College Completion Mentor Specialist

Job Details

Job Location:

Stockton, CA 95219
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: Bachelors
Salary Range: $30.00 - $35.57 Hourly

Travel Percentage :
Up to 25%
Job Category:
Education

Improve Your Tomorrow (IYT) was founded in 2013 with the mission to increase the number of young men of color (YMOC) to attend and graduate from colleges and universities. We envision a world where men of color are over represented in higher education, underrepresented in the criminal justice system, and leaders in their communities. By embodying our core values of Character, Service, Teamwork, and Liberation we work to combat academic inequities and build a college-to-community pipeline.

The College Completion Mentor Specialist is the primary point of contact for students actively navigating college. This role owns the 1:1 navigation relationship from the warm handoff during senior year through graduation — delivering navigation sessions, Brotherhood Huddles, career readiness support, and College Comeback re-engagement across the region.

• Receive warm handoff from the High School Advising Mentor Specialist/APD during senior year; be introduced to every senior before graduation.
• Conduct summer melt prevention outreach between high school graduation and college start.
• Deliver monthly 1:1 navigation sessions in Year 1; escalated to weekly or bi-weekly for students below 2.5 GPA, on financial hold, or showing engagement risk.
• Track milestones: FAFSA/CADAA completion, college applications, intent-to-enroll, orientation, registration, education plan, declared major, counselor connection.
• Connect students to belonging programming and IYT Brotherhood community on or near campus.
• Begin internship pre-placement preparation in spring of Year 2: resume development, pathway exploration, and application coaching.

• Support internship placement aligned to each student’s major and career interests through IYT’s corporate and partner network.
• Conduct monthly navigation sessions with internship reflection and quarterly supervisor check-ins.
• For community college students, support transfer applications, FAFSA renewal, and verified transfer.

• Conduct quarterly navigation sessions and mid-semester academic and financial aid checks.
• Ensure degree audits and graduation applications are completed on time.
• Activate College Comeback re-engagement for stopped-out students.

• Attend family engagement events and orientations at IYT high school sites to build rapport with students and families.

• Log all navigation sessions, milestone progress, and family touchpoints in Salesforce within 24 hours.
• Maintain accurate phase records, risk flags, and intervention notes for every student on caseload.
• Capture and submit regular site content — photos, short videos, student stories, and impactful program moments to the Associate Program Director, with all required consent and release documentation on file.

Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm; some weekends, evenings, and organization-wide events are required.

Field-based — This position works out of an assigned local school campus.

$30.00 – $35.57/hr

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life AD&D (with additional voluntary options)
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• 403(b) retirement plan with 3% employer match after one year of employment.
• Sick Leave
• 2 weeks of accrued paid Vacation Leave
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Additional paid time off during select school breaks (about 3 weeks of additional PTO in total)

• Commitment to the mission, vision, and values of IYT.
• Ab…