Youth Mentoring Coordinator

Job Title: Youth Mentoring Coordinator

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Full time, Exempt with benefits

Reports to: Director of High School/Post Secondary Programs

Program Area: Breakthrough Youth Network (BYN)

Hours: 40-hour workweek; occasional weekends and evening hours as needed

Location: Family Plex, 3219 W. Carroll, Chicago, IL 60624

The Youth Mentoring Coordinator (YMC) will coordinate group and one-on-one mentoring programs for Garfield Park youth, 9th
-12th grade.

• Lead, coordinate, and facilitate weekly school-based group mentoring sessions for youth at the agency's partner high school.
• Implement Breakthrough's evidence-based mentoring curriculum by integrating the ECHO and SELVIE curricula to strengthen social-emotional learning, decision-making, leadership, and positive youth development.
• Recruit, enroll, and retain 20–30 youth participants in collaboration with school administrators, counselors, and other school personnel.
• Recruit, screen, orient, train, and provide ongoing support to volunteer mentors in partnership with the Volunteer Engagement team.
• Plan and facilitate youth and mentor orientation sessions that establish program expectations, community agreements, and mentoring best practices.
• Foster a safe, inclusive, and restorative mentoring environment where youth voice, leadership, and belonging are prioritized.
• Coordinate all program logistics, including schedules, space reservations, meals, supplies, transportation (as applicable), and communication with participants, families, mentors, and school partners.
• Monitor participant attendance, engagement, and progress; conduct outreach to youth and families to support consistent participation and retention.
• Maintain accurate participant records, attendance, case notes, and program outcome data in City Span, Salesforce, and other required reporting systems.
• Collect participant feedback and program evaluation data to support continuous quality improvement and compliance with DFSS reporting requirements.
• Participate in DFSS technical assistance meetings, required trainings, citywide mentoring learning communities, and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with school staff, community partners, and internal Breakthrough departments to ensure coordinated support for participating youth.
• Collaborate with Breakthrough's Sports & Fitness, Arts, Technology, Postsecondary, and other Youth Network programs to connect participants to enrichment opportunities and wraparound supports.
• Ensure compliance with DFSS grant requirements, agency policies, mandated reporting laws, FERPA guidelines, and all youth safety protocols.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Independently follows agency policy and procedures
• Follows through with commitments including meeting established timelines
• Identifies and resolves difficult issues
• Project a professional image to all internal and external customers ensuring proper grooming, dress and hygiene.
• Promote customer care through all actions and behaviors
• Works effectively with diverse staff, communities and population served
• Maintain a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy during stressful situations.
• A passion for the mission of Breakthrough

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, education or related social service field OR minimum of 2 years related experience
• Related lived experience is valued
• Good interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office, as well as the willingness to become proficient in other software packages and programs
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license, have daily access to a vehicle and an acceptable motor vehicle driving record.