Senior Program Lead, Youth Empowerment & Mentoring

Bigsnyc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City seeks a Senior Program Manager, Professional Opportunity Programs to collaborate with Corporate Engagement and deliver one-time skill-building workshops for high school students hosted by corporate partners.

The role includes managing Workplace Mentoring Program cohorts, supervising matches, and coordinating Career Days with schools to expand accessible opportunities for youth across NYC.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group facilitation and public speaking.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator; Experience managing through influence and implementing processes and policies
• Excellent stakeholder management: Experience with building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve goals and advance strategic initiatives
• Experience operating in an innovative environment; Effective change management skills and demonstrated experiencing building and cultivating support from cross-functional stakeholders
• Knowledge of child safety and mandatory reporter protocols, alignment with an asset-based approach to supporting young people and volunteers
• Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Adaptable and flexible; strong critical thinking and situational judgment; ability to build relationships; Strong administrative and organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide match support to a caseload of up to 4-5 Workplace Mentoring Program Cohorts to achieve mutually successful mentoring experiences.
• Provide on-going phone, email, and in-person supervision and support to mentors, mentees, and parents/guardians
• Monitor closely for safety, program compliance, goal achievement, and program satisfaction; immediately address and resolve issues that may arise.
• Advocate for youth and families by providing referrals, crisis intervention, and other additional resources.
• Effectively collect all required evaluation tools and monitor all progress of match success.
• Conduct family/Littles/Bigs interviews (virtual or in-person) as required. This includes writing assessments and collecting supporting information from collaborating agencies, schools, etc. to determine disposition based on eligibility, needs, goals, and/or acceptance for agency services.
• Conduct match meetings as required to support program needs.
• Other duties as assigned.
• In collaboration with the Corporate Engagement team, locally and nationally, coordinate all aspects of Professional Opportunity Days as they are confirmed by corporate partners.
• Advertise Professional Opportunity Days and Skills for Success workshops to school partners and secure a school for each scheduled.
• Lead Program Manager outreach to school partners to gather information about Career Days scheduled throughout the school year.
• Support school coordinators with meeting recruitment goals and gathering consent forms from all participants.
• Prepare workshop agendas and materials, adjusting the curriculum as needed to meet the requests of corporate and school partners.
• Manage program logistics, including student transportation and security measures.
• Complete all post-event documentation and data entry.
• With Associate Director, develop strategy for meeting departmental goals for youth served through Professional Opportunity Programs.
• Lead development of new Professional Opportunity Program curriculum and marketing materials.

Skills

Public speaking

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Change management

Child safety protocols

DEI commitment

Administrative/organizational skills

Job description

Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City seeks a Senior Program Manager, Professional Opportunity Programs to collaborate with Corporate Engagement and deliver one-time skill-building workshops for high school students hosted by corporate partners.

The role includes managing Workplace Mentoring Program cohorts, supervising matches, and coordinating Career Days with schools to expand accessible opportunities for youth across NYC.