Reports to: Youth Program Manager

Status:

40 hours full-time

Starting salary range: $43,000-46,000

Benefits eligible (medical, dental, paid time off)

Project: VISION is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help youth of Chicago’s Greater

Chinatown community achieve their full potential by providing them with tools for educational,

personal, and civic development. PV serves over 350 middle and high school youth each year out of its

two Chinatown youth centers as well as three local school-based sites. We are seeking a

mission-driven, creative, and energetic individual to join our team and serve as a Youth Program

Coordinator within our Middle School Program.

The ideal candidate is committed to our mission and has experience and passion for working with

young people. They are also driven by a growth mindset and thrive in a fast-paced, impact-based work

environment.

The Coordinator’s role will focus on our new School Day Tutoring Program, a pilot initiative focused on

supporting at-risk students at their schools to help them close learning gaps and achieve their academic

goals. The primary responsibilities of the Youth Program Coordinator will include the following:

1. Work with the Youth Program Manager and collaborate with school staff to identify and enroll at-risk

students in grades 4-8, understand their individual needs, and develop an academic support plan to

help each student meet their learning goals

2. Coordinate daily operations of the program within 2-3 local school partners, including scheduling

one-on-one and small group tutoring sessions (coordinating timing and space utilization)

3. Work closely with teachers and other school staff (such as interventionists) to obtain weekly lesson

plans and ensure Tutors have clear plans and appropriate materials to implement sessions effectively

4. Develop enrichment activities (to be implemented by Tutors) that further improve students’

knowledge, deepen understanding and allow them to practice skills in reading and/or math

5. With the support of the Program Manager, recruit, vet (interview), onboard, and supervise a team of

6-8 Tutors

6. Provide ongoing support to the Tutor team via regular team and one-on-one meetings, observations,

and training opportunities that enhance their skills as tutors and mentors

7. Understand the program metrics that need to be captured for program evaluation and support

program evaluation and continuous improvements by:

• Ensuring students’ daily activities are tracked accurately and thoroughly
• Tracking daily student attendance and participation
• Collecting data required, including quarterly grades and standardized test results
• Reporting program data via PV or funder designated tracking and reporting tools

Other responsibilities include:

• Work with the Parent Engagement Coordinator to engage parents with regular communications

• Work with the Case Manager to identify youth who may need additional external services (e.g.

• Attend and actively participate in team meetings
• Attend trainings regularly to stay abreast of best practices in youth programming as well as to

meet funder requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with grades 4-8 youth (ages 10-14) required

• Other qualifications for consideration will be:

o Demonstrated strong interest in a nonprofit career in youth development
o Values alignment with the organization, including commitment to its mission and goals and

the issues of AAPI and immigrant youth and families and the local Chinatown community

o Ability to problem solve, offering ideas and suggestions while working with team members
to overcome challenges

o Self-driven work ethic and resilience as demonstrated by exhibiting ownership of projects,
taking initiative, and able to adapt to shifting priorities and needs of the organization

o Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and capacity to manage multiple projects
and occasional high volume of work with efficiency and without sacrificing quality

o Positive attitude with ability to problem solve in the face of challenges and turn negative
outcomes into learning opportunities

o Comfortability with working independently but also able to work in a team environment and
willing to ask for help when needed

o Strong verbal and written communication skills
o Experience managing others, including providing training, supervision, and feedback to team

members

This position's working hours will likely be 9am-5am or 11am-7pm as needed and will require travel
to school sites twice a week to meet programming needs.

To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to us via email at careers@projectvisionchicago.org.