Company Description

About KIPP TEAM and Family

KIPP TEAM & Family is our network office that includes support teams - such as Leadership Development, Recruitment, Advocacy, Facilities, Finance, HR and more - dedicated to empowering our schools and ensuring the success of KIPP students throughout New Jersey and Miami. Our schools are part of the nationally recognized “Knowledge Is Power Program” network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students for success in college and in life. The first KIPP New Jersey school opened in Newark in 2002 and since then our school network has expanded to educate 8,135 students in grades K-12. By 2025, KIPP New Jersey will provide a world-class education to over 10,300 students across fifteen schools in Newark and five in Camden. 

In 2018, we grew our KIPP community in response to a need for high-quality school options for students in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. That led to the creation of KIPP Miami, which currently educates more than 1,000 students in four schools, with plans to reach 5,800 students by 2025. By offering highly effective educators with strong bonds to families, more time in school learning, services that support a variety of student needs, and a culture focused on achievement, our students in New Jersey and Miami are on the path to and through college, career, and choice-filled lives.  

Job Description

Here's what you need to know:

The Director of Grants and Corporate Partnerships (DGCP) is a hybrid role combining in-person and remote work.

“We anticipate an April 1, 2024 start date for this role.”

The Director of Grants and Corporate Partnerships (DGCP) manages KIPP TEAM & Family’s growing portfolio of institutional donors and works to expand support from this donor sector to fund the support of strategic initiatives, including college and career access programming, that directly affect our scholars, schools, and alumni at KIPP New Jersey and KIPP Miami.  This position reports to the Managing Director of Development and Advocacy.

This role has the following responsibilities:

Relationship Management with Corporations and Foundations

• Identify, secure, and manage all opportunities with foundations and corporations
• Drive the creation and timely submission of all proposals to secure funding and report to ensure compliance with grant deliverables (to maximize funding opportunities)
• Develop and implement stewardship plan based on foundation and corporate needs
• Conduct detailed research into funder priorities and interests to increase the number of funder prospects and likelihood of future funding
• Maintain ongoing relationships with current funders and build long-term relationships with current and prospective grant funders
• Cultivate a pipeline of prospective donors through customized cultivation and stewardship, including communication, regular updates, and event invitations
• Collaborate with corporate funders to design and lead meaningful volunteer opportunities
• Maintain a strong understanding of social, political, and REI issues impacting urban education
• Attend workshops, conferences, and events and monitor research and trends to keep current in the fields of fundraising and education as it pertains to KIPP TEAM & Family’s work and programs

Grant Writing and Reporting

• Prepare well-written, polished grant proposals and applications to support the organization’s development work and priorities
• Build long-term relationships with current and prospective grant funders
• Gather information and data from schools and other network teams for proposals, funder updates, and grant reporting
• Maintain robust tracking system and progress monitoring tools to ensure 100% of applicable grants are received, spent, and reported on-time

Systems Management

• Direct all reporting, reimbursements, and alignment to maximize mission impact through grant funding
• Coordinate with network finance and data teams to audit and analyze budgets and data for key insights on funded proposals and grants
• Work closely with the network purchasing and finance teams to ensure financial gifts are stewarded to the correct budget lines and priorities
• Partner with the Managing Director of Development & Advocacy along with each region’s Development Director to create systems and tools to improve team efficiency and effectiveness
• Maintain an accurate database of all activities, including funder information, deadlines for foundation and corporate donors, report deadlines, updates, and contracts

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience writing for data-driven audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop strong working relationships with corporate & foundation funders as well as individuals across the organization
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong time-task management skills with the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook plus Google Suite applications.  

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of grant writing experience, with record of success
• Experience working in a K-12 public or charter school setting
• Budget management experience
• Experience with CRM databases, such as Raiser’s Edge. 

Additional Information

In addition to a competitive salary, KIPP TEAM & FAMILY offers a full comprehensive benefits plan, including health care, retirement, a school laptop and transportation benefits for TEAMmates commuting into New Jersey from the New York City area. 

KIPP New Jersey | KIPP Miami is an equal opportunity employer