Corps for a Change Program Manager

Organizational Summary

Colorado Youth for a Change (CYC) is an educational nonprofit organization with a statewide scope. CYC addresses barriers to learning by providing individualized support throughout pivotal stages of students' education journeys. We provide a continuum of services from kindergarten through high school to help students find success through tutoring, case management, and outreach to help in-school youth remain in school or out-of-school youth return to school. We envision an equitable education system where each student has access to resources they need to maximize their own learning and growth. CYC’s organizational values are growth, integrity, community, and systemic transformation.

Program Overview

CYC started Corps for a Change (C4C) in 2015 to increase preventative programming within the organization, with a focus on providing one-on-one support to middle and high school students. Corps for a Change is an AmeriCorps program that supports students by addressing barriers to learning and helping students increase a sense of belonging at school and in their community. The Corps for a Change program places caring, service driven members in schools to support students, helping them navigate academic and non-academic needs, with an emphasis on connecting students to mental health resources.

In 2024, Corps for a Change became a part of the Youth Mental Health Corps. The Youth Mental Health Corps is a collaborative initiative that supports youth mental health in schools and communities while giving young adults on-ramps into behavioral health careers.

Position Summary

The Corps for a Change Program Manager is responsible for cultivating a strong Corps for a Change program culture that is fully integrated into CYC’s culture and identity. This position is the C4C point person both externally and internally. The C4C Program Manager guides the direction of the program while ensuring the detailed nuances of C4C funding regulations are met with thoroughness and integrity at every step. The C4C Program Manager is responsible for ensuring CYC/C4C mission alignment, supervising Corps for a Change Coordinators, coordinating and facilitating monthly member meetings, program reporting, school site and member recruitment, and supporting the annual grant reapplication process. The C4C Program Manager is responsible for ensuring successful partnership with Aurora Community College and managing member outcomes around the Behavioral Health Assistant credential progress and attainment. The main function of this position is to ensure CYC operates a successful Corps for a Change program – investing in the systems and service culture for the long-term growth of the partnership, while ensuring 100% administrative compliance. This position is full-time, Denver-based, with a salary of $60,000 annually with benefits.

Essential Functions

Member Support

• Manage member onboarding, including communication with incoming members.
• Ensure incoming members complete applications to Community College of Aurora and financial aid.
• Communicate all program policies to members and ensure policies are followed with integrity.
• Encourage a culture of service amongst members and reinforce C4C identity.
• Ensure that members implement the Corps for a Change model with fidelity.
• Develop and facilitate virtual and inperson C4C member orientation, monthly inperson team meetings and any applicable additional training/professional development throughout the service term.
• Provide member resources and support around mental health.
• Engage alumni and current members in recruitment efforts.
  
  

Personnel Management

• Supervise, mentor, and support Corps for a Change Coordinators.
• Provide ongoing professional development and training opportunities for Corps for Change Coordinators.
• Complete annual evaluations for Corps for a Change Coordinators and support goal progress throughout the year.
• Facilitate inperson weekly team meetings.
• With the assistance of Human Resources and CYC Leadership, carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
  
  

Program Management

• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders to support a strong partnership with Youth Mental Health Corps; these include Serve Colorado, Community College of Aurora, Schultz Family Foundation, and other participating Colorado programs.
• Ensure that all program goals are ontrack and that contracted goals are met.
• Develop and manage tools and data systems to ensure effective program strategies.
• Manage service site recruitment, including facilitating a Site Supervisor training, as well as ongoing service site communication and relationship building.
• Liaise with Serve Colorado program officer.
• Attend Serve Colorado and Corporation for National Community Service trainings/events.
• Continually improve and update comprehensive C4C policies & procedures manual.
• Consistently gather and report on programmatic data utilizing CYC database and assessment tools.
• In collaboration with C4C Program Coordinators, ensure successful completion of midyear and endofyear member evaluations.
• Ensure CYC and AmeriCorps branding and gear are visible across all sites.
• Work collaboratively with other CYC Program Managers, CYC Recruitment team, Site Supervisors, and school staff to provide cohesive services among the programs.
• Create and manage the schedule of classes for the Behavioral Health Assistant credential and ensure credential attainment for 40 AmeriCorps members.
• Manage member timesheet information and ensure accurate tracking of member service hours.
• Facilitate restorative conversations with staff, members, and sites as needed.
• Support monitoring visits and communication with Serve Colorado.
• Support grant applications and donor requests for data and information about the program.
  
  

Commitment to Organizational Culture and Values

• Commit to operate within a framework that centers CYC’s organizational values of growth, integrity, community, and systemic transformation.
• Actively participate on CYC’s management team providing input and support on the organization’s strategic direction.
• Contribute to an inclusive and equitable work environment and provide inclusive and equitable services to the community. This includes demonstrating:
• A commitment to learn and engage in antioppression trainings and conversations; including a willingness to unpack personal biases and identities.
• The ability to put antioppression framework into practice within specific role at CYC; including a willingness to interrupt systems of oppression to create more equitable, inclusive environments for staff, AmeriCorps members, and students.
• The ability to cultivate inclusive and equitable relationships with students, staff, AmeriCorps members, and community members with varied identities and life experiences.
• A desire to share the organizational responsibility of creating an environment that supports antioppression accountability.
• Supporting and evaluating your team to develop and meet goals around antioppression work.
  
  

Other Duties

• Attend and participate in staff meetings as required.
• Speak on behalf of the organization when appropriate.
• Attend relevant community and school meetings and events.
• Run errands as needed using personal transportation.
• Perform other duties, responsibilities, and special projects as assigned.
• Support CYC fundraising and storytelling efforts when applicable.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong understanding of current mental health resources and best practices.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Work independently and remain organized in multiple settings.
• Experience with and dedication to engage students, AmeriCorps members, and staff across social identities and life experiences.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Word and Excel with an emphasis on the ability to create spreadsheets and tables in order to capture data.
• Work collaboratively with internal staff and external partners.
• Contribute to a positive morale.
• Support strategic thinking and direction of the organization.
• Manage and supervise team to deliver highquality services while fostering organizational culture.
• A passionate and committed belief that students deserve access to quality education resources and support.
• Appreciation of clear and appropriate boundaries with youth, AmeriCorps members, and staff.
• Dependable transportation and being insurable as a driver on the auto liability policy of Colorado Youth for a Change.
  
  

Benefits

• Three weeks of paid vacation per year
• 9 days of paid sick time per year
• Paid winter and spring breaks every year
• Employee premiums for medical and dental insurance paid by CYC
• Retirement plan with CYC matching up to 3%
• Company paid parking
• Plus other great benefits!
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience, that must include 2 years minimum of the following:
• Program management experience.
• Supervisory experience.
• Facilitation and training experience.
• Experience working with AmeriCorps programs preferred.