Senior Vice President, Post-Secondary Partnerships

About The Organization

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 275 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni.

Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.

About Our Values:

Focus on Excellent Results: Winning for Children and Families - Denying people of color and people experiencing economic hardship excellent outcomes from public organizations is longstanding and only perpetuates inter-generational racism and poverty. We pursue excellence at a world-class level because our children and families deserve nothing less. We focus on excellent results, generated by excellent daily action, because intentions alone will not enable our children to lead fulfilling lives.

Courageous Action: We do Hard Things All day, Every Day - Our work is centered on reversing the impact of generational racism and poverty on children of color from low-income families. This work is inherently challenging and will never be easy. Our mission requires that, through concerted action, we embrace, confront, and overcome adversity.

Resilient Solutions Focus - Find a Way or Make One - We doggedly pursue solutions to every problem we confront. For every problem, we find or invent a solution. We are smart, optimistic, and thoughtful in crafting solutions, but also timely, recognizing that our children only have one life to live. We embrace a growth mindset, believing that simply because we have not achieved our ultimate aims today does not mean that we cannot tomorrow. We chase the continuous improvement of ourselves, our interpersonal relationships, our teams, and our organization.

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About The Position

The Senior Vice President (SVP) for Post-Secondary Partnerships will be responsible for envisioning and executing a strategy to maximize college and career outcomes for KIPP's 175,000 students and alumni, centered in our mission of ensuring KIPP alumni have access to post-secondary opportunities that enable them to break cycles of poverty and lead choice-filled lives. While the stated mission of many colleges and career-and-technical education programs reflects priorities concerning access, affordability, and economic outcomes for students from low-income communities, the reality of the services provided, and outcomes produced, by many post secondary institutions belies these commitments. Rooted in affordability, completion rates, and economic outcomes, the SVP will be a national leader in defining quality post-secondary outcomes and will entrepreneurially build and execute partnerships with those post-secondary institutions that in fact, rather than simply in rhetoric, deliver against these priorities.

The SVP will oversee all college and career partnerships for the KIPP Foundation and will be charged with 1) evaluating existing partnerships and continuing, refreshing, or discontinuing those partnerships based on their efficacy in enabling KIPP alumni to realize strong career and leadership opportunities, and 2) building new partnerships with postsecondary institutions that are demonstrably committed to serving KIPP alumni in ways that produce career and life success. The ideal candidate will be a student-centered, data anchored social entrepreneur who holds themselves accountable for outcomes and is passionate about proactively identifying, cultivating, and closing partnership arrangements with university presidents and CTE providers that lead to outcomes that empower KIPP alumni to fulfill their potential. The SVP will partner with our KIPP Forward Match practitioners to ensure that our high-school college and career counselors are armed with fresh, accurate information about those post-secondary placements that will optimally serve our alumni. The SVP, Partnerships manages two Senior Directors of Partnerships (one for College and one for CTE) and reports directly to the Chief of Staff to the CEO.

Responsibilities

Partnership Design
Envision the standards and metrics that constitute quality post-secondary partnerships, including evidence concerning the persistence services provided to KIPP alumni by the post-secondary institution as well as data concerning completion rates, affordability, and economic outcomes
Design, develop and continuously improve infrastructure and processes to source, manage, and sustain healthy partnerships that will serve KIPP's goals and strategies
Write and negotiate MOUs with partners that are beneficial for KIPP students' post-secondary success
Partnership Procurement
Assess the quality of KIPP's current post-secondary partnerships and make recommendations on which partners to sunset, sustain, or amplify. Proactively and assertively negotiate refreshed arrangements for those partnerships where existing agreements or realities do not align with qualitative expectations
Proactively and assertively pursue partnerships with new post-secondary institutions that align with qualitative expectations
Collaborate with the CEO to set and meet ambitious performance expectations rooted in consistent growth in the number and quality of postsecondary partnerships serving KIPP alumni
Continually monitor our portfolio of partnerships and ensure our partnerships produce outcomes aligned with our qualitative expectations, including measurable outcomes concerning affordability, completion rates, and economic security for KIPP alumni
Use a quality partnerships tool and rubric to assess the health of our national partners and guide KIPP regions in doing the same through offering substantive training
In partnership with different functions and with KIPP regions, ensure partnership agreements are executed at the highest level
Team Leadership and Management
Serve as member of the Expanded Leadership Team and contribute to org-wide initiatives, while always operating as a culture and brand ambassador for KIPP to both internal and external audiences
Lead and manage a high-performing and equity-driven team to deliver a partnership strategy that aligns with KIPP's goals and vision
Foster a team culture that aligns with KIPP Foundation's core values
Drive development across the team to ensure each team member is thriving and unleashing their full potential for the benefits of students
Provide strategic coaching and support to key stakeholders within KIPP's network to ensure implementation of partnership agreements focused on KIPPsters' post secondary success

Skills

Mission & Student Focus: Demonstrated commitment to education equity; a passion for KIPP's mission; desire and ability to uphold KIPP's values (Focus on Excellent Results, Courageous Action, and Resilient Solutions Focus)
Relentless Focus on Solutions and Results - Set culturally competent and ambitious goals with team to achieve measurable outcomes; create an environment in which all systems and processes support high levels of efficiency to ensure that chief priorities are accomplished successfully; champions the ongoing spirit of improvement and professional growth across the organization while holding teams accountable to results
Critical Thinking and Strong Judgement - Ability to problem solve and to navigate and lead through complexity; effectively leverages data effectively for strategic decision-making and driving improvement; can make courageous yet necessary decisions in the interest of students and families with experience working with and in the interests of communities of color;
Process & Project Management: Can effectively manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders to deadlines while balancing multiple short- and long-term projects; highly organized and disciplined and can take an innovative approach to translating strategy into priorities and project plans, even in unstructured spaces; continually applies strong attention to detail in the execution and follow through of all projects; constantly looks for ways to improve and to scale learning quickly
Communications: Effective communicator who can express KIPP's brand for various audiences, designing messages that resonate and motivate, and ensuring messages are conveyed in right mediums and right channels to maximize reach and impact
Partnership, Alliance-Building and Stakeholder Management - Can generate excitement, enthusiasm, and commitment across internal and external stakeholders (from universities to CTE-focused organizations to board members to KIPP leaders and staff members) to advance KIPP's Mission; has the interpersonal, diplomatic, and communications skills necessary to develop successful working relationships with diverse constituents
Cultural Competence & Commitment to Equity: A proactive cultural leader and team player who thrives on collaboration and learning; can effectively collaborate with teammates across lines of difference

Experience And Qualifications

8+ years of progressive leadership experience supporting clients or staff across multiple regions and programs
8+ years leading partnerships to strong measurable results at a national scale
Commitment to education equity, social justice, and a passion for KIPP's mission and values, including a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Experience with the K-12 Charter School Sector is strongly preferred

Work Conditions

Travel requirements: 25% approximately
Full Time Regular

Location

It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role also offers the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation office is 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 $240,000-$283,000. 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 + family's 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 that 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.

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