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About the Role
The Transition Coach will assist high school students, specifically seniors, in identifying, applying, and enrolling in postsecondary institutions. This role involves developing positive relationships with students, parents, and faculty, and facilitating workshops for various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Counsel, motivate, advise, and provide mentorship to help students meet educational and life goals through transitional sessions.
- Regularly review each student's progress toward meeting goals outlined in the Individual Student Success Plan (ISSP).
- Proactively engage students on-campus and virtually to ensure they meet critical financial aid deadlines and loan acceptance windows.
- Recruit and sustain youth participants throughout the program.
- Establish a professional and supportive relationship with students.
- Attend meetings with program and school site staff as necessary.
- Submit daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports for students and families.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of college, B.A./B.S. preferred and two years of relevant experience.
- Ability to work with youth who perform at different levels in either a classroom or after-school program setting.
- Strong ability to demonstrate 3 teaching modalities: visual, auditory, and tactile.
- Ability to meet the needs of the community by working nontraditional hours as needed, which may include evenings, weekends and some holidays.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with schools and work in partnership with administrators, teachers, and community partners.
- Passion for mentoring young people, promoting youth development practices and working towards social change.
- Familiarity with student loan types, federal/state grants, and financial aid award letters.
- Strong working knowledge of the FAFSA process.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written communication, patience, diplomacy, and a high level of customer service skills.
- Ability to think critically, problem solve and be resourceful.
- Embraces cultural differences and is willing to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Self-motivated individual who has a passion to ensure that program goals, objectives, and tasks are completed in a timely fashion and exceed standards.
- An efficient multi-tasker who demonstrates effective time management and the capacity to meet competing deadlines.
- Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to manage a 1:20 student caseload.
- Strong commitment to the mission of Young Community Developers Inc./100% College Prep and to individuals from diverse populations.
- Continuous commitment to improve occupational knowledge.
- Demonstrate competency with using Microsoft Office Suite, Google platform, Zoom and other technology platforms.
Skills
- Mentorship
- Student Counseling
- Academic Advising
- College Application Assistance
- Enrollment Support
- Workshop Facilitation
- Progress Monitoring
- Financial Aid Guidance
- FAFSA Process Knowledge
- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication Skills
- Written Communication
- Patience
- Diplomacy
- Customer Service
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Resourcefulness
- Cultural Competency
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Self-Motivation
- Time Management
- Multitasking
- Teamwork
- Independent Work
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Platform
- Zoom
- Technology Platforms
Location
- 1201 Mendell St. Francisco, CA
- High School sites
- Virtual Sessions
Work Type
- Full Time
- 40 hours
Experience Level
- 2 years of relevant experience
Education Level
- Minimum of 2 years of college
- B.A./B.S. preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $29.00 - $32.00 per hour
About the Company
- Established in 1973, YCD is a nonprofit organization serving residents of all ages in underserved San Francisco communities.
- YCD's holistic approach provides education, workforce development, and social services to empower residents towards economic mobility and break the cycle of poverty.
- YCD serves approximately 1,200 community members annually through employment and training programs.
- YCD was recognized by Non-Profit Times as one of the top 50 best nonprofits of its size to work for in the United States.
- 100% College Prep Institute (100%) is a college preparatory organization for middle school, high school, and college youth.
- 100% aims to provide underserved students with academic and leadership skills for post-secondary success.
- The 100% approach involves collaboration between staff, students, teachers, counselors, and parents to achieve academic and college goals.
Equal Opportunity
- Young Community Developers is an “at-will” and Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Applicants and employees shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender (including pregnancy and gender expression) identity, color, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.