YouthBuild Student Success Coach

Youthbuild Student Success Coach

Location:

Coconut Creek, FL 33066

Schedule:

M-F 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM. This is an Onsite position, which may require early mornings and/or evenings and occasional weekends.

Position Type:
Full-time

Why Join Junior Achievement of South Florida?

Junior Achievement of South Florida (JA) empowers our youth with the knowledge, ability, and confidence to navigate their futures, drive our economy and lead our community. We are looking for individuals who are passionate not only to our mission, but also about being part of the innovative and energetic culture at JA.

JA provides real-world training in financial literacy including budgeting, spending, investing and the use of credit; offers cutting-edge skill-building opportunities that enable young people to explore meaningful, productive careers; teaches students how to start businesses; and introduces entrepreneurial values that strengthen workplaces. Last year, with the help of over 5,000 trained corporate and community volunteers, JA delivered various programs to almost 70,000 students in classrooms throughout Broward and South Palm Beach counties and at JA World Huizenga Center at the Lillian S.

Wells Pavilion, a first-class facility housing JA Biz Town and JA Finance Park.

For more information about Junior Achievement of South Florida, visit www.

JASouth

Florida.org.

What We Offer:

Employer Paid Medical and Vision

Ample Time Off

Retirement Plan Matching

Work Environment – Innovative and energetic culture!

Growth Opportunities – Professional development assistance

Role Snapshot:

The Student Success Coach reports directly to the Youth Build Program Manager to implement, maintain, and sustain Junior Achievement of South Florida's Youth Build program. This position is intended to ensure the students are successful during program and immediately afterwards in their job placements.

This position requires very strong organizational skills as they work to maintain all documentation for the program, relationship building skills to connect with students, parents/guardians, teachers and program partners.

Your broad responsibilities will include:

• Assist Program Manager in managing and expansion of the Program.
• Communicate with schools' teachers, BRACE advisors and counselors to streamline program integration.
• Develop monitoring and documentation to continually assess potential barriers and offer supports and resources.
• Address students' socio-emotional needs to increase program retention rates.
• Complete monthly student check-ins with each student.
• Develop and maintain parent/guardian engagement plan.
• Create individualized student plans that incorporate industry interests, pre-apprentice improvement plans, growth tracking to increase employment best fits.
• Maintain student documentation.
• Build relationships with community resources to ensure wrap around services are available and utilized as needed.
• Build student portfolios to showcase student experiences, trainings, certifications, etc. to ensure marketability.
• Develop workshops, touchpoints, and practice testing to work with teachers, guardians, and students to ensure high school graduation for participating students.
• Assist with the recruitment, placement and support of students in job/apprenticeships after completion of the program.
• Assist with the student recruitment.
• Assist with Orientation Planning and Facilitation.
• Assist with Curriculum Planning, Facilitation and Evaluation.
• Assist with events such as recruitment days, graduations, program days, etc.
• Assist with Employer/Student Matching Platform Buildout.
• Assist with Employer Onboarding Processes.
• Increase number of businesses and depth of relationships.
• Increase teacher/counselor support and involvement.
• Other duties as assigned

We are looking for a talented person who demonstrates:

• A strong ability to manage/prioritize/organize multiple tasks and projects.
• Outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Exceptional diligence, being thorough and demonstration of complete follow-through in the execution of the program development strategy.
• Demonstrated discipline in personal time management, self-motivation, accountability and responsibility for personal…