What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer School Student Advisor (July 7, 2025 - August 1, 2025) position at YouthBuild Philly?
Description
Job Title: Summer School Student Advisor
Temporary Position, Duration of Summer School
(July 7, 2025 - August 1, 2025, 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.)
Reports To: Director of Summer School
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Who We Are:
YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is a tuition-free, public charter high school, with a singular focus on supporting youth aged 17-20 who have been pushed out of traditional schools. During our 1-year alternative program, Youthbuild facilitates a warm, loving culture that uses a variety of structures to build community, such as a restorative-justice approach to discipline, weekly community meetings, and school-wide service projects. Students are empowered to attain their high school diploma and vocational certifications, while receiving unconditional support by the staff around them. At YouthBuild, we work intentionally to disrupt the cycle of poverty and support our students to achieve post-secondary success (4-year college, 2-year college, vocational training program, or liveable wage job). Visit https://www.youthbuildphilly.org/ to learn more.
The Opportunity:
The Summer School Student Advisor serves as the primary point-person coordinating and managing barrier removal and support for students during their time in Summer School. Student Advisors assess student barriers and needs, make referrals for appropriate school-based and community-based resources, monitor students’ academic progress, and support students in planning for and transitioning into post-secondary training or employment.
Who You Are:
You are/have…
- Invested in our core values - Respect, Excellence and Perseverance.
- Equity-focused and believe that all students can achieve.
- Passionate about community service and civic engagement.
- Excited to mentor students and support them throughout their time at YouthBuild and beyond.
- Collaborative and dedicated to personal and professional development.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (Master’s degree preferred).
- Three to five years’ experience in case-management, utilizing appropriate principles and techniques.
- Extensive knowledge of local services, supports and community resources available to Philadelphia Youth.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, highly flexible work—often highly intense—work environment.
- Strong commitment to helping young adults succeed in reorienting their lives, nurturing their leadership skills, and enabling them to make a difference in their community.
Requirements
What You’ll Do:
You will…
- Identify and respond to student barriers by completing a needs assessment, goal-setting (action planning), and connecting to resources, while monitoring and documenting progress.
- Attend a one day training the last week in June to prepare for Summer Programming.
- Supervise and advocate for the retention of students through timely interventions to reduce barriers, proactive individual engagement, family engagement and support systems engagement. Common barriers include child care, homelessness, food insecurity, mental health and exposure to trauma; participate in initiatives aimed at improving student retention, graduation rates and overall academic success. Collaborate with colleagues to develop and implement strategies to support students’ progress and engagement.
- Monitor student attendance daily, as well as conduct attendance-follow-ups during school day with students, mentors, teachers and other summer school staff.
- Monitor student academic progress and provide academic guidance, feedback and evaluation.
- Maintain accurate and complete student documentation that include a needs assessment, goal setting (action planning), and case notes, copies of referrals made to community or in school resources and other information as deemed necessary.
- Provide 1:1 student post-secondary planning support and monitoring , ensuring that all students have a solid plan for post-secondary training or employment and have completed all necessary career portfolio steps to successfully execute that plan after summer graduation.
- Support the overall climate and culture of summer school, including but not limited to, the utilization of restorative discipline practices with students, support of leadership development, participation in events, and visits to worksites/internships.
- Perform other duties, as assigned by the Summer School Director or School Principal.
What We Offer You:
- A competitive hourly rate for Summer School of $35.00 per hour.
- 1 hour of sick time per every 40 hours worked.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Strong community support and involvement.
Salary : $35
