About the position
The Family Ambassador plays a vital role in fostering strong relationships between families, the organization, and the community. Successful Family Ambassadors will drive forward the implementation of a targeted student recruitment plan to achieve our schools’ enrollment goals, including activities like community outreach, new family engagement, and direct new student recruitment. Family Ambassadors will also receive training to deepen partnerships with existing families and community leaders, expand KIPP’s community of families, and create sustaining connections with new families in our school's community. Through a part-time commitment of 12-20 hours each week, Family Ambassadors will work within the Enrollment Team and on behalf of school teams to implement recruitment and outreach activities, manage leads, connect with the broader school community, help raise awareness and visibility of the organization, and supporting new families through the enrollment process. This position may require weekend and evening coverage as well.
Responsibilities
- Drive the implementation of a targeted student recruitment plan.
- Engage in community outreach and new family engagement.
- Directly recruit new students.
- Deepen partnerships with existing families and community leaders.
- Expand KIPP’s community of families.
- Create sustaining connections with new families.
- Manage leads and connect with the broader school community.
- Raise awareness and visibility of the organization.
- Support new families through the enrollment process.
Requirements
- Experience with recruitment-related work preferably in a community engagement or advocacy organization, business, nonprofit, or education service.
- Proven experience organizing and working within teams or volunteers toward a common goal.
- Service-oriented with the ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Fluency in spoken and written Spanish is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with information communication technologies including Google tools and video conferencing tools like Zoom.
- Reliable transportation to travel between campuses and to community events.
Nice-to-haves
- Spoken and written language skills other than English.
Benefits
- Competitive hourly rate ranging from $16.50 - $21.50/hour.
- Standardized hourly pay based on role level and function.
- Equity-based salary determination considering years of experience.
