Director, College Advancement (Multiple Positions)

About The Position 

The College Advancement and Partnerships team at the KIPP Foundation is charged with building a national vanguard of college access persistence and completionuniting schools regions states and partners to help ensure that more KIPPsters graduate from college than students in the nations top economic quartile.  We provide students the developmental and differentiated supports necessary to apply get in matriculate and enroll in college at scale. Where prudent we also support students in adjacent valuable pathways empowering them with choice on the back end because they got into college on the front end.   

This team has transformed its strategy and is seeking five Directors of College Advancement organizing around the Northeast Southeast South Midwest and West regions to become regional experts in college access persistence and completion strategies.  

Each Director of College Advancement will oversee a portfolio of 710 regions 912 high schools and approximately seniors. You will drive year-over-year increases in BA/BS enrollment all pathways enrollment and estimated college completion rates by leading and coaching both students and school-based leaders in high-quality college and career programming. This position reports directly to Vice President of College Advancement.   

Responsibilities 

Your goal will be to drive YOY increases in BA/BS enrollment all pathways enrollment and estimated college completion rates for specific targets in your portfolio through the following workstreams. 

Regional College and Career Program Leadership 

• Implement and continuously improve the performance of College and Career Readiness and Access across a portfolio of high schools and regions. 

• Lead integration of college and career planning including college and career exposure applications and personal statements or various postsecondary pathways. 

• Ensure high-quality delivery of college and career seminars supporting school teams to meet student outcomes in Match Counseling and Enrollment. 

Coaching and Professional Development 

• Coach and mentor Regional Directors and High School Directors to improve counseling practices implementation of One KIPP Match Program Practices and student outcomes. 

• Provide targeted data-informed feedback to schools and regions to support continuous improvement. 

• Facilitate professional development for regional staff.  

Student and Portfolio Outcomes 

• Monitor regional data on enrollment matriculation and estimated college completion to identify trends gaps and opportunities. 

• Drive improvements in senior outcomes including best-fit college placement Early Decision participation and successful matriculation to postsecondary pathways. 

• Support differentiated interventions for regions schools and students to ensure equity in access persistence and college completion. 

• Ensure and maintain the following region targets:  

  • 95% overall college enrollment 

  • 85% 4-year college enrollment

  •  25% Top 250 college enrollment 

  • 10% Top 100 college enrollment 

  • 85% regional director and school director retention 

Program and Resource Management 

• Develop maintain and disseminate regional- high school- student- and family-facing tools resources and guidance for effective college and career preparation. 

• Lead or manage strategic initiatives such as Nudge Overgrad or other programs to improve student engagement application completion and college readiness. 

• Coordinate logistics communications and operations for regional events professional development and network convenings. 

Cross-Team Collaboration and Strategy 

• Partner with K-8 and high school teams to align regional college and career strategies with the broader KIPP network. 

• Contribute to the refinement and evolution of the and implementation of College Advancement strategy across your region. 

• Collaborate with network teams on strategic projects to enhance counseling match and college access initiatives. 

Skills and Mindsets 

• Mission and Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPPs mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPPs core values (Focus on Excellent Results Collective Impact and Courageous Action)  

• Self-Management: Demonstrated record of setting ambitious goals and achieving them with consistency. Invests in developing teammates skills and mindsets to address gaps in achieving team growth; determines what quantitative and qualitative data are most relevant to their goals and supports the team in creating and monitoring systems for collecting reviewing and acting upon data to drive outcomes; able to monitor progress communicating status to the right stakeholders and adjusting plans and use of time to ensure systems are yielding desired outcomes. 

• Effective Work Management: Sets a clear vision for new or complex bodies of work. Develops and implements agile project plans navigating difficult situations or conflicts while maintaining effective relationships with all stakeholders; creates and ensures systems are in place for knowledge management. 

• Strategic Decision Making & Problem Solving: Efficiently defines the right metrics to evaluate work and ensures critical team actions decisions and recommendations are driven by data; effectively works with team to resolve issues around data to ensure sound data-informed decisions. Effectively identifies and addresses root causes to the most important problem. 

• Collaboration: Has the interpersonal diplomatic relationship building and communications skills needed to develop successful working relationships with diverse constituents to deliver results. Evolves and adapts plans and approach with diverse stakeholders to drive results. Possesses excellent communication skills with aptitude for translating complex information into a clear and persuasive narratives that convince others by identifying benefits for all. 

Qualifications :

Experience and Qualifications 

Required:  

• 7 years of experience in college access college counseling postsecondary advising or a related field ideally in a K12 or nonprofit education network context. 

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree in Education Counseling Higher Education or a related field preferred. 

• Demonstrated experience leading coaching or managing adult professionals (e.g. counselors educators program managers). 

• Proven record of driving measurable student outcomes particularly in college enrollment matriculation or persistence. 

• Experience designing and implementing curriculum interventions or programs that support postsecondary success. 

• Track record of managing complex multi-site programs or portfolios including data-informed decision making and resource allocation. 

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners to implement initiatives at scale. 

Preferred: 

• Experience with networked or multi-school educational organizations ideally with experience in KIPP charter school networks or similar contexts. 

• Familiarity with tools and platforms supporting student data tracking college/career readiness programming and communication with families. 

Additional Information :

Work Conditions 

• Travel requirements: Up to 30% travel to partner institutions KIPP regions or staff convenings 

• Job Type:  Full Time Exempt 

Location 

It is preferred but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago. 

Compensation and Benefits 

In compliance with local law we are disclosing the compensation or a range thereof for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including but not limited to external market data internal equity and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $124800 - $150000. In addition KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees including: 

• 25 holidays for  18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5). 

• 100% paid parental leave 

• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee familys medical/dental/vision plans. 

• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions backup care support for children and adults/elders and our employee assistance program 

• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match employer-sponsored legal plans life/disability insurance and flexible spending accounts 

KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world thats around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit without regard to race color religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age mental or physical disability and genetic information marital status citizenship status military status protected veteran status or any other category protected by law. 

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time