Youth Empowerment Coordinator

Passionate and creative youth worker needed

The Urban League is seeking a passionate and creative youth worker to join our team and help our young people realize their full potential. Our team of school-based Youth Empowerment Coordinators provide academic tutoring, college and career readiness, leadership development, and other enrichment programming at 11 middle schools through the Madison area. We offer competitive pay, full benefits, a great professional growth opportunity, and SUMMERS OFF
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We offer an excellent benefits package that includes generous paid time off in the form of vacation time, paid sick time, and paid holidays. In addition, we offer family health insurance plans (85% of premium covered by ULGM for individual or family plan!), a flexible spending plan, life and disability insurance, and optional dental and vision plans.

The purpose of the Urban League of Greater Madison’s Youth Empowerment Programming is to improve the academic performance, college & career readiness, and leadership skills of at‑risk students, especially economically disadvantaged students of color. The core component of programming is one‑on‑one and small group tutoring so that students enter high school well prepared for Algebra and other college preparatory subjects. Programming also includes various college and career exploration, work readiness, and leadership development activities.

• Work individually and as part of a team to recruit, screen, and place volunteer and work‑study tutors.
• Assist with the planning and implementation of tutor training events.
• Ensure that all tutors placed at your site receive proper orientation and training.
• Match volunteer and work study tutors one‑on‑one (or in small groups as appropriate) during the school day and after school based on the tutor’s area of academic strength and the student’s academic need(s).
• Provide direct academic tutoring to a standing caseload of students.
• Maintain site specific program database, complete monthly, annual, and other reports as required by supervisor, and distribute and collect program surveys.
• Provide ongoing support of tutors and monitor tutor‑tutee matches, including providing troubleshooting or other necessary feedback.
• Hold monthly or bi‑monthly support meetings with tutors. Disseminate updates, best‑practice information, and/or new training/supplemental resources to tutors through newsletters, email, web portal, etc.
• Ensure that the efforts of tutors are adequately recognized.
• Publicize tutoring services that are available to teachers, parents, and others as appropriate.
• Meet at least once per month with school Principal, Assistant Principal, or Principal’s designee to discuss any concerns or issues and maintain an effective work plan for meeting student needs.
• Create and maintain a system for sharing information among school staff and other key service providers about students being assisted and the services they are receiving.

• Host or co‑host homework clubs at least 2 days per week in collaboration with your assigned school and/or with MSCR.
• Provide instruction and ongoing support for tutors placed into after school settings.
• Organize and implement additional after school youth development programming, including:
  • Weekly after school clubs focused on college and career awareness
  • Weekly after school clubs focused on community service and leadership development
• Recruit students to participate in after school opportunities with a focus on consistent attendance.
• Complete all necessary attendance, surveys, and other documentation as required for reporting on all activities conducted during after school.
• Help to plan, support, and/or lead groups of youth to participate in various ULGM one‑time and short‑term out of school time youth development events/activities, including:
  • Annual MLK Day Youth Call to Service
  • My Brother’s Keeper Spring Break Game Design & Coding Day
  • Annual STEAM Camp
  • Other events/activities as needed
  • Youth Leadership Development Responsibilities

Youth Leadership Development Responsibilities

• Organize and…