KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to 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.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

The Opportunity

The Project Coordinator for the KIPP Texas Marketing, Communications, and Creative (MC2) team is a cross-functional role that supports the execution of projects and campaigns, delivering high-quality customer service while balancing production deadlines, workflow and client needs. In this position, you will process requests, determine production schedules to meet deadlines, assign tasks, monitor project/campaign progress and problem solve as needed. This is a nimble, highly organized role that will report to the Deputy Chief of Marketing, Communications, and Creative.

This work will take place across all four of the KIPP Texas regions: Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.

Key Responsibilities

• Process briefs submitted by various departments throughout the organization
• Determine appropriate project team, create production schedules and assign individual tasks through our web-based project management software, Workamajig
• Monitor multiple project plans, update statuses, anticipate potential issues and course correct when necessary
• Communicate potential problems and recommend solutions
• Effectively communicate any updates and changes to project teams and client
• Delegate tasks as necessary to ensure team members are working on most important projects at all times
• Meet directly with clients, as needed
• Attend recurring team meetings and ad hoc client meetings to note take, develop recaps, and ensure on time execution of deliverables
• Track work and flow of deliverables
• Liaise between various departments to ensure on time execution of deliverables
• Track work and flow of deliverables
• Oversee external vendors and contractors, including printing and mailing houses and freelancers
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiencies
• Prepare various reports
• Maintain library of creative work
• Work efficiently through quickly shifting priorities and high volume of projects while meeting tight deadlines
• Support with team budgeting and invoicing
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a project coordinator role
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Experience using web-based project management software, Workamajig a huge plus
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strategic and tactical thinker with the ability to prioritize what’s best for the organization
• Superior problem-solving skills
• Highly responsive and strong drive to provide excellent customer service
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Solid judgement and decision-making skills, elevating issues when appropriate
• Self-motivated, innovative and solutions-oriented
• Commitment to KIPP Texas’ mission and core values

Compensation and Benefits

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.