Family & Community Engagement Manager

Company Description

KIPP is a nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools with a 20-year track record of preparing students in educationally underserved communities for success in college and life. KIPP currently serves over 100,000 students in 242 schools across the country, including Indianapolis. KIPP Indy Public Schools (KIPP Indy) was founded in 2004 with one class of fifth-grade students and has grown to educate more than 1,000 students across three schools.

By the  school year, KIPP Indy will educate nearly 1,500 students in the Martindale-Brightwood community on the Northeast side of Indianapolis. At KIPP Indy, we believe that all children will learn and achieve at high levels if given the opportunity. Our goal is to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.

Edna Martin Christian Center has served hundreds of students and families across Martindale Brightwood since its founding in 1941. Its mission is to invest in the lives of all in Martindale Brightwood and surrounding neighborhoods through community-driven opportunities that foster stability, growth, and a vision of hope. EMCC’s vision for the Martindale Brightwood community is to be a peaceful, connected, and thriving neighborhood where all people can live, learn, work, worship, and play.

KIPP Indy Public Schools (KIPP Indy) and Edna Martin Christian Center (EMCC) seek a Community and Family Engagement Manager who will play an integral role in ensuring that each network has the resources and support to fulfill its mission and support student success. The Community and Family Coordinator will serve as a member of the EMCC and KIPP Indy team, collaborate with school‑based leadership teams and the KIPP Indy partnerships team, and advocate for KIPP Indy families.

The Community and Family Coordinator will coordinate the activities of providers and community partners to deliver programs and services that improve learning conditions and increase student academic achievement and social‑emotional success.

• Support families in finding resources to support their overall well‑being
• Develop, monitor, and maintain a schedule of programs and services in the school
• Identify new agencies and/or organizations that have resources to help increase academic success, improve the conditions for learning, and support social‑emotional learning
• Manage all volunteers in the school, develop volunteer opportunities, keep records of volunteer work, and regularly recognize their service to the school
• Serve as a liaison to the community and attend external meetings, as needed, to support the advancement of family outcomes
• Collaborate with school social workers to refer families to human service agencies and other resource providers
• Collect program and service delivery information from providers and partners
• Collaborate with EMCC and other community partners on at least two community‑facing engagements to bridge collective partner and neighborhood engagement
• Attend regular meetings with EMCC Family Services staff to ensure wrap‑around service supports and referrals are being implemented with fidelity

• Collaborate with KIPP Indy to execute an effective family engagement strategy, including family communication and outreach.
• Proactively engage families and community members to attend MBEZ and KIPP Indy events.
• Efficiently run and support KIPP Indy's Family Resource Center
• Coordinate family workshops and meetings
• Collaborate with KIPP Indy regional and school‑based leadership to develop a schedule of family programs, events, and services that directly support student success.
• Maintain records of family engagement activities and collaborate with school leadership and teachers on family engagement activities.
• Collaborate with families to create meaningful volunteer opportunities through our A+ Family Partnership Group.
• Identify and connect with family and staff leaders to participate in our OG Family Action Council

• Collaborate with the KIPP Indy…