JCG Career Success Specialist

Background

CYC empowers young people to overcome obstacles and excel by providing a range of services designed to keep young people in school, prepared for college and career, and on the pathway to success. CYC is focused on helping students graduate from high school with a pathway towards education, training, certifications, meaningful employment, or enlistment.

Every young person will reach their full potential.

Empowering young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

We are committed to inclusive and equitable programs, policies, and procedures that empower everyone we serve.

Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates (JCG)

JCG Senior Program Manager

The JCG Career Success Specialist is responsible for fully implementing the Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) model within the assigned school site. The Specialist identifies, recruits, instructs, advises, and supports students who need additional assistance graduating from high school and successfully transitioning into postsecondary education, employment, or military service. The role combines classroom instruction, counseling and advocacy, career association advising, community and employer engagement, data management, and twelve months of graduate follow-up services.

The Specialist is accountable for student outcomes and model fidelity, including enrollment, competency attainment, graduation, placement, follow-up, and accurate documentation in JAG's data systems.

• Ensure participating students receive the support needed to graduate from high school and transition successfully to postsecondary education, employment, or military service; for non-graduates, support attainment of a diploma or GED during the follow-up period.
• Create and sustain a network of school, family, employer, civic, community, and postsecondary partners that expand services and opportunities for students.
• Maintain high accountability for services and student success through timely, accurate documentation and regular review of student data.
• Achieve state and national JAG performance outcomes through instruction, guidance, academic support, career and postsecondary planning, work-based learning, leadership development, and follow-up.

• Build and maintain positive, ongoing relationships with students, families, principals, administrators, teachers, counselors, employers, and community leaders. Serve as an advocate for students and for the JAG program.
• Collaborate with an in‑school advisory committee and community partners to identify student needs, remove barriers, support academic success, and connect students with counseling, remediation, career exploration, college planning, work‑based learning, and other services.
• Develop an employer and community marketing plan that builds awareness of JAG, creates classroom speaker and field‑trip opportunities, supports service‑learning projects, and strengthens local program sustainability.
• Provide direct follow‑up support for twelve months after graduation, including communication with graduates, employers, and postsecondary advisors as needed to verify placement, encourage retention, and continue student support.
• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned by program management or school leadership.

This is a full‑time, year‑round position requiring occasional evening and weekend activities. The Specialist should devote the full workday to implementing the JAG model, balancing time across curriculum and instruction; guidance, counseling, career association, and student advocacy; development and community relations; and database and documentation responsibilities. Sites may schedule multiple daily JAG classes and dedicated planning or coordination periods to support model fidelity.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to individuals with a disability.

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