Overview
The mission of Jubilee Park & Community Center (Jubilee) is to be a catalyst for community revitalization and enrichment in the Southeast Dallas/Fair Park neighborhood. The agency provides free multi-generational services to families living in the 62-block neighborhood of Jubilee Park and surrounding areas, a part of Dallas, which has long been under-resourced. Founded in 1997, Jubilee has grown into a campus, which includes a community center, resource center, Head Start facility, Early Head Start facility, senior housing complex, a Clinic, and a 3-acre park. Jubilee has also worked closely with residents to identify five key pillars that form our work and reflect the community's greatest challenges and opportunities. Those pillars are Education, Opportunity, Housing & Workforce, Health, and Safety.
The Youth Pathways Navigator is a part-time position, responsible for maintaining a safe, engaging, enriching environment conducive to helping middle school and high school students navigate diverse pathways as part of Jubilee’s afterschool and summer camp programs. This position requires excellent relationship building and collaboration skills, superb organizational skills and attention to detail, the ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously, and a commitment to the mission and culture of Jubilee Park. The regular work schedule for this role is Monday – Friday, 2:30pm to 6:30pm, though there may be times when flexing hours to accommodate events may be required. This position reports to the Director of OST Programs. The Youth Pathways Navigator is responsible for the daily implementation of OST programming at their assigned site. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, upkeep of the attendance database system, monitoring program flow and structure, and maintaining relationships with students, school administrators and staff.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design and implementation of the Youth Pathways Program (YPP) along with YPP Manager, YPP Coordinator, Education Coordinator, and Director of OST Programming to meet the needs of students as they plan for the transitions post middle school and post high school.
- Cultivate and steward relationships with students, parents, and campus leadership with a focus on how Jubilee programming is aligned with the school and its curriculum, and how our programming is adding to student opportunities, barrier elimination, and connection to different pathways.
- Maintain a clear and consistent line of communication with program staff, school administration, and students.
- Manage and develop a trusting relationship with a caseload of 5-8 students to support as they navigate their core high school classes, engage in Jubilee’s OST programming as well as other extracurricular activities.
- Assist students in the development of personalized roadmaps that meet their school, career, and personal goals. These may include items such as required middle school classes and high school courses needed to graduate with the appropriate skills needed to access the post-secondary options they wish to explore, and connecting them to existing programs both at Jubilee and within DISD to expand career exposure and reduce the opportunity gap.
- Monitor student behavior on site during program hours and utilize appropriate discipline measures, as necessary.
- Create supply lists for lesson plan activities and source materials (online) and submit purchase requests to Program Director.
- Work in collaboration with Specialized Student Support (S3) Manager to ensure students with additional learning needs are referred to S3 Interventionists and receive additional support in the classroom.
- Participate in professional development and training activities and staff meetings.
- Other duties as assigned by Director of OST Programs.
Qualifications:
- Education: Associate’s degree paired with relevant work experience, or pursuing a Bachelor’s degree.
- 2+ years of experience working in out of school time program setting or in a classroom setting.
- Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with school district staff, public officials, private sector officials, parents and community leaders.
- Bilingual in Spanish, preferred.
- Experience working with diverse populations and ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate sensitivity to others.
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Conduct oneself in a professional manner/demeanor.
Pay: From $17.00 per hour
Education:
Experience:
- working with Middle and/or High School students: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
