POSITION: LIFT Part Time Coach (Finance, Education & Employment)
LOCATION: New York
REPORTS TO: Program Manager, Coaching
TIME COMMITMENT: 24-28 hours/week from April 2024 - December 2025
COMPENSATION: $22.00 per hour
FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt, hourly
ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION
LIFT is a national nonprofit on a mission to invest in families to break the cycle of poverty. We believe that racial and gender wealth gaps stem from structural inequities that keep them trapped in a cycle where poverty, like wealth, is passed from generation to generation. At LIFT, we interrupt the generational transmission of poverty by partnering with parents of young children to build well-being, financial strength, and social connections - or as we like to put it, Hope, Money, and Love. LIFT's one-on-one coaching program empowers parents to set and achieve goals that put families on the path toward economic mobility - such as going back to school, improving credit, eliminating debt, or securing a living wage. In addition to coaching, LIFT parents also receive direct cash infusions to reinvest in their families and goals.
LIFT is at an exciting moment in its organizational trajectory. We aim to scale our impact by 1) making continuous improvements to our direct service model, 2) partnering with health care, postsecondary education, early child development, and government organizations to deliver LIFT's model and influence change in those systems, and 3) influencing policy through the amplification of the voices of parents living in poverty on issues impacting their lives and communities. We are looking for team players who thrive in a growth environment of continuous improvement; are committed to LIFT's work to combat intergenerational poverty and expand opportunity for families; and uphold LIFT's values of diversity, equity, excellence, hope, and relationships.
*LIFT operates sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, DC, and New York. Currently, LIFT is operating as a hybrid work environment. Accordingly, this role will be expected to work in the NY office at least two days a week.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The LIFT Coach (Finance, Education & Employment) is responsible for facilitating one-on-one coaching relationships with parents to support them in achieving self-determined career, educational, and financial goals. The LIFT Coach engages parents in goal setting and action planning, monitors parents' progress, and provides accountability and encouragement to parents over time. The LIFT Coach also connects parents to relevant community resources and information, and guides them as they practice new behaviors, actions, and skills necessary to reach goals. Finally, the LIFT Coach will additionally provide support on LIFT's other projects, services, and parent recruitment efforts, as needed.
AS A LIFT COACH, YOU WILL:

• Create a positive, welcoming climate for parents and their families

• Build and maintain positive relationships with parents, partner agency staff members, and the local community
• Provide high-quality coaching to approximately 30 parents to support their achievement of career, educational, and financial goals
• Conduct follow-up research on behalf of parents on topics relevant to their goals
• Participate actively in weekly debriefs with LIFT staff and fellow coaches
• Support in the recruitment of new parents into the program
• Support retention of parents in coaching through regular phone calls and emails
• Provide regular upward feedback to LIFT's Program Team to improve the design and effectiveness of LIFT's coaching program
• Provide short-term resource assistance to parents who are not currently eligible for coaching
• Maintain accurate files/records and document services to parents in LIFT's online case management system
• Maintain confidentiality in all matters regarding the children and families served
• Perform other duties as assigned

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• You are committed to LIFT's mission and demonstrate LIFT's values of equity, diversity, relationships, hope, and excellence
• You collaborate effectively with parents to develop goals and to provide clear feedback about their progress
• You are committed to LIFT's mission and vision
• You are familiar with or have served low-income communities, especially in Harlem or the Bronx.
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• You have excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• You demonstrate a strong attention to detail

• You can work effectively with community partners
• You can work effectively with a diverse population
• You can work well independently and are adaptable to changing environments
• You are interested in exploring both macro and micro social work opportunities
• Highly preferred: You can communicate proficiently in Spanish and/or French.

Don't think you have everything for this role but are still interested? Please don't hesitate to apply. We'd love to hear from you! LIFT believes that diversity in all dimensions of the organization supports and bolsters the innovative thinking essential to its success and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. LIFT's goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of people of color, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in our organization.
WHAT WE OFFER

• Part-time Benefits:

• Generous pro-rated paid-time-off
• Paid wellness weeks: A one-week organization-wide paid week between Christmas and New Year's holidays, and a one-week organization-wide paid week the week of the Independence Day holiday (the end of our fiscal year transition)

TO APPLY
Please visit www.whywelift.org/careers to apply and submit a resume.
Disclaimer:
This is a grant-funded position expected to begin in April 2024 and subject to renewal at the end of the grant period in December 2025.