Program Manager, Science Research (YPIE Jersey City

Program Manager, Science Research (YPIE Jersey City)

YPIE creates pathways to college and career success. With a focus on mid‑sized cities, our proven approach is grounded in high expectations, personalized opportunities, and community partnerships.

We envision a future where all young people are equipped to thrive in communities that support their pathways to success. Youth in mid‑sized cities often face significant barriers to achieving economic mobility and may lack the sustained support systems needed to navigate college and career pathways. YPIE is working to change that. Across Yonkers, Jersey City, and Nashville, YPIE partners with public schools and local organizations to provide students with a comprehensive, 9th grade‑to‑career continuum of support.

Through deep, high‑touch relationships, real‑world skill development, strong community and corporate partnerships, and a culture of high expectations paired with meaningful support, YPIE helps students prepare for college, persist through graduation, and launch into careers that lead to long‑term opportunity. Today, YPIE serves more than 2,500 students across these three cities, building on a model with proven results in expanding access to higher education and economic mobility.

YPIE Jersey City currently serves 300 students across 3 public high schools in Jersey City with a staff of 4 full‑time and 3 part‑time. We aspire to recruit students from 3 additional schools and hundreds more students.

Our recent outcomes data demonstrates the positive impact that YPIE has on the communities we serve: increased college readiness, enrollment, degree attainment, and career access.

YPIE Program Managers support high school students on their path to college and career success through a combination of academic coaching and career‑focused instruction. The Program Manager, Science Research will continue to develop the Jersey City YPIE Science Research Program, teaching students research skills and helping them conduct original scientific research to submit to local, state, national, and international science fair competitions.

This role will work with the YPIE Science Research team across sites to develop curriculum while leading the Jersey City program.

• Guide 10th-12th grade students through the research process and prepare them for participation in science fairs.
• Support students in developing original research questions, conducting literature reviews, designing experiments or studies, analyzing data, and drawing evidence‑based conclusions.
• Provide feedback on research proposals, posters, papers, and oral presentations.
• Provide grades—according to existing rubrics—for posters, presentations, and research papers.
• Correspond with external partners and internships to assist in the completion of student research projects.
• Teach a project‑based introductory science research curriculum to 9th‑grade students.
• Collaborate with YPIE Science Research Director and Science Research teachers across YPIE sites to co‑plan instruction, align student support strategies, and build upon the existing curriculum.

• Develop strong professional relationships with students to provide tutoring in biology, chemistry, and/or physics.
• Foster self‑advocacy so students identify and seek support.
• Collaborate with volunteers to assist in providing services to YPIE students.
• Maintain active, collaborative relationships with key family figures in students' lives, coordinating to address students’ challenges and reinforce goals.

• Manage student records and leverage data systems to proactively identify student challenges and concerns.
• Manage relevant program logistics and communicate with key stakeholders about timelines and necessary tasks.
• Recruit for a new cohort of YPIE Scholars each year, proactively collaborating with district partners to identify target students and deliver info sessions and presentations.

• Expect more: holding ourselves and our students to high expectations and demonstrating fierce accountability in all that we do.
• Pursue relentlessly: doing…