Professional Mentor

A committed leadership team and the opportunity to grow with a quickly scaling non-profit.

You’ll be part of a dynamic and supportive national network, with a proven, evidence-based, highly unique model.

A team of talented employees who are passionate about working together to create an extraordinary organization.

Respect for work-life balance. You will work hard, and we expect you to recharge your batteries.

A comprehensive benefit package including three weeks of paid vacation, paid holidays and paid sick leave.

Most of all, you get to be a leader at an exceptional organization that helps children facing incredible odds change their life story every day.

A Friend works intensively with eight (8) children as a positive adult role model to develop a caring, trusting, and sustained relationship with each child. For each child, a Friend will set positive expectations; nurture and promote their strengths, talents, and abilities; help assure physical and emotional well-being; teach life and academic skills; provide enrichment activities; and model responsible behavior. A Friend will fully document activities and participate in an ongoing evaluation process. Friends will work primarily one-on-one with their children. A Friend must also know, understand, honor and support the organization’s mission, vision, values, principles and policies, and be able to clearly articulate the organization’s function.

Spend time with children, one-on-one and in the classroom.

Develop, maintain, and follow a Roadmap or Transition Plan for each child.

Set realistic expectations and goals based on each child’s strengths, talents, abilities and needs.

Teach life skills and healthy habits to contribute both to basic development and learning, and to contribute to building positive self-esteem.

Develop a talent/skill/area of interest with each child to help develop positive self-esteem and experience growing confidence.

Provide enrichment resources and activities which include opportunities for cultural awareness, diversity and community service.

Contribute to children acquiring behavioral management skills, tolerance, respect for others, courtesy, and compassion.

Develop positive relationships with families, teachers and others involved in each child’s life.

Facilitate the development/progress of academic skills and learning.

Model and promote good problem solving and decision-making skills.

Participate in the programming and resources available through the organization, effectively utilizing program resources to meet the needs of each child.

Maintain spending within budgetary guidelines.

Complete, distribute and collect time summaries, activity journals, short term plans, expense reports and evaluation materials accurately and in a timely manner.

Attend and actively participate in team meetings and staff functions.

Provide information and support to development team and related activities as needed.

Fulfill other responsibilities as required.

This is a full-time, exempt position. Due to the nature of a Friend’s role, the work hours are somewhat non-traditional and includes late afternoon and evening work. We recognize that each Friend’s daily work schedule will vary due to the uniqueness of the role and the needs of the individual children being served. Each Friend is expected to exercise appropriate discretion in this regard. During the school year, the general workweek is Tuesday through Saturday, with Sunday and Monday as days off. During the summer, and for spring and winter breaks, many Friends work a standard Monday through Friday workweek. The Program requires that you see each of your assigned children, both in and outside of school, for an average of four hours each week, although how you accomplish that is at your discretion within established Program guidelines.

Associate degree required; bachelor’s degree preferred.

Mentoring experience with children facing systemic barriers.

Three years’ experience working/volunteering with children.