Careers

Working at CIS is not just a job. You’ll be helping to fulfill our vision of an engaged community where every child fulfills their promise. If you are passionate about student success, join the CIS team today!

While CIS is constantly evolving as an organization in response to the needs of our students, below are examples of core positions that keep the wheels moving at CIS.

Do you love connecting with people? Do you love building bridges of communication and trust with today’s youth? The CIS Site Coordinator implements the student support model inside a local Kalamazoo school—they are embedded within the school to address students’ needs. As a site coordinator, your role will be making connections between students and resources, parents/guardians and resources, teachers and partners. You will be essential to students’ success. With your support, encouragement and help, students will see, confront, and overcome the barriers that stand between them and a brighter future of their design. 

Collaboration is key, especially for a CIS After School Coordinator. You will be collaborating with youth development coaches, interns, teachers, and partners. This position assures the integration of the school day learning objectives and strategies continue during after-school hours with a Kalamazoo school. This is a school-based leadership position, as the youth development coaches will look to you for guidance and management of the on-site after school programming.

You might become a Youth Development Coach, if you love engaging directly with school-aged students! This role is instrumental in the success of the CIS After School program, which is a program designed to improve student skills and behaviors associated with success in school, including core academics, and social emotional learning. Join our team as a Youth Development Coach if you want to make a difference with today’s youth during after-school hours.