Senior Manager, Event Design and Operations

Company Description

About the Organization 

KIPP Public Schools is 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 Foundation is 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 

The Event Design and Operation Team (EDO) provides planning and execution support for programs across teams at the KIPP Foundation.  Our goal is to ensure that events are supported from start to finish and executed seamlessly and consistently across teams.  

The EDO team is a high functioning team with keen attention to detail that provides thought partnership and appropriate logistical support.  The EDO team is responsible for planning and executing high quality events by managing logistical details, stakeholder communication, program evaluation support, and critical financial functions.  

We are seeking an energetic and highly organized Event Design and Operations Sr. Manager with a passion for fundraising, board relations, and public policy affairs.  This role is a full-time, exempt position that reports to the Vice President, Event Design and Operations. He/she/they is a member of the EDO Team and will work collaboratively with our Development and Policy and Public Affairs Teams.  

 The candidate should enjoy planning and executing on programming events and special projects and be eager to work with multiple high-level stakeholders in a fast-paced environment. A successful candidate will have excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills, strong written and verbal communications skills, and be committed to a high level of excellence in program event planning, project management and execution.  

Key Responsibilities and Duties 

• Planning and Execution Support:   

• Co-create vision and serve as a thought partner to programming directors around annual strategy, session content, and programming goals to ensure a high quality programming for participants.  

• Create and manage, with support, an integrated project management plan across multiple work streams   

• Create deadlines for each project, ensuring colleagues complete key action steps by target date   

• Manage projec