FirstGen Forward is Hiring!

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We are seeking candidates to help FirstGen Forward, formerly The Center for First-generation Student Success, transform higher education to drive first-generation student success effectively and equitably across education, career, and life.

Successful candidates may be based anywhere in the contiguous 48 United States. Please review the full position descriptions, including salary ranges, application information, and additional details below.

FirstGen Forward's operations are managed by NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. FirstGen Forward staff are employees of NASPA.

Open Positions:

Director, Workforce Development & Solutions

The Director of Workforce Development & Solutions will initially lead a groundbreaking initiative to enhance workforce outcomes for Texas community college students. This leader will partner with the FirstGen Forward team to recruit new community college partners, and will be responsible for building key relationships with community college department leaders within each college ad employers. The preference will be for this leader to have experience in, or knowledge of workforce development and community colleges. This leader should have experience working in a community college system and a track record of student outcome results, e.g. increased graduation, transfer rates, workforce or job placement. Key initial responsibilities will include ongoing engagement with community college leaders and Texas corporate employers.

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Director, Financial Operations

The Director, Financial Operations is a new role at FirstGen Forward developed to provide critical financial management and financial systems oversight for our growing nonprofit. The person in this role will be primarily responsible for developing and managing departmental budgets, managing philanthropic grant spend, overseeing weekly expense processing, and monitoring month and year end close processes and reporting. NASPA is FirstGen Forward’s fiscal sponsor and also provides technical accounting support for this work through a managed services agreement. The Director, Financial Operations will work closely with NASPA’s accounting team and controller to create and facilitate these processes and provide reports and analysis to the Assistant Vice President, Growth & Operations and FirstGen Forward Leadership Team. The person in this role will also help define the strategy for the organization moving forward as we determine whether or not we will maintain our fiscal sponsorship and management services agreement with NASPA or build out independent operations.

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