KIPP New Orleans Schools (KNOS) is a non-profit network of 13 college-preparatory, public charter schools serving 6,200 elementary, middle, and high school students, and over 1,500 alumni. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: To build academically excellent schools that create unlimited opportunity for all students. For over 15 years, we have a proven track record of preparing students for success in college, career, and beyond.
At KIPP, you have the freedom to innovate and the support to grow. You never stop learning, and you're part of a national network that's leading the way in getting students from underserved communities to and through college. As we grow to serve more students in communities across the country, we need passionate teammates to join us and make their impact at KIPP. Where will YOU take us? Click here to learn more about teaching and working at KIPP New Orleans Schools!
Job Description The Persistence Manager reports to the Director of College and Persistence and supports all students enrolled in 2 or 4 year institutions through their first three semesters. They work in concert with stipended persistence advisors to remove barriers to continued enrollment. The Lead's responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Core Responsibilities: Leading goal setting for the postsecondary persistence team.
Managing postsecondary budget, including Emergency Funding.
Serve as a liaison to KIPP Foundation for postsecondary programming.
Creating annual Postsecondary Advisor caseloads.
Support with College Partnership Strategy, in partnership with Director of Post-Secondary Success
Run data deep dives at the end of each benchmark cycle to support development of interventions and programming.
Manage four to five stipended roles, including bi-weekly 1:1 meetings for each team member and semi-annual reviews in December and June.
Assist students with FAFSA renewals from October through March and with loan counseling completion when necessary, as well as provide FAFSA renewal support via designated workshop times for our older alumni as part of our broader programmatic support for all alumni.
Plan and lead monthly Postsecondary Success Team Communities of Practice
Manage a caseload of up to 50 college students providing advising services focused on postsecondary persistence and completion.
Track and maintain student and regional data (contact information, grades, financial aid, internships, etc.) using the Alumni Database, as well as supporting the progress monitoring of all work stream goals quarterly via team scorecard and trackers.
Attend and participate in all KIPP Forward team meetings, KIPP Forward Leadership team meetings and Regional Support Office team meetings.
Qualifications Bachelor's degree is required
Preferred 4+ years of experience in education.
Strong computer literacy, communication and interpersonal skills are highly preferred.
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once.
Grounded in our 5 organizational beliefs – Relentlessness, Equity, Achievement, Community and Hope. These 5 beliefs guide the work that we do to provide academically excellent schools and unlimited opportunity for every student in New Orleans.
All employees hired after Friday, August 20, 2021 must be able to provide documentation that either the new-hire employee has received a COVID-19 vaccination or has requested and been granted reasonable accommodation from the KNOS Director of HR to be exempted from the requirements of this policy
The physical demands and environmental conditions described below are representative, but not exhaustive, of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. All of these physical requirements should be able to be performed with clarity, coherence and connectedness of the KNOS vision, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Must be able to sit and work at a desk/computer for extended periods of time
Must be able to spend the majority of the day standing or mobile throughout a school or office, as well as talk, hear, grasp, reach and lift up to 30lbs with or without accommodations
Ability to concentrate in active and noisy environments such as schools, to more moderate situations such large group professional settings
Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computer and/or related office equipment
Ability to handle potential high stress conditions
Additional Information We offer a competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including: Healthcare & Wellness (health, vision, dental, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and short-term disability)403(b) retirement plan with up to a 5% contribution match 104 hours of Paid Time Off per year Approximately 28 holidays per year including Mardi Gras, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving, and Winter Break As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race/ethnicity, economic status, age/ability, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, country of origin, language(s) spoken, and/or other diverse backgrounds.
