Company Description

About the Organization

KIPP Public Schoolsis 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 Foundationis 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.

Job Description

Position Overview

In this role, you will be reporting to the Chief Development Officer (CDO), Chief Legal Officer (CLO), and Chief Equity Officer (CEqO). You will also be an integral member of a collaborative operations team, comprising of Executive Assistants, Managers of Executive Administration, and our Event Design and Operations team. You have a deep passion for education equity and KIPP’s mission: 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 role. As an Executive Assistant to our CDO, CLO, and CEqO, you will be part of a collaborative team that works every day to help our organization actively fight the systemic discrimination that plague our country, both within KIPP Foundation, KIPP network, and the broader community in which our children live. You are well suited for this role if you are a proactive, equity-driven problem solver and detail-oriented assistant with exceptional communications skills who thrives in highly collaborative and agile team settings. Finally, in this role, you must be able to exercise strong judgement, flexibility, and foresight, while executing projects involving budgets, financial reports, and contracts. Candidates with financial and/or legal acumen are highly preferred. All EAs must be able to maintain confidence related to sensitive information related to high-level leadership decisions.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

Manage and execute scheduling and logistics for multiple chiefs, including agendas, mail, email, calls, team meetings, travel arrangements, in-person team conferences, other team logistics
Perform administrative and office support, such as typing meeting minutes, dictation, spreadsheet creation, faxing, and maintenance of filing system and contact database
Oversee and manage compliant expense reporting to ensure timely reimbursements/payments for talent team
Work on Special Projects, in alignment with your strengths, career interests, and business needs; projects may include, but is not limited to, knowledge management projects, coordinating/preparing formal org-facing communications, planning team events, updating documents (e.g., policies, handbooks), and executing policies to KF employees and the KIPP network.
Serve as a collaborative member of the KIPP Foundation Executive Assistant community that will be charged with work that impacts the enterprise-wide health & well-being; operating as an ambassador to the chief you directly you directly support as well as an ambassador to Executive Chief team.
Maintain professionalism and strict confidentiality with all materials

Key Competencies

Mission Driven - Passion for education equity and KIPP’s mission and values (sense of purpose, results, respect, constant learning & humility, and diversity & inclusivity)
Achievement Orientation: Ensures clarity in goals and accountabilities while working with agility and creativity to drive toward deadlines and outcomes-focused metrics
Organization, Planning, and Execution: Strong organizational and follow-through skills; excellent time-management, project management, and knowledge management skills; meticulous attention to detail with reliable and timely follow up and follow through skills
Judgement & Decision Making: Excellent judgement is essential; a track record of making sound decisions and keeping company confidences while coordinating with multiple stakeholders in in senior leadership roles; strong upward management skills, including advising Chiefs, on calendar priorities
Cultural Leadership & Competence: A proactive cultural leader and team player who thrives on collaboration, learning, and seeking perspectives to problem solve and achieve objectives; cultural competence in collaborating with teammates across lines of difference
Communications Skills: Superb written and verbal communication skills that considers the needs of different audiences
Innovative & Agile: Ability to operate effectively in virtual environments with teammates across multiple time zones; can adapt while upholding integrity and organization principles and values

Qualifications

Experience and Qualifications

2+ years of experience working with schools, students or organizations focused on education equity
3+ years of experience in an administrative role, supporting a senior executive responsible for a large team
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams) and other office productivity tools, with aptitude to learn new software and systems
Proficiency with AnyBill, Concur, ADP, HRIS, and video conferencing systems a plus
Professional acumen and experience working directly with senior leaders and executives
Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required

Additional Information

Work Conditions

10-25% travel is expected for this role

Location

There is a preference for this person to based out of the east coast, and this role has the option of working from a remote office full time. KIPP Foundation office is in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington DC. This is a full time, exempt position.

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 $80,000-$99,000.  In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:

28 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.