[2024-2026] Career Engagement Fellow, KIPP Forward

Job Description
Position Overview
Anticipated Start Date: July 15, 2024
Location:  This position is a remote position, with the expectation of working remotely 70% and traveling 30% to our NYC central office for alumni meetings, participation in team meetings/trainings, and other in-person events. The employee in this position must reside in NY, NJ or CT, and within commutable distance to our central office in NYC.
The Career Engagement Fellow is a highly motivated, flexible, entrepreneurial and outgoing professional committed to increasing alumni access to critical career services and programs. This person will have a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience engaging in targeted recruitment for our career services programs and resources , and to gain meaningful exposure to innovative programs, people, and partnerships across the country working to increase equitable access to high quality career services. The Career Engagement Fellow  will report to the KIPP Forward NYC Director of Undergraduate Career Services and will work directly with alumni across the Postsecondary Success Collaborative which will include alumni of KIPP NYC, NJ and Philadelphia, Achievement First NYC and CT, and Prospect Schools. 
The 2024 Career Engagement Fellowship is a two-year (twenty-four month) commitment from July 15, 2024 through June 30, 2026. At the end of the Fellowship, employment with KIPP NYC terminates.
Duties and Responsibilities
Program Recruitment & Advisement (65%):
Develop and implement recruitment strategies to increase alumni engagement with the career services and programs that are offered through the KIPP Forward Postsecondary Success Collaborative’s Career Center. 
Develop a deep understanding of the wide range of career programs available to our alumni (e.g. program offerings, target audience, length of program, application process, profile of ideal candidate)
Outreach to college-enrolled alumni and recent college graduates to connect them to relevant career opportunities utilizing a wide-range of communication strategies/channels to drive results (e.g. texts, phone calls, social media, email, in-person/online meetings, group sessions, etc.)
Collaborate with the Operations team to develop materials that support the marketing of career programs to our alumni (e.g. catalog of alumni anecdotal experiences with program partners, flyers)
Collaborate with the College Success Team on developing materials and processes that support our College Success Advisors to recruit their advisees to engage in our career programming. 
Proactively seek to learn about alumni’s aspirations, challenges, and goals in order to provide targeted advisement around the career supports that are available to them
Lead outreach to recent college graduates to gather and document their post-graduation activities (i.e., employment, graduate school, etc).  
Attend meetings and professional development sessions to continuously build the necessary skills to provide appropriate career advisement to alumni  
Data (20%)
In partnership with Career Services team, develop the appropriate metrics/goals to support increasing alumni engagement across all career program offerings
In collaboration with the KIPP Forward Data team create systems/tools that will support outreach efforts and progress monitoring towards career programming participation goals
Input and maintain records of program and other opportunities alumni apply to and their application result into our internal tracking system 
Track and maintain key student data points in our centralized data systems, including detailed notes of every student communication, employment information and updated contact information
Program Partnership Support (15%):
Gather feedback on career programming from alumni in order to provide feedback/insights to our program partners and to support the Career Services team in evaluating partnerships and services rendered
Network with internal and external professionals to build relationships that can facilitate opportunities for our alumni within organizations/programs/companies committed to providing viable career pathways for Black and Latinx students across the Postsecondary Success Collaborative’s geographic regions
Collaborative Learning and Planning (consistent throughout Fellowship)
Attend mandatory New Fellow Training held full-time from July 15 – August 9, 2024 (week 1 in NYC, week 2-4 virtual). Ongoing professional development will be required quarterly.
Engage actively in our continuous and intensive training program, which is intended to quickly build Fellows’ skills in recruiting and content knowledge. Training includes workshops, team meetings, observations and debrief cycles, webinars, and team step-backs
Plan and participate in weekly one-on-one and team meetings with Director of Undergraduate Career Services
Regularly and openly communicate with Director of Undergraduate Career Services to seek guidance and support to navigate your progress