[Hiring] Associate Partner @NewSchools Venture Fund

Role Description

Nationally recognized nonprofit venture philanthropy seeks to hire an Associate Partner on the Innovative Public Schools Team to find, fund, and support leaders designing the next generation of innovative, future-ready public schools in K-12 education.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment and selection for emergent, AI-native school models.
• Own the recruitment strategy for founders building future-ready models.
• Build and continuously refine a national pipeline of innovative founders.
• Shape funding application and selection criteria.
• Bring an innovation lens to application review, due diligence, and selection.
• Author investment recommendations for leadership and the board.
• Serve as the strategic relationship owner for up to 10 school teams.
• Coach founders through the hardest design decisions.
• Design and lead adult learning experiences.
• Partner with other associate partners to ensure strong handoffs and learning arcs.
• Serve as the IPS lead for identifying, selecting, and supporting AI-native schools.
• Manage and evaluate relationships with AI implementation partners.
• Contribute to NewSchools’ AI learning agenda.
• Spend significant time in schools, incubators, and convenings.
• Synthesize field and portfolio insight into sharper selection criteria.
• Build NewSchools’ external influence and credibility.
• Lead or contribute to new innovation initiatives and special projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in the education field.
• At least 5 years of experience serving as a school principal or coaching school principals.
• Direct experience with AI in schools.
• Experience founding, designing, or redesigning innovative school models.
• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver impactful adult learning experiences.
• Travel up to 25% for in-person team meetings, retreats, and school site visits.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience making or contributing to investment, funding, or high-stakes organizational decisions.

Experience You Bring

• Building deep networks across K-12 education.
• Designing and maintaining systems and routines that capture, organize and share learning.
• Owning multiple workstreams from inception through completion.
• Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Leading reflection and improvement cycles for workstreams.
• Producing high quality written and verbal materials.

Your Ways of Working

• Think strategically about the education landscape.
• Exercise strong judgment about leaders and models.
• Approach emerging school models with deep curiosity.
• Believe in philanthropy’s power to create momentum for systems-level change.
• Maintain an active view of the field and market.
• Ground decisions in NewSchools’ mission and commitment to equity.
• Communicate clearly and proactively.
• Influence colleagues and external partners without formal authority.
• Collaborate across teams and build relationships.
• Set clear priorities and manage competing demands.
• Work comfortably amid ambiguity and take calculated risks.
• Apply sound, independent judgment.

Compensation

A competitive compensation package including base salary, performance bonus, and employer-funded benefits is available. The starting salary range is $120,000 to $150,000 with the potential for an annual bonus of up to 5%. Final salary will be determined based on experience level and qualifications.

Applications submitted by November 6th will receive priority review. We encourage interested candidates to apply early, as the position may close once we’ve received a strong pool of applicants.

NewSchools Venture Fund has a strong commitment to diversity. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Please note, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.