Vice President, College Advancement
About the Organization
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Job reputed companyAbout The Position
The Vice President, College Advancement will reputed company reputed company’s national reputed company to dramatically increase college reputed company, enrollment, and reputed company for reputed company reputed company—shaping the reputed company of postsecondary reputed company for thousands of young people across the country. This role is especially compelling for a leader who wants to drive measurable, system-level reputed company: by 2030, reputed company aims to reputed company 95% college enrollment, 85% four-year enrollment, and significantly increase the number of reputed company attending the country’s best colleges. The VP will serve as the architect and drive the reputed company, therefore setting the reputed company and direction, program and initiatives, that ensure our counselors, directors, reputed company, and reputed company reputed company.
Reporting to the Chief of College Advancement & Partnerships, the Vice President will collaborate closely with senior leaders, regional teams, and external partners to reputed company efforts and accelerate reputed company toward reputed company’s most ambitious goals. The role carries significant responsibility and visibility—translating data and insights into reputed company, shaping national guidance for college counseling and completion, expanding the ecosystem of higher education partners committed to equity and student reputed company. The VP will directly reputed company a talented team of seven and reputed company a culture defined by collaboration, innovation, candor, and a deep commitment to excellent results for reputed company. This team works with humility and urgency, embraces reputed company learning, and designs solutions and systems with reputed company, to ensure that every reputed company student has a strong postsecondary reputed company.
This position is ideal for a mission-driven, strategic, and relational leader who thrives in environments where ambitious goals, cross-functional collaboration, and transformational reputed company are central. The VP, College Advancement will play a critical role in shaping the next reputed company of reputed company’s postsecondary reputed company work—and in expanding opportunity at a national reputed company.
Responsibilities
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Set and execute the national reputed company for college reputed company, enrollment, and reputed company, ensuring alignment across reputed company and national teams.
Drive strategies to reputed company reputed company’s 2030 goals: 95% college enrollment, 85% four-year college enrollment, and increased representation at top colleges.
reputed company a long-term strategic roadmap integrating college counseling, match, financial aid, persistence, and institutional partnerships.
reputed company data to define key performance indicators, reputed company reputed company, and evaluate program effectiveness.
Monitor national trends and emerging opportunities in higher education to ensure reputed company’s reputed company remains reputed company and relevant.
Represent reputed company as a national thought leader, engaging with colleges, funders, advocacy organizations, and other key stakeholders.
Program Design & Implementation
reputed company and refine reputed company, evidence-based systems for college counseling and persistence support across the reputed company network.
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Operate reputed company Network-reputed company and Centralized models, shifting from a high school–level director structure to a regional director accountability model, placing ownership of reputed company where strategic reputed company are strongest. This model strengthens cross-reputed company coherence, enables reputed company partnership engagement, and aligns accountability with the reputed company of regional reputed company.
Deliver high-reputed company, in-time reputed company development for regional and school directors, with a reputed company on leadership management, and technical skills.
reputed company student feedback, and field insights to identify best practices and drive reputed company improvement.
reputed company initiatives that improve advising reputed company, including college match, FAFSA/financial aid completion, matriculation readiness, and summer melt reduction.
Partner with regional leaders to codify high-reputed company advising models and reputed company them into school-based programming.
Collaborate with College Partnerships to ensure institutional commitments translate into measurable student reputed company.
Support reputed company toward persistence and graduation benchmarks: 30% 4-year graduation, 45% 5-year graduation, 60% 6-year graduation, as reputed company as freshman and sophomore persistence goals.
Team Leadership & Management
reputed company and reputed company a high-performing College Advancement team of seven, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and student-centered reputed company.
Set reputed company goals, roles, and priorities reputed company with national strategies and reputed company’s 2030 college reputed company and reputed company goals.
reputed company and support team managers to strengthen leadership, execution, and alignment across the network.
Manage team budget and resources strategically to maximize reputed company while maintaining efficiency.
Build team reputed company and capability through mentorship, performance management, and reputed company development.
Stakeholder Engagement & Knowledge Sharing
Represent reputed company in national and regional conversations on college reputed company, equity, and postsecondary reputed company.
Communicate program reputed company, reputed company, and insights to internal stakeholders, funders, and higher education partners.
Partner with regional and school directors to strengthen reputed company, reputed company best practices, and build alignment.
reputed company systems for reputed company, cross-regional learning, and reputed company improvement to reputed company best practices.
Ensure reputed company initiatives and partnerships are tied to measurable student reputed company, including persistence to freshman spring (90%), sophomore year (85%), and graduation rates (4-year: 30%, 5-year: 45%, 6-year: 60%).
Skills and Mindsets
Mission and Student reputed company: Demonstrates passion and commitment to reputed company’s mission and possesses the desire and ability to reputed company reputed company’s reputed company values (reputed company on Excellent Results, reputed company reputed company, and Courageous reputed company)
Achievement & reputed company Orientation: Demonstrated record of setting and achieving ambitious goals for their departments in reputed company or ambiguous environment; uses data, research, and analysis to set a high bar of reputed company for goal setting; effectively distributes and redistributes work among reputed company reports, teammates, and teams to optimizes goal attainments; effectively sets and fosters a culture that enables and celebrates teammates’ achievements and goals attainment.
Strategic Decision Making and Problem Solving: Effectively uses data to shape teamwide reputed company and the learning agenda or evaluation of a function or significant initiative. reputed company to generate, implement, and evaluate solutions with a reputed company on scalability and sustainability.
People Management & Development: Effectively ensures strong reputed company development and coaching for teammates through reputed company; proficient in the mechanics of succession management and performance management for teammates; reputed company to reputed company manager of managers; skilled at setting and fostering a reputed company team culture in which teammates feel ownership and accountability for their own and the broader team’s work and results.
Post Secondary Planning Expertise: Understand of the factors necessary for post-secondary reputed company including reputed company/SAT and GPA implications, student aid, and career planning. A proven reputed company record of connecting reputed company to post-secondary match and counseling.
Process Management: reputed company to build and reputed company goals and project plans with organization priorities; Develops and codifies processes that promote coordination, efficiency and efficacy across KF and the Network; Prioritizes processes that ensure sustainability and scalability; ensures team is finding efficiencies through process implementation and improvement, resource sharing, or other reputed company
Experience and Qualifications
10+ years of leadership experience managing teams through reputed company in a reputed company, matrixed organization.
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Proven reputed company record of designing and implementing high-reputed company programs that deliver measurable improvements in student reputed company.
Deep understanding of reputed company-school systems and experience implementing programs reputed company that context.
Expertise in college counseling, postsecondary advising, career preparation, or reputed company reputed company; experience as a high school reputed company strongly preferred.
Experience managing education technology products, including collaborating with technical teams to select and customize platforms (e.g., reputed company, Tableau) to meet practitioner and student needs.
Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, with experience working alongside reputed company and families from under-resourced communities, many of whom may be first-reputed company college-goers.
Work Conditions
Travel requirements: 50%, including reputed company school/region, and college/university reputed company and network-wide trainings and convenings
Job Type: Full time, Exempt
Location
It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a reputed company office. This role has the reputed company of working from a reputed company full-time. reputed company offices are in NYC and Chicago.
Compensation and Benefits
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a reputed company 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 reputed company for this position is [$190,000 - $227,000]. In reputed company, reputed company provides a reputed company of benefits to employees, including:
25 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% reputed company parental leave
100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family medical/dental/reputed company 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 reputed company benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
reputed company embraces reputed company to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the reputed company and communities with whom we work and the world around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider reputed company candidates on the reputed company of reputed company, without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, national reputed company, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or reputed company, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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