STEM Outreach and Partnerships Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About the Position

The STEM Outreach & Partnerships Manager builds and manages Ingenuity’s cross-program infrastructure for STEM enrichment, academic support, summer programming, and external partnership engagement. Reporting to the Executive Director and serving as a member of the Management Team, this role works across the middle school and high school programs to identify student and program needs, develop meaningful STEM learning opportunities, and connect Ingenuity students with tutors, alumni, universities, STEM professionals, and community partners.

The Manager serves as the central intake and relationship manager for external partners and volunteers, ensuring that opportunities are aligned with Ingenuity’s mission, program priorities, and student success goals. This role leads the coordination and continuous improvement of expanded summer programming, tutoring systems, enrichment opportunities, and partner engagement processes, while tracking participation, outcomes, and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Education, or a related field.

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with students, STEM programs, tutoring, summer programs, volunteer management, alumni engagement, or external partnerships.

• Knowledge of Baltimore City Public Schools and the communities they serve.

• Strong relationship-building, communication, and collaboration skills.

• Ability to work effectively with diverse students, families, volunteers, and partners.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

• Self-starter who takes initiative and works independently.

• Strong listener and problem-solver who develops creative solutions to meet program needs.

• Experience building partnerships and measuring program outcomes and impact.

What You’ll Do

• STEM Outreach and Partnership Strategy

  • Develop and manage an annual STEM outreach and partnership plan in collaboration with the Executive Director and management team.

  • Identify student and program needs across the middle school and high school programs and translate those needs into tutoring, enrichment, research mentorship, summer, and career-exposure opportunities.

  • Serve as a member of the Management Team, contributing insight on external engagement, student support needs, partner opportunities, implementation capacity, and program impact.

• Summer Program Development & Implementation

  • Lead the planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of current and expanded summer programming.

  • Coordinate with internal staff and external partners on staffing, curriculum, space, meals, registration, compliance, communication, and program improvement.

  • Work with partner schools, educational organizations, universities, teachers, and community partners to design and deliver high-quality summer learning experiences.

• Academic Support & Tutor Program Management

  • Build and manage a tutor program for math and science support, including recruitment, onboarding, training, scheduling, student matching, and communication.

  • Work with program leaders, teachers, and student data to identify tutoring needs and connect students with appropriate academic supports.

  • Ensure tutor and volunteer compliance with background checks, student safety expectations, confidentiality, attendance tracking, and program protocols.

• External Partner, Alumni & Volunteer Engagement

  • Serve as the initial intake and relationship manager for STEM professionals, universities, alumni, community partners, volunteers, and other stakeholders interested in working with Ingenuity.

  • Assess potential partner and volunteer opportunities for mission alignment, program fit, student benefit, timing, and implementation requirements

  • Connect viable partners and volunteers with the management team to support organizational goals.

• Cross-Program Collaboration & Internal Communication

  • Build strong working relationships with middle school and high school program teams to understand student needs, school-based realities, staffing capacity, and emerging opportunities.

  • Serve as a bridge between external partners and Ingenuity’s program teams, ensuring opportunities are scoped clearly, communicated effectively, and implemented successfully.

  • Help reduce duplication and improve coordination by serving as a central point of communication for partner, volunteer, tutoring, enrichment, and summer program activities.

• Data, Evaluation & Impact Communication

  • Develop and maintain a stakeholder and partner database that tracks key contacts, services, volunteer status, background check status, student participation, and program impact.

  • Track tutoring, enrichment, summer programming, and volunteer engagement data, including students served, type of support provided, participation, and available outcome indicators.

  • Provide updates, pictures, student stories, participation data, and impact summaries to the Development Director for newsletters, publications, donor communications, grant reports, and other external communications.

Keys to Your Success

• Demonstrate a passion for expanding STEM opportunities and supporting the academic and personal growth of middle and high school students.

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with students, families, alumni, volunteers, educators, STEM professionals, and community partners.

• Communicate effectively with diverse audiences and foster an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and experiences.

• Take initiative to identify program needs, develop innovative solutions, and successfully manage multiple projects and partnerships.

• Approach challenges with creativity, flexibility, and a commitment to continuous improvement and measurable impact.

• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and attention to detail while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.

• Embrace opportunities to connect students with meaningful STEM enrichment, mentorship, academic support, and career exploration experiences.

Additional Notes:

This role will be in person. There will be occasional travel to off-site meetings and visits to schools within the district. Travel beyond one location in a day is reimbursed.

Benefits and Compensation

Salaries are commensurate with experience and Baltimore City’s Salary Structure and ranges from $70,000 - $80,000. Positions employed by The Ingenuity Project receive comprehensive benefits including health care, health savings account, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, and matched 403B retirement plans.

The Ingenuity Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. We celebrate and value diversity of thought and background, including persons of different race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, and abilities.

How to Apply - Apply by July 6, 2026 on ZipRecruiter. This position requires the successful completion of a background check.