Student & Partner Success Coordinator

Description

Christ the King Corporate Work Study Overview

Christ the King Jesuit College Prep, through the Cristo Rey Network model, provides a college preparatory education to high school students from under resourced communities on Chicago’s West Side. At CTK, we prepare students to achieve their fullest potential through the integration of academics, work experience, extracurricular activities, and service. We are proud that, the 15 years CTK has been open, 100% of CTK graduates have been accepted to college.

Through the Corporate Work Study Program, all CTK students work 5 days per month at a leading Chicago area company. The wages students earn through their jobs fund a substantial portion of the cost of their education - making quality, college prep education possible for students who otherwise would not have access. The resulting work experience, career exploration, mentorship, and networking students gain is invaluable in positioning them to succeed in college and beyond.

Job Summary – Student & Partner Success Coordinator

Reporting to the Director of Student and Partner Success, the Student and Partner Success Coordinator supports students in their educational development and growth as career‑ready young professionals. The Coordinator oversees a portfolio of student work study placements and is responsible for both student learning outcomes as well as corporate partner retention. Through the development of high impact relationships with students, partners, and families, the Coordinator facilitates student learning and job performance success as well as the success of corporate partners in employing CTK students.

The Coordinator helps students develop and maintain a growth mindset as it pertains to work and utilizes regular performance feedback to help students continuously grow in their work. The Coordinator helps students make meaning of their work experience, understand the opportunities available through work, and connect their work experiences to their future college and career goals. Similarly, the Coordinator receives regular feedback from students on their work placements and works with corporate partners to continuously grow and improve their work with students with the goal of developing partnerships that are successful for both CTK students and our corporate partners.

The Coordinator facilitates job setup and orientation with corporate partners and students, manages student performance, identifies and implements strategies for continuous improvement, responds and facilitates resolutions to student, partner, and family concerns, recognizes student and partner accomplishments, and supports the operation of the CWSP program.

• Meet regularly with an assigned portfolio of students to build rapport and support students in their work placements.
• Facilitate students in building and maintaining a mindset of growth, continuously setting and evaluating their progress toward goals.
• Identify and support students in navigating workplace challenges.
• Foster student mastery of career readiness skills, identifying gaps within specific students and supporting supervisors in differentiating their support.
• Identify responsive and age‑appropriate onsite interventions which support the success of students in their workplaces, collaborating as necessary with the Student Development Coordinator.
• Serve as the liaison between student, partner, and family.
• Help students understand that school policies such as behavior expectations, dress code, and attendance contribute to their success at work.
• Address and enforce all school policies with an emphasis on ensuring students meet CTK expectations and present their best selves at work.
• Collaborate with the Career Readiness team in facilitating an education focused reemployment program for students who have been terminated from CWSP jobs along with managing students through the reemployment process.
• Coordinate and assist in the formation of student teams and job assignments based on student and business partner requests, student skills and personality assessments, sponsor job descriptions, personal knowledge of the jobs, and…