Lead Mentor - Cape Girardeau

2026 Employee

Job Description

Position Title:

Lead MentorPOSITION

PURPOSE:

The primary goal of this position is to ensure children, youth and young adults, served in our ABCToday Schools program enjoy the full benefits of our Roadmap - Theory of Change Framework.

Outcomes/Goals Organize Group Mentoring Program:

Leads and organizes group sessions by facilitating relationship development, delivering structured lessons, and co-facilitating with assigned mentors/volunteers according to a schedule coordinated with the school; plans and conducts mentoring meetings, experiences, and activities in partnership with the Site Supervisor.

Coordinate communication with parents/guardians, teachers, Mentoring Site Supervisor and other relevant supports in youth’s life, when necessary.

Work with Site Supervisor, community champions and school district to plan activities and experiences for youth following the BBBSEMO Theory of Change.

Maintain progress monitoring data for each mentee, including utilization of the Achievement Tracker developed in partnership with each mentee

Maintain attendance records for all mentoring sessions in Match force or other agency approved systems

Partner with Site Supervisor and School:

Attend and actively participate in weekly check-ins with Mentoring Site Supervisor to review progress of mentees and adjust programming as needed, including submission of written reports related to each match/youth.

Work primarily from the school (a minimum of 4 days per week during school year) and be accessible to students and families, including scheduled weekend hours

Attends and participates in check-ins with school point of contact along with Mentoring Site Supervisor for feedback and applies feedback to program adjustments

Integrate into the school staffing model to provide value and add services to ensure alignment with school policies

Assist Site Supervisor with enrollment and assessment of students and families into Group Mentoring program with a goal of approximately 40 active youth

Support the development of the Group Mentoring 2.0 structure by:

Collaborate with other departments within agency to support group mentoring and the Sikeston after school program ie, enrollment, recruitment, support and marketing/communications

Prepare and implement mentoring curriculum and activities, while also recommending adjustments to materials as needed

Create semester and yearly plans for the group outlining goals and activities planned

Participate in the development of new outcome reports

Support program documentation in Match force or other approved systems, as needed.

Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as necessary

Job Competencies Organizing
- Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources efficiently and effectively; arranges information and files in a useful manner. Knowledgeable about all aspects of an organization; knows how to get things done both through informal and formal channels and the informal network.

Interpersonal Savvy – Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; listens; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; truly values people; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Results/Outcome Orientation
- Motivated by results; can be counted on to meet and exceed goals successfully; bottom-line oriented; pushes self for results; sets clear objectives and measures, monitors process and progress.

Client Focus (youth, parents, and volunteers)- Build community, holding space for clients; makes extra efforts to meet client needs, surfaces underlying client concerns and interests and builds buy-in to make essential changes; creates and maintains a team spirit that is “client first” and meets their needs vs. checks compliance boxes; utilizes feedback from client surveys to inform planning and drive improvements;

aligns systems and processes to ensure responsiveness and to anticipate client needs.

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