Employment

College Funding Manager

The College Funding Manager supports the daily operations of the College Funding department and provides scholarship management support for the Founders’ and Dream Big Scholarships, IKIC Grant, The Columbus Promise and financial education initiatives. This role will help with ongoing funding efforts of IKIC and serve as a liaison between the department and program staff. Our ideal candidate can prioritize projects and needs in a high-functioning environment.

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Career Navigator

In close collaboration with IKIC College Advising Manager, school counselor, high school principal, teachers and building staff, the Career Navigator:

  • Works to create a college-going culture and provide meaningful career exposure and experiences in high schools through the delivery of a career fluency curriculum for 9th and 10th grade students.
  • Provides classroom-based lessons that help students understand their aptitudes and interests and how those align with in-demand career fields. Provides students with exposure to soft skill development and financial literacy. Helps students develop a Student Success Plan (SSP) with trackable milestones based on goals set for their futures.
  • Provides career exposure and hands-on experiences through learning and administering virtual reality career simulation software in classrooms and other small group settings. Additionally, works with industry partners to coordinate career site visits and events for students.
  • Manages data on college and career planning activities to ensure students are completing necessary milestones.
  • Provides timely updates and data reports on status of achieving individual and organizational goals. Attends IKIC staff meetings.
  • Supports the district’s goals to implement and achieve the State of Ohio’s College and Career Readiness mandates, supports school counselor in student success planning
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AmeriCorps: Getting Things Done

The IKIC AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides program places recent college graduates in middle schools and high schools as career and college readiness advisors for Columbus City Schools students in 7th to 10th grades.

AmeriCorps members work alongside full-time IKIC advisors and school staff to ensure that all students are exposed to information and participate in activities that will help them to make educated decisions about their plan for life after high school.

AmeriCorps College Guides commit to 1,700 hours of service (40 hours per week) over 11 months from August 7th-June 30th.

AmeriCorps College Guides will receive:

  • Significant training and valuable professional development, networking, guidance and support with career and graduate school goals;
  • compensation that includes a $30,000 living allowance and health insurance;
  • an Education Award of $6,895 that can be used to repay qualified student loans or future education expenses. (Also, qualified federal student loans may be deferred for the duration of the 11-month term of service);
  • develop skills that companies seek in recent graduates that will make you more marketable for a future job or graduate school, which include written, verbal, leadership, problem-solving, critical thinking, technical, analytical and quantitative skills, plus the ability to work in a team;
  • experience with a 35-year-old educational non-profit with proven success in the college access and attainment field;
  • the opportunity to make a difference and help students create their plans to reach their career and college higher education dreams.

Please note that having your own, reliable transportation is a must.

If you are interested in the Ohio College Guide position at I Know I Can, please submit an application at my.americorps.gov or contact Kim Ebbrecht at [email protected] or via phone at 614-917-3043 for more information!

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I Know I Can is looking for a new auditing firm. See our request for proposal here.

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