive.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
supporting Teach For All network partner organizations in the Americas through high quality coaching and consulting; fostering peer learning between them; and developing resources and training to build and strengthen their local alumni strategies.
driving Teach For All’s strategy to strengthen alumni leadership and connectedness in the region through devising new programs which develop alumni leadership, foster their connectivity and peer learning so that they grow as leaders, learn from and support one another, to increase their impact.
This role is part of Teach For All’s Global Alumni Leadership Team, with counterparts in other regions to spread learning and innovation across regions. The role reports to the Head of Alumni Leadership but will work in very close - daily- collaboration with colleagues in Teach For All’s Americas regional team and our global Collective Learning Consulting team.
Outcomes
Success in this role means that
Each network partner organization in the region will have a clear and contextualised alumni strategy, rooted in their vision for system change, that informs their programmatic choices and their support for alumni
Alumni in the region are developing as impactful leaders within key high leverage career pathways in their contexts
Alumni in the region are connected and are learning from and supporting each other in pursuit of transformational progress for children
About the Team
Today there are over 114,000 Teach For All network alumni working across more than 60 countries. Together, they are one of the world’s largest networks of local leaders working collectively in pursuit of transformational progress for children. We have seen that local alumni leaders move faster when we continue to invest in their growth and are exposed to what is possible in other contexts.
Teach For All’s Alumni Leadership Team
Strengthens network learning about developing alumni leadership
Accelerates alumni leadership in key impact pathways
Fosters cross-border connectivity learning between alumni
The Alumni Leadership Team is globally spread, with team members in Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, North America and the Americas.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Support
There are currently 11 network partners in the Americas region. Each organization is developing their alumni leaders at the local level. To support their efforts, you will:
Collaborate with Teach For All’s Americas regional team and Functional Area specialists to diagnose and constantly re-evaluate the needs and strengths of partners to determine and deliver the most appropriate support strategies and capture and share innovations and learnings.
Establish strong, trust-based relationships with Heads of Alumni in the Americas, engaging regularly to understand their unique challenges, successes, and areas of growth.
Work in close partnership with specialists across and beyond Teach For All to remain at the forefront of the latest network knowledge and insights about developing collective leadership through the recruitment, selection, placement and training of leaders, contributing new insights as you come across them, and developing shared learning experiences.
Manage alumni data and share these insights (based on your diagnosis of a partners’ needs and priorities) through various mediums including facilitating learning experiences, workshops, newsletters and online platforms, driving learning and engagement amongst Heads of Alumni.
Manage a robust learning community between Heads o…