Partnership Manager-AdviseMI

The Partnership Manager performs a wide range of duties including, but not limited to, the following:

Site Support and Partnership: Facilitate new strategies and ideas, via the adviser, for AdviseMI partner high schools to increase student outcomes in college access

▪ Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with partner high schools and their administration/staff.

This includes ongoing and meaningful communication and jointly finding solutions to issues that arise with the AdviseMI partnership. Selected high schools generally have higher than average number of priority students and lower than average college-going rates.

▪ Enable sustainability for college access in the community and school by bridging adviser service terms, supporting schools that may not have a placed adviser, preparing new high school partners, and working with schools to build systems to maintain momentum and student-centric impact.

▪ Elevate effective practices from high school partners and share learnings with the field.

▪ Ensure that advisers and schools are appropriately and proactively connecting to MCAN initiatives, departments, staff, and programs to achieve impact, including opportunities for professional development, grants, and convenings. Serve as a conduit between parter sites and opportunities and resources of MCAN.

▪ Work with the site and the MCAN team to ensure the recruitment, screening, and placement of advisers within the assigned region.

▪ Support the AmeriCorps Programs Director in the administration of the program, including specific grant/funder requirements.

Salary: $55,000-$60,000

Benefits: Full benefits package includes platinum health, dental, vision, life, and disability

insurance. Also includes education support program, employee development

program, 403b retirement plan (with standard 4% employer contribution and up

to an additional 3% match), 240 hours of PTO, 13 paid holidays, 6 weeks fully paid

maternity/paternity/adoption leave, employee assistance program, downtown

Lansing parking permit and cell phone reimbursement.