Director of College & Career Counseling - (Immediate) | KIPP Generations Collegiate
- Full-time
- Start Date: Immediate opening
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to 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.
Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.
The Director of College & Career Counseling is responsible for developing and managing a college and career counseling program and team that will ensure that every student deepens their knowledge about themselves and their top careers of highest aspiration, and builds and executes a strong plan that will allow them to make the best postsecondary choice. This role is an ideal opportunity for a highly motivated, collaborative, results-driven and service minded leader with a passion for supporting students in building and succeeding in their postsecondary plan for their career of highest aspiration.
Key Responsibilities
- College and Career Access Knowledge and Skills
- Advise and coach all students, including students with unique circumstances through the financial aid process
- Create access to college resources and opportunities available to support underrepresented populations
- Provide family engagement workshops related to college match
- Team Management
- Develop an efficient, positive and effective team culture by developing ambitious team goals
- Create a collaborative team with consistent communication flow to all key stakeholders and teammates
- Conduct weekly one-on-one check-ins with direct reports
- Data Management
- Maintain constant and consistent communication on the data progress of students with key stakeholders
- Utilize various student management platforms to track, progress monitor and submit student data
- Project Management
- Effectively plan the organization and time management of the team in planning parent nights, college visits, guest speakers, career exploration trips and other college and career access programming
- Lead department meetings and departmental professional development
Experience and Background
Required: 2-5 years’ experience working with high school and/or college students
Required: Previous experience managing and supervising adults strongly preferred
3+ years of professional work experience in college access or admissions advising preferred
Fluent in Spanish is strongly preferred
Personal Values and Leadership Style
Unquestioned integrity, passion, and commitment to KIPP Texas’s mission, the families and KIPPsters we serve
Must be solutions oriented with a growth mindset
Physical Requirements:
Considerable time is spent at a desk using a computer/laptop attending conferences or training sessions
Travel Requirements:
Ability to travel to various locations, travel time approximately 30% - 40%
Compensation and Benefits
As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans.
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