Program Director ARCHES Brownsville & Bedford Stuyvesant

Job Description

Job Description

Title:Program Director: ARCHES Brownsville & Bedford Stuyvesant

Reports To: Vice President of Justice Initiatives

Location: 1709 St. Mark's Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233 and 1958 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233

Hours: 35 Hours/Week; Exempt

Salary: $61,000-$65,000 / Year

JOB SUMMARY: The Program Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day operations for 2 ARCHES sites. ARCHES is an innovative, curriculum-based group mentoring intervention that helps young adults between the ages of 16-24 and on probation transform attitudes and behaviors that have led to criminal activity.

Major Duties:

• Supervise implementation of Arches Program consistent with contractual mandates, standards and procedures set by GSS and Department of Probation (DOP)
• Create opportunities for participants to maximize their potential through engaging programming, high expectations, and quality services
• Develop and implement processes that ensure integration of participant feedback in program planning
• Recruit, screen, hire and supervise Mentors.
• Ensure program utilization meets contractual goals
• Coordinate DOP technical assistance
• Ensure that staff participate in all required DOP meetings
• Ensure that mentoring groups maintain proper mentor/young adult ratios and fidelity to the Arches model
• Schedule weekly mentoring groups and individual one-on-one secessions with mentees
• Lead case conferences & staff meetings
• Develop on-call schedule
• Serve as liaison with DOP, having at minimum weekly contact with Probation Officers
• Complete and provide narrative and statistical reports to Good Shepherd administrative departments and public funders as needed.
• Monitor and manage program budget
• Ensure proper staff usage of internal and external databases
• Participate in agency work groups and committees.
• Represent Good Shepherd Services at relevant external meetings.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS in related field preferred.
• Prior supervisory experience
• Solid understanding of youth development principals and education.
• Experience and comfort working with court-involved young adults
• Ability to work from a strength-based, non- judgmental approach
• Solid group work skills, familiarity with cognitive-behavioral interventions, and/or evidence-based practice, preferred
• Proficiency using word processing, spreadsheet and databases
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, oral and written communication skills.
• Must be available to work flexible, non-traditional schedule, which in addition to weekdays may include emergency on-call and weekend hours
• Sense of humor a plus