Oakland Promise is working to ensure that every Oakland child will graduate from high school with the expectation, skills, and resources to complete college and be successful in the career of their choice. Oakland Promise includes four programs: Brilliant Baby, Kindergarten to College (K2C), Future Centers, and College Scholarships and Completion, that provide a cradle to career continuum of college-focused support for students. Our program strategies touch the lives of children and families in early childhood (ages 0-5), elementary, middle, and high school, culminating in multi-year scholarships and support for students in college. Our goal is to dramatically increase the number of college graduates from Oakland and ensure that all
students, regardless of background, hold a college-bound identity. Oakland Promise provides two-year and four-year college scholarships and mentoring to Oakland public high school students. We are especially interested in skilled individuals committed to social change, who want to ensure the success of students underrepresented in college, attend, and graduate and expand their life opportunities. College Completion serves over 2000 scholars in postsecondary education.
The Kindergarten to College (K2C) team helps K through 5th graders in Oakland think of themselves as college-and career-bound individuals. We provide scholarships, as well as technical support and incentives to families who open a family-owned college savings account. Additionally, we provide program support to build a college- and career-going identity within students, which includes Cal Day, college visits, family and student workshops, scholarship celebrations, and more.
The Kindergarten to College team is the elementary school program component of our K-12 team. More broadly, Kindergarten to College is one of four programs within Oakland Promise working to ensure that every child will graduate from high school with the expectation, skills, and resources to complete college and/or be successful in the career of their choice.
The K2C Elementary Program Associate will be responsible for maintaining K2C programming at Oakland public elementary district & charter schools, as well as building out and managing K2C's social media content. K2C strives to ensure that all Oakland Elementary students as well as their families build a college bound identity and see themselves in higher education spaces. This role will be critical to this work, but serving directly in schools and using various platforms to promote this messaging.
Under the supervision of the Manager of K2C, the Elementary Program Associate will:
Duties & Responsibilities:
Kindergarten to College Implementation
Ensure that a cohort (7-9) of our K2C schools implement the program with fidelity
Organize and lead K2C programming: celebration/workshops/college/career events
Support additional engagement events that drive towards schools' K2C goals
Attend and support K2C specific and org wide tabling and other events.
Conduct site visits - in-person or virtual - to continue to cultivate relationships with K2C school-based teams
Communicate Oakland Promise-wide events
Train school staff to facilitate K2C informational meetings with parents/students & support at CSA sign up events
Design and implement outreach events to engage families in K2C program
Maintain accurate and updated school records - logging, tracking and analyzing school cohort data regularly
Communications
Manage K2C's social media presence - design outreach strategy, create content for platforms, and increase following and engagement on various platforms
Create reels and other video content to highlight work of our K2C and College Access teams (please note that while this person will mainly be on the K2C team, there are cross-functional roles like this that are included.)
Create video content to engage students and families.
Create program flyers and graphics for our K2C and College Access teams
Maintain communication and support work with current partnerships.
Program Content & Infrastructure Development
Support with K2C content and ranging from student-facing to family-facing materials
Support with community partnership outreach and build out
Support with data and other program infrastructure, i.e. texting platforms used to engage with families.
Other
Research CSAs, college going culture, etc. as needed
Be a team player and support with general Oakland Promise events
If bilingual, provide translation and/or interpretation support
Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 1 year of experience working with under-resourced youth and successfully managing impactful projects. Alternatively, an Associate's degree with a minimum of 3 years experience in the same capacity will also be considered.
Deep commitment to educational equity
Strong organizational skills, excellent attention to details, and ability to manage multiple competing deadlines required
Excellent interpersonal and writing skills
Experience with marketing, social media, graphic design, and communications tools and techniques
Experience with developing & executing community outreach strategies
Some evening and weekend hours will be required
Own vehicle/transportation for travel to sites
Creative individual that is willing to implement a variety of engagement strategies
Intrinsically motivated individually that is respectfully persistent when needed and empathetic
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to communicate in another language other than English
Experience creating and modifying training materials
Experience in education, direct experiences in schools with students, families and community preferred
The hiring salary range for this role is $66,560 - $68,000 based on skill sets and experience.
Oakland Promise offers a competitive bene?ts package, which includes dental / health/ vision, paid vacations and sick days, and a 401k match of up to 3%.
Oakland Promise currently has a hybrid work policy.
The ability to learn and grow within a supportive team environment.
An opportunity to network and interact with leaders in the community.
Application Process:
To apply:
Send a single PDF (NOT a Microsoft Word document) of a resume and thoughtful cover letter to apply@oaklandpromise.org with "K2CElementaryProgram Associate - [Your Name]" in the subject line. Please use your last name and first initial (ex: Doe_J) as the filename of your PDF containing your resume and cover letter.
Oakland Promise is a place-based organization located in Oakland, California. Oakland Promise requires that employees work in person at various engagements. Currently, Oakland Promise staff are working in a hybrid model, with some work being done remotely and some work being done in the office or at specific locations in or around Oakland. It is a requirement that all staff reside within commuting distance to the main office, located at 484 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94607. Please note that at any time, a full in-person work plan may be required, and it is of utmost importance that all staff are able to meet this requirement.
Oakland Promise is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Oakland Promise is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity, gender expression, and transgender), national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military, and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. It also prohibits discrimination, harassment, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.