Deputy Chief

Company Description

About KIPP TEAM and Family

KIPP TEAM & Family is our network office that includes support teams - such as Leadership Development, Recruitment, Advocacy, Facilities, Finance, HR and more - dedicated to empowering our schools and ensuring the success of KIPP students throughout New Jersey and Miami. Our schools are part of the nationally recognized “Knowledge Is Power Program” network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students for success in college and in life.

The first KIPP New Jersey school opened in Newark in 2002 and since then our school network has expanded to educate 8,684 students in grades K-12. By 2027, KIPP New Jersey will provide a world-class education to over 10,300 students across Newark and Camden.

In 2018, we grew our KIPP community in response to a need for high-quality school options for students in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. That led to the creation of KIPP Miami, which currently educates more than 1,200 students in 2 schools, with plans to reach 5,800 students by 2026. By offering highly effective educators with strong bonds to families, more time in school learning, services that support a variety of student needs, and a culture focused on achievement, our students in New Jersey and Miami are on the path to and through college, career, and choice-filled lives.

KIPP Team & Family is at an inflection point in our fundraising work. We have ambitious goals, a committed team, and strong mission alignment—but we want to significantly level up our fundraising infrastructure, systems, and practice to raise $10M+ annually across both states.

We’re looking for an experienced fundraising leader who can be both strategist and builder : someone who will roll up their sleeves to strengthen our operations, develop our team’s capabilities, and model excellent major gifts practice—all while helping us grow revenue and build a sustainable, professionalized fundraising operation across New Jersey and Florida.

This is a “build the plane while flying it” opportunity for someone who gets energized by developing people, fixing systems, and creating something stronger than what exists today.

You’ll report to the Chief Growth & Advancement Officer, who oversees Development, Advocacy, and Growth across both states. You’ll directly manage our Director of Institutional Giving and Manager of Development Operations, and provide coaching and professional development support to our state-based advancement directors.

Our team is hardworking, mission-driven, and knows our work deeply, but have varying levels of experience in their fundraising careers. You and the CGAO will be the most senior fundraising practitioners on the team, and people will look to you both to raise the bar on what excellent fundraising looks like.

• Stabilize and strengthen our core fundraising systems (Raiser’s Edge, reporting, donor tracking, finance coordination) working closely with our operations manager
• Establish baseline metrics and accountability rhythms that drive consistent activity and results
• Assess the team’s capabilities and design a professional development roadmap that addresses our highest-leverage gaps
• Build and manage your own portfolio of major donor relationships (25‑40 donors), modeling best‑in‑class cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Create annual and multi‑year fundraising plans that are ambitious, realistic, and aligned with current philanthropy trends
• Establish yourself as a trusted partner to our finance team and internal stakeholders

• Deepen training and coaching as systems stabilize and the operations function matures
• Scale effective practices across both states
• Expand portfolio strategies and increase the team’s major gifts capacity
• Position the organization to meet and exceed increasingly ambitious revenue goals

• Provide hands‑on coaching, training, and professional development to fundraising staff across multiple disciplines : major gifts,…