[YEP-DC] JOB Opportunities at BUILD Metro DC

BUILD METRO DC (www.build.org) is currently looking for motivated professionals to join our team. We are hiring for  the following positions:

1) Youth Business Program Manager

2)  PART-TIME College Readiness Assistant

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume to nationalcapitalcareers@build.org.  In your cover letter, please include your salary requirements and how you learned about this position. Full details for the positions are below and on our website at http://build.org/dcjobs

Organization Profile:

Founded in 1999, BUILD's mission is to use entrepreneurship to excite and propel disengaged, low-income students through high school to college success.  We believe that the power of student ideas in action drives youth to reach their fullest potential in school and beyond.  Our four-year high school program offers a unique blend of entrepreneurship, academics, and personal support that attracts and motivates many students who are otherwise at high risk of failing classes and dropping out of high school. 

Our students develop their own business ideas, write business plans, pitch to funders, and launch real businesses.  This real-world business experience makes school relevant and motivates them to succeed.  To help them become college-eligible, students also receive individualized academic support and advising for their school-work and college planning.

BUILD currently serves over 1,000 high school students at programs located in East Palo Alto and Oakland, CA; Washington DC; and Boston, MA.  For more information, see: www.build.org. Check us out on the news here

 

Youth Business Program Manager 

Position Summary:

BUILD DC is looking for a dynamic, motivated, and entrepreneurial employee to fill an opening for their Business Program Manager (BPM) role. The BPM takes an innately creative and energetic student population and exposes them to the business acumen that bolsters success in collegiate pursuits. While helping bridge the gap between entrepreneurship and academics this motivational/relational position ensures that all BUILD sophomores (E2) and juniors (E3) acquire entrepreneurial, project management and life skills through their participation in the Youth Business Incubator. Reporting to the Metro DC Site Director, BPM runs daily incubator sessions, ensures student results by retaining students and mentors, delivers the business curriculum to meet benchmarks, and diligently manages individual youth entrepreneurs and student business teams to outcomes. This position is at the heart of student retention within the site.

 

Position Responsibilities:

 BUILDing a motivated student body:

• Motivate attendance to the Business Incubator by actively developing and maintaining relationships with BUILD students who balance BUILD with their sophomore and junior years of high school
• Consistently demonstrating and fostering warm, empathetic and respectful relationships while creating a culture of high expectations with students
• Manage the Youth Business Incubator (4pm-7pm Monday-Thursday) and create a competitive and stimulating environment for students and their mentors
• Facilitate curriculum on various business topics and be able to adjust said curriculum based on the needs of your student population in order to hit programmatic outcomes

Program Management and Development:

• Oversee team progress and management of student business team bank accounts
• Lead the planning and implementation of 3 annual student events that range from expositions to sales bazaars
• Collect and analyze data in order to make recommendations to enhance program for current and future years
• Manage Incubator budget 

      External relationship BUILDer:

• Recruit, train and maintain relationships with volunteer business professionals who serve as mentors for the student community
• Create partnership with volunteer cohort that encourages honest dialogue and feedback that leads to enhanced student performance
• Cultivate relationships and communicate with family, school, and community stakeholders as necessary to further individual student successes 

     Site Team Member:

• Be a part of a dynamic team that works together to create a warm and engaging environment for the student population
• Actively collaborate with a 5 member site team to provide energetic and holistic support for all incubator students and ensure successful execution of the Incubator program
• Work alongside Business Program Managers across sites to share best practices, maintain consistency of outcomes, and suggest program improvements
• Support colleagues, students, and programming across site program areas

 

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Minimum 3 years experience working with under-resourced youth and managing programs/projects with proven track record of successful relationships and program impact
• Strong track record as a youth facilitator that thrives in non-traditional classroom setting 

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following competencies through a combination of previous education/work experiences:

• Initiative—proactively creates and/or follows through on new ideas and strategies
• Project Management—identifies the steps of a project, sets appropriate deadlines, identifies required participants, and holds self and others accountable to outcomes and deadlines
• Quantitative Analysis—reviews quantitative data sets in order to recognize patterns, identify additional information or data needed, and draw conclusions
• Communication—utilizes verbal and written skills to effectively communicate a message particular to an audience and to meet relevant goals, using clear, concise, appropriate, and grammatically correct language
• Problem Solving—identifies and/or anticipates a problem, analyzes the situation, offers an appropriate range of recommended solutions, and when appropriate, decides on and implements course of action
• Group/Team Facilitation—helps a group define and/or achieve its goals and objectives through guiding an engaging and inclusive process to reach conclusion

 PART-TIME College Readiness Assistant 

Position Summary:Reporting to the College Readiness Program Manager, the College Readiness Assistant  (CRA) ensures that BUILD students receive the core components of our academic program.  CRA will play instrumental role in assisting with the implementation of the after school component of our program, the Academic and Business "Incubator."

The CRPM and CRA work together to achieve to primary goals:

1)    Ensure all  BUILD students get the academic supports and counseling to ensure they are on track to graduate from high school and will be eligible-and-competitive for college; and

2)    Ensure all BUILD students acquire the requisite academic, life, and entrepreneurial skills through their participation in the BUILD program during their high school years.

The CRA ensures BUILD students consistently improve their executive functioning skills (planning, working memory, attention, problem solving, verbal reasoning, multi-tasking, etc.) to ensure they are competitive for college and able to succeed upon enrollment. Additionally, the CRA will work with the CRPM to collaborate all program areas and weave in benchmarks in all four years of the program in order to ensure college success.

Position Responsibilities:

• Student relationships:
• Develop and maintain relationships with BUILD students by demonstrating compassion, respect, and high expectations
• Program implementation:
• Responsible for collecting and analyzing program evaluation  and student outcome data to  make program recommendations for current and future program years.
• Manage academic data and compile regular reports to illustrate student progress
• Assist management efforts to increase student family engagement through various communications efforts
• Assist in managing Incubator (Monday-Thursday) and create a safe, structured and fun environment for students, tutors and mentors
• Support the transition of the students into their senior year college ready
• Support the planning and execution all annual events, such as college Trips, Launch Camps and BUILD Graduation
• Collect and analyze program evaluation data and make program recommendations for current and future program years.
• Provide event planning and logistical assistance for site-based affairs
• Assist Site staff with expense reimbursement and credit card reconciliation processes, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete submission of information and documentation
• Perform administrative and other duties as assigned
• Support CRPM with researching  scholarships and post-secondary options 

Candidate Requirements:

·         Bachelor's Degree required

·         Minimum 2 years experience working with under-resourced youth and managing programs/projects with proven track record of successful relationships and program impact

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following competencies through a combination of previous education/work experiences:

·         Project Management—identifies all the necessary steps of a project [thoroughly thinks through and plans for every component of the project], sets appropriate deadlines, moves seamlessly between prioritized tasks, identifies required participants, and holds self and others accountable to outcomes and deadlines

·         Quantitative Analysis—collets and reviews quantitative data sets in order to recognize patterns, identifies additional information or data needed, and draw conclusions

Alia G. Peera

Site Director, Metro DC 

BUILD Metro DC // 645 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 3rd Floor // Washington, DC 20003

w: (202) 506-4843  // c: (202) 441-3081// f: (202) 204-1398

apeera@build.org// www.build.org // main line: 202-506-6623

 

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BUILD is a 4-year college preparation program whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to excite and propel disengaged, low-income students through high school to college success.  

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