Student Success Coach-100% College Prep Institute

About Young Community Developers

Established in 1973, YCD is a nonprofit organization who serves residents of all ages living in the most historically underserved communities of San Francisco. YCD takes a holistic approach via a delivery eco-system of services designed to empower residents in achieving economic mobility, in turn building and sustaining a positive community by providing them with education opportunities, workforce development training, and social services. YCD’s philosophy is that every individual should have the right to sustainable and generational economic mobility, aiming to break the cycle of poverty. Each year YCD provides around 1,200 community members with employment and training services through their programs and partnerships. YCD is also proud to share that they have been voted by Non-Profit Times as one of the top 50 best non-profits to work for in the United States!

Project Overview

100% College Prep Institute (100%) is a college preparatory organization for middle school, high school, and college youth. 100% seeks to provide underserved students with academic and leadership skills. Also with support that prepares them to enter and complete post-secondary educational opportunities. We employ a holistic approach that teams our staff with students, teachers, counselors, and parents in order to set and achieve academic goals, and a plan for college.

POSITION SUMMARY

The role of the Student Success Coach includes developing and maintaining a positive and mutually respectful relationship with students. As the main point of contact for an assigned group of students, the Student Success Coach will focus on guiding each student toward achieving academic success. The Student Success Coach facilitates weekly sessions that focus on character building, culture/history, and manhood/sisterhood. This position also provides academic coaching to students one one-on-one and in small groups. In this learning process, it is important to encourage the student to become more self-aware by understanding their strengths, values, interests, purpose, and passion. This process should also focus on the student developing the necessary skills to be responsible for their actions and decisions. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Student Success Coach will counsel, motivate, advise, and provide caring mentorship in order to help all students meet their educational and life goals through monthly (or more as needed) transitional sessions.
• Help students create their own Individual Student Success Plans that focus on goal setting, follow through, and monitor their progress. 
• Encourages students to achieve self-awareness, such as identifying strengths, values, interests, purpose, and passions. 
• Assists the students in becoming more responsible and developing decision-making skills.
• Reviews student’s academic progress weekly; connects students who have GPA below 2.0 (C) and/or a 69% (D) or lower in a core subject with tutoring services 
• Develop relationships with families of students and maintain regular dialogue with family members about students' needs, progress in the program, and challenges. 
• Required to recruit and sustain youth participants throughout the program. 
• Establish a professional and supportive relationship with the students. 
• Attend meetings with program and school site staff as necessary. 
• Submit daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports on the progress of students and families.
• Other duties as assigned. 

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

A successful candidate will possess:

• Minimum of 2 years of college, B.A./B.S. preferred or two years of relevant experience. 
• Ability to work with youth who perform at different levels in either a classroom or after-school program setting. 
• Strong ability to demonstrate 3 teaching modalities: visual (presenting information using graphs, tables, videos, etc.), auditory (by explanation and discussion), and tactile (having the student use their hands, i.e., constructing a model or having them work out a problem or it’s concepts on the board).
• Ability to meet the needs of the community by working nontraditional hours as needed, which may include evenings, weekends, and some holidays.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with schools and work in partnership with administrators, teachers, and community partners. 
• Passion for mentoring young people, promoting youth development practices, and working towards social change.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication skills and the ability and willingness to work with economically and culturally diverse clientele from various professional and ethnic backgrounds.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written communication, patience, diplomacy, and high level of customer service skills.
• Ability to think critically, problem-solve and be resourceful.
• Embraces cultural differences and is willing to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Self-motivated individual who has a passion to ensure that program goals, objectives and tasks are completed in a timely fashion and exceed standards.
• An efficient multi-tasker who demonstrates effective time management and the capacity to meet competing deadlines. 
• Must have proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong commitment to the mission of Young Community Developers Inc./100% College Prep and to individuals from diverse populations.
• Continuous commitment to improve occupational knowledge.
• Demonstrate competency with using Microsoft Office Suite, Google platform, Zoom, and other technology platforms.

 ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 
 To best mitigate the spread of disease and protect our staff, it is a condition of employment that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Because YCD prioritizes the health and well-being of employees, proof of vaccination will be required upon hire and be kept on file for each employee.  

LOCATION: San Francisco Public Middle & High Schools & 1201 Mendell St. Francisco, CA

JOB TYPE: Part-Time; Non-exempt 

SUPERVISORY:   No

COMPENSATION: $25.00 to $30.00 per hour

Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role, hiring location, as well as the individual's skills, experience and qualifications.

BENEFITS PACKAGE 

We recognize there are many factors that influence your overall satisfaction both at work and in your personal life.  Under our Total Rewards Package, we provide an integrated mixture of compensation, benefits, company culture, and resources to our employees that help you reach a happier, more balanced life. Our work environment is built around collaboration and partnership, teamwork, community, diversity and inclusion. Some of these offerings include:

• Competitive compensation to reward you for your hard work every day.
• Accrued paid sick time; 96 hours max
• 15 paid holidays annually 
• End-of-Year paid Respite Days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental Health & Wellness services for all employees
• 4% company 401K contribution after one year of service and 21 Years of Age
• Discounts in retail, travel, and entertainment
• A fun, purposeful, and inclusive culture through in-office events, volunteerism, and community-based networking opportunities.

Young Community Developers is an “at-will” and Equal Opportunity Employer.
 

Applicants and employees shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy and gender expression) identity, color, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.