Student Support Specialist

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* To be considered for employment and advance to the next stage of the hiring process, you must complete the following assessment. Copy & Paste this link:  to access the assessment - Do you enjoy taking initiative and finding solutions that make a real difference? Communities In Schools of Memphis is looking for a Student Support Specialist who is motivated to step in, take ownership, and help students overcome barriers to success.

This is a role for someone who values independence while still working within a supportive mission-driven team. As a Student Support Specialist, you’ll have the autonomy to identify student needs, create support plans, and guide students toward their goals. You’ll also be responsible for tracking progress and completing required data reporting with consistency, ensuring students’ growth is measured and supported.

If you’re looking for meaningful work where your initiative and follow-through directly shape student success, we’d love to hear from you.

About Communities In Schools of Memphis:

The mission of Communities In Schools of Memphis (CIS of Memphis) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. The vision of CIS of Memphis is to strengthen our communities by addressing non-academic barriers to ensure schools have equitable access to services and interventions, empowering students to graduate from high school prepared for post-secondary opportunities.

The organization's core values are passion, diversity, innovation, community and integrity.

At CIS of Memphis, we are “all-in” for kids. It is our passion - it is our mission. At CIS of Memphis, we partner with Shelby County Schools, the Achievement School District, Charter Management Organizations, and Independent Charter Schools, to provide tailored resources and create communities of caring adults who work hand-in-hand with educators to make sure young people have the tools they need to stay in school and achieve in life.

Through the implementation of our evidence based model of Integrated Student Supports, we provide targeted interventions and services by bringing community resources into schools, thus mitigating and eliminating non-academic barriers to student achievement. CIS of Memphis embeds full-time Student Support Specialists in schools to individually case manage students as well as connect the whole school to services. We achieve this mission by hiring bright, creative, and innovative team members who have a passion for what we do.

Going forward, the organization is preparing to deepen its reach and impact and to thrive amid a resulting period of significant organizational growth. At CIS of Memphis, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer for the benefit of our employees and community.

• Coordinate widely-accessible, school-wide services to help address identified needs or to build and reinforce student assets. Additionally, targeted and sustained services will be coordinated and provided at the school site for a caseload of students who are identified as having the greatest risk of eventually dropping out of school. This includes ongoing case management and direct support for students, including goal setting and individual/group sessions and some opportunities for individual, intensive support services.
• Build, lead and/or integrate into an existing support team that works closely with school administrators, staff and teachers in the implementation of the Communities In Schools model, in conjunction with broader school improvement plans already underway. The support team may include school members from across various Shelby County Agencies as well as the school sites and neighborhood community partners. This process will include the building and nurturing of school staff relations, relationships with school and community partners, and the engagement of volunteers for the delivery of services.
• Lead the annual…