Partner, Community Initiatives (Remote)

Title: Partner, Community Initiatives

Department: Philanthropy & Community

Reporting to: Lead, Ecosystem Partnerships & Convening

Location: USA - Remote

Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000 USD

 

Who We Are:  

World Education Services (WES) is a non-profit social enterprise that supports the educational, economic, and social inclusion of immigrants, refugees, and international students. For 50 years, WES has set the standard for international academic credential evaluation, supporting millions of people as they seek to achieve their academic and professional goals. Through decades of experience as a leader in global education, WES has developed a wide range of tools to pursue social impact at scale. From evaluating academic credentials to shaping policy, designing programs, and providing philanthropic funding, we partner with a diverse set of organizations, leaders, and networks to uplift individuals and drive systems change. Together with its partners, WES enables people to learn, work, and thrive in new places. For more information about WES, please visit our website at www.WES.org.     

 

About the Opportunity: 

Reporting to the Lead, Ecosystem Partnerships & Convening, the Community Initiatives Partner is responsible for planning and delivering capacity-sharing and convening activities that strengthen partner readiness and collective action to participate equally in systems change. This role turns strategy into well-run, high-quality learning experiences and convenings as well as acts as a bridge, through partnering closely with the Community Centering and Partnerships team to ensure partners insights, that can inform decisions, priorities, and broader strategy are shared with internal teams. 

This role works closely with partners and internal teams to ensure capacity sharing and convening   activities are practical, inclusive, and aligned with community priorities, while continuously improving based on feedback and learning.

What You'll Do: 

Coordination and delivery management (40%)

• Support the team’s leadership, who are responsible for translating community intelligence into concrete priorities, that inform the team decisions about partner pathways, through strong planning, collaborative decision making, and clear communication. 
• Work closely with internal teams in the Systems Change division to ensure partnerships’ coordination and alignment with other Systems Change teams across WES.
• Manage logistical and operational readiness for activities and convenings (timelines, facilitation prep, vendor/consultant coordination as applicable), anticipating risks and removing barriers through proactive problem solving. 

Activity and program design (25%)

• Plan and manage the delivery of high-quality capacity-sharing agendas and learning experiences that equip partners with tools and technical skills to sustain engagement in systems change, with clear outcomes and measures of progress. 
• Design and manage convening agendas and collective action experiences that align diverse actors around a shared vision and practices, strengthening teamwork, collaboration, and mission-aligned action. 
• Co-create facilitation plans, run-of-show documents, and post-convening follow-through that turn dialogue into commitments, decisions, next steps, and shared learning centering inclusion, cultural awareness, and participant voice. 
• Develop simple, repeatable templates (agenda design, partner follow-up, learning capture) that strengthen planning, process improvement, and consistent delivery across geographies. 
• Establish an inclusive participant care and accessibility approach for convenings in collaboration with the Lead and Co-lead Ecosystem Partnerships and Convening (language access, stipends/compensation norms, and trauma-aware or culturally responsive facilitation as appropriate), adapting delivery to partner needs. 
• Manage relationships, initiatives’ documentation, implementation, and track progress of both capacity sharing and partners convening activities

Relationship development and management (20%)

• Help develop and maintain trust-based and long-term relationships with immigrant-led organizations/groups/coalitions.
• Partner closely with the Lead Community Power to oversee the operational link between the Community Power team and the internal Community Centering and Partnership Lead, ensuring active communication, timely coordination, and strong relationship maintenance. 
• Lead internal alignment activities (briefs, Inte