Partnerships and Program Facilitator

Position: Site Based Partnership and Program Facilitator

• Lake County, IL FLSA Classification: Exempt Reporting Relationship: Director of Site Based Programs Salary Range: $45K - $47K Benefits: BBBS offers a competitive benefits package which includes Health and Dental coverage, Vision, Critical Illness, Accidental coverage, Voluntary and Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability, Flexible Spending Account, and a matching 401K retirement plan. ABOUT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO CHICAGO (BBBSChi): BBBSChi’S Mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. BBBSChi’S Vision is that all youth achieve their full potential. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago is an affiliate of the nation’s largest donor-and volunteer-supported mentoring network. We provide high quality mentoring services to thousands of children and their families across Cook, Du. Page and Lake Counties in both Illinois and Indiana. Big Brothers Big Sisters carefully matches children (“Littles”) with caring, screened and trained adult mentors (“Bigs”). Throughout the course of their mentoring relationship (“match”), we monitor and support the match, providing safety and quality measures, as well as outcome-based activity ideas and goals. Learn more at www.BBBSCHGO.org . BBBSChi’s Core Value is that we deeply believe Access, Belonging, and Opportunity is paramount and fundamental to BBBSChi’s success. We all work to build and maintain a positive work environment for our staff, volunteers, and program participants. It is our belief that every staff member should embrace these principles in the decision-making process. Therefore, we fully expect the ideal candidate will carry out their function with these core values in mind and treat everyone respectfully and fairly.

Position Summary

The Site Based Partnerships Facilitator reports to the Director of Site Based Programs, while closely collaborating with the Director of Lake County and builds connections with program partners to create the best 1:1 developmental relationship. This position manages a portfolio of 8-12 site-based program partnerships across BBBSChi Service Area (with a focus on Lake County, IL) with schools, institutions, and corporations and serves as the primary point of contact.

The Site Based Partnerships Facilitator builds connections with key contacts at partner organizations to create rewarding program experiences for volunteers and youth. This includes recruitment of volunteers to serve as mentors and youth for individual programs as well as planning and facilitating fun, developmental activities during program sessions.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervision responsibility. Primary Responsibilities:

• Recruit potential volunteers and youth for 8-12 site-based programs by engaging partners, conducting informational meetings, and being an on-site resource to ensure that programs are running at capacity with maximum engagement and participation.
• Oversee all logistics, content, and budgets for program sessions, including evening and weekend commitments.
• Provide regular reports to program partners to ensure that programs are filled and volunteer and youth participants are fully engaged in program activities and relationship building.
• Develop and maintain on-going relationships between school staff and administration, designated corporate partners and BBBSChi, including regular communication and problem-solving.
• Lead orientations and training sessions for volunteer mentors, parents, and youth.
• Conduct Match Introduction Meetings and activate all new matches.
• Develop group and one-on-one projects/activities for mentoring programs and provide on-site support and facilitation during mentoring sessions to develop match relationships, including strategic interventions that strengthen match relationships.
• Provide and promote a safe environment for all children involved in the mentoring program, including, but not limited to, reporting/documenting unusual incidents where the safety of a child may be threatened.
• Support in developing a Standard Report for each program year, including development of an action plan for improving program for the following fiscal year.
• Participate in committees to update paperwork, policies, and/or procedures and contribute to team projects.
• Provide friendly, approachable customer service, and represent the Agency and our mission in a professional and positive manner.
• Provide documentation in agency database system that reflects accurate, timely, and descriptive support given/offered to mentor and mentee. Documentation includes, but is not limited to; match descriptions, program attendance, match introduction meetings, and match participation.
• Other duties as assigned.