YBLA seeks Leadership Coach for Young Black Men in High School in Charlotte

The Leadership Coach plays a critical role in the ongoing development of YBLA’s high-achieving high school students. The Leadership Coach provides coaching, direction, instruction, and guidance to young Black men to help them become successful and significant leaders. The Leadership Coach must effectively communicate, engage, challenge, and monitor the participation of the student Ambassadors and parents in a hybrid program model.

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Coaching

• Provide real-time coaching and leadership for young Black men in high school, maintaining a developmentally appropriate balance between challenge and support.
• Responsible for the growth of leadership development in your students.
• Responsible for recruiting, selecting, coaching, and retaining your student caseload.
• Be an active member of YBLA Toastmasters Club to become Toastmaster certified

Instruction

• Facilitate lessons to students following YBLA’s curriculum and programming guides.
• Track the progress and well-being of students.
• Serve as Toastmasters Facilitators.

Communication

• Communicate status and updates to parents.
• Communicate status of students to YBLA Leadership Team.
• Actively monitor communication channels (GroupMe) and engage with students.

Administration

• Track attendance, completion, and participation of students.
• Work with College Advising Team to ensure all students engage and complete all college prep activities.
• Assist with the planning and implementation of meetings, retreats, and mission trips.
• Track and enter data in YBLA processing platform.
• Commitment to being a regular donor of YBLA

Education/Experience

• 2- 4 years professional experience working with young Black men in high school.
• Must be able to develop a relationship with and coach high achieving Black high school boys.
• Must have excellent verbal, written, and virtual communication skills with the ability to collaborate and interact with people across multiple generations.
• Must be a creative problem solver that is proactive, solutions-oriented, focused and attentive to students’ and parents’ needs.
• Must be available to facilitate sessions during the evening and/or on Saturday.
• Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced environment
• Must be flexible and adapt to changing needs and expectations.

Position Requirements:

• Typical work hours:

• Mon-Thurs:1pm-9pm
• Fri: 10am-2pm
• Two Saturdays a month: 9am-3pm

• Ability to work virtually from home (including access to high-speed internet)
• Travel requirements:
• Monthly travel for Saturday meetings in Charlotte
• Travel for weekend retreats, cohort meetings, spring/summer service abroad, work retreats.
• Current passport is a MUST!