JOB SUMMARY

The Coordinator Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection (HWSC) Program oversees the delivery and facilitation of academic and career enrichment, planning, and support. This position is responsible for relationship management activities to enhance the reputation and success of the HWSC program. This position acts as a team leader.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Educate, coach and make recommendations to regional management on HWSC policies, procedures and programs to ensure compliance to the model and to meet regional program goals.
• Develop new partner relationships while maintaining existing ones (both internal and external) to support HWSC programming and student opportunities.
• Establish and cultivate relationships with employers and community associations to expand career development opportunities for HWSC students such as job shadowing, internships, and pre-apprentice skilled trades training.
• Oversee and implement post-secondary, academic, employment programming and military opportunity exposure within the region in a manner that actively engages and inspires students.
• Conduct employee training and lead projects.
• Hire, onboard, and orient direct reports.
• Enter data into the HWSC database ETO, pull reports, and identify risks or concerns relating to individual student or student trends relating to academic, employment, college, career, post- secondary activities and student transitions from middle school to high school to graduation, college, or career.
• Manage assigned budget where applicable and ensure costs are within program parameters.
• Solicit input and proactively evaluate business, program and youth needs.
• YETA (Program-wide) : Deliver Youth Employment Train the Trainer Training and certification.
• Beyond the Bell (Regional) : Oversee effective delivery and implementation of after school programming and services as assigned.
• Senior Satellite (Regional) : Oversee delivery and implementation of senior satellite services.
• Post-Secondary preparation (Regional) : Prepare students transitioning from high school to the multiple pathways after graduation.
• While this job description covers many aspects of the role, employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Human Services, Business or related field required.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in human services, childhood or youth development, student mentoring, workforce development, coaching adolescent youth, or related field required.
• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience required.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Unrestricted, valid NYS driver’s license for minimum of 1 year with a clean driving record and minimum insurance coverage that meets agency standards.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

In addition to demonstrating the Hillside Professional Competencies of Communicates Effectively, Personal Excellence, Cultural Competence, Builds and Leverages Relationships, Optimizes Decision Making, Builds Talent and Engagement, Manages Change, Fosters Accountability and Results, the following occupational competencies must be demonstrated:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply services from employment, college, career, post-secondary activities and student transitions for youth.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply theoretical and practical adolescent development and positive youth development and to recognize the signs and symptoms of students heading at risk (decisions, patterns of behavior, negative peer relationships) and ability to address with appropriate interventions for student.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply state high school graduation requirements and local school-specific requirements, as well as post-secondary planning processes (FASFA, SAT, ACT and Accuplacer testing, college applications).
• Knowledge of best practices and emerging trends related youth development, work force development, job seeker resources and support.
• Knowledge of and proficiency with software applications and ability to learn new applications (internet, ETO, Parent Connect, Microsoft Office) to track and accurately record all interactions and activities.
• Ability to facilitate a group with challenging issues, define their goals more precisely, and come to an agreement more swiftly and confidently.

LEADERSHIP DUTIES

• Leadership: Communicates, supports and links Hillside mission, vision, values, goals, and strategies to everyday work and establishes clear, meaningful, challenging, and attainable objectives and expectations that are aligned with those of the organization.
• Management: Aligns the right work with the right people; delegates tasks according to people’s strengths and interests. Ensures staff has the skills and resources to be successful. Provides staff with coaching, training and opportunities for growth to improve their skills. Treats staff fairly and consistently. Shares accountability when delegating and involves staff in setting their performance goals.
• Governance: Ensures Hillside policies, procedures and all applicable governmental laws/regulations/guidelines are followed. Makes decisions and has authority to implement decisions in conjunction with the leadership structure of the given area of responsibility.

In addition to demonstrating the Hillside Professional Competencies of Communicates Effectively, Personal Excellence, Cultural Competence, Builds and Leverages Relationships, Optimizes Decision Making, Builds Talent and Engagement, Manages Change, Fosters Accountability and Results, the following occupational competencies must be demonstrated:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply services from employment, college, career, post-secondary activities and student transitions for youth.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply theoretical and practical adolescent development and positive youth development and to recognize the signs and symptoms of students heading at risk (decisions, patterns of behavior, negative peer relationships) and ability to address with appropriate interventions for student.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply state high school graduation requirements and local school-specific requirements, as well as post-secondary planning processes (FASFA, SAT, ACT and Accuplacer testing, college applications).
• Knowledge of best practices and emerging trends related youth development, work force development, job seeker resources and support.
• Knowledge of and proficiency with software applications and ability to learn new applications (internet, ETO, Parent Connect, Microsoft Office) to track and accurately record all interactions and activities.
• Ability to facilitate a group with challenging issues, define their goals more precisely, and come to an agreement more swiftly and confidently

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to work a variable scheduling including evenings and weekends
• Must be able to drive to and from multiple work/school sites during your work shift
• The following physical demands are required:
• Occasional sitting (up to 4 hours)
• Occasional standing (up to 1 hour)
• Occasional walking (up to 2.5 hours)
• Occasional driving (up to 8 hours)
• Continuous balancing (up to 8 hours)
• Occasional balancing, bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, reaching forward or down, reaching overhead, running, and twisting (up to 2.5 hours)
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. (staff may be required to move and lift desks, set up tables, large screens, backdrops, etc.), 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis
• Carrying up to 55 lbs. approximately 10-100 ft., 10-15 lbs. on a daily basis
• Manual dexterity is required, including the frequent ability to grasp in both hands and continuous use of fine manipulation skills in both hands (approximately 1-2.5 hrs.)
• Occasional exposure to dust, fumes, gases or chemicals is apparent.
• Protective clothing or equipment required: Close toed shoes; Protective Shields, Universal Precaution PPE, Gloves for toileting and food preparation
• Ability to change positions as neede