Program Specialist-AmeriCorps Academic & Career Coach

Job Description:

Position Summary:

Responsible for assisting in the planning, organizing, and implementing programs/activities in

Relation to the Career Development program for Club members ages 12-19.

Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with the team, work with and support the enhancement of existing Boys & Girls Clubs Career Development programming throughout the Clubs in the Greater Milwaukee Area.
• Coordinate Academic & Career Plan pre and post assessments for Career Development participants, as well as provide ongoing monitoring of their academic progress.
• Facilitate and coordinate math, science and/or English tutoring access activities.
• Mentor High School students. Assist with the Career Development evaluation process.
• Collaborates with Career Development staff to provide after school tutoring for Career Development and CLC students including assisting youth with the completion of school work.
• Makes parental contacts when students are absent in tutoring component. Develop and implement lesson plans to facilitate student learning.
• Routinely assess (formally and informally) each cohort of students assigned.
• Use approved curricula properly and maintain appropriate teacher to student ratio and other program-specific requirements and expectations.
• Supervise students engaged in quality activities to achieve specific goals and outcomes measurements.
• Encourage emotional, social and educational growth of individual students. Generate monthly, quarterly, and/or annual reports as requested.
• Meet all deadlines.
• Attend AmeriCorps meetings and events, as requested.
• Other tasks, as assigned.

Experience and Skills

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this position, the member is regularly required to sit and use hands to touch, handle, or feel. The member is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus

Service Environment:

The service environment characteristics described here are representative of those a member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Important Details:

Experience and Skills:

Skills:

• Enjoy serving youth.
• Demonstrated examples of working with youth.
• Highly organized with high attention to detail.
• Ability to relate effectively with diverse a population.
• Good communications skills, both written and oral.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus