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JOB TITLE: High School Bigs Recruitment & Enrollment Specialist

DEPARTMENT: High School Bigs Program

REPORTS TO: Associate Manager, High School Bigs Recruitment & Enrollment

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt, Full-Time, Hourly

MISSION: Creating and supporting mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of the next generation.

VISION: Through mentorship, all youth achieve their full potential.

JOB SUMMARY: Essential to the BBBS brand, the purpose of this position is to ensure department-wide match growth and quality through the leadership of services and delivery. A high-level customer service, focusing on volunteer options and child safety, is to be demonstrated throughout the match process.

This position requires a dynamic, adaptable, and organized sales recruiter focusing on engaging and recruiting Elementary School Students and High School Students for an after school mentoring program with Big Brothers Big Sisters Organization. This position requires an energetic candidate to strategically develop and maintain relationships with academic faculty, staff, and student organizations. You will also provide subject matter expertise to manage brand (BBBS) and image on high school campuses, inform management on recruitment strategy, processes, and data while being the main point of contact (POC) for students. This position is goal driven and has a sales and service mentality with required availability to travel in assigned local territory and be the face of the organization during recruitment efforts. Engaging presentation skills are a must.

This position cultivates prospective new volunteers for the High School Mentoring Program and works to bring back prior year volunteers. Additionally, this position is responsible for ensuring all program launch timelines are met, all volunteers are efficiently screened and matched to ensure the best possible outcome. This position is indirectly responsible for the overall satisfaction of our school partners and manages the recruitment of youth volunteers and youth mentees. This position is also responsible for communicating the vision of BBBSOC in addition to the department goals, outcomes, and processes to outside constituencies.

A successful incumbent will produce positive outcomes in volunteer yield, processing time, and match satisfaction.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research territory to create and execute individual campus strategies for assigned schools to include but not limited to: Events, information sessions, student clubs, organizations.
• Conduct recruitment of elementary and high school students applying sales techniques in order to recruit and enroll students.
• Conduct enrollments (including orientations & interviews), and completion of any other activity required for the enrollment process.
• Professionally communicate organizational and programmatic goals to potential volunteers as well as child safety measures.
• Assess high school students “fit” for all standards, expectations, and safety measures required by BBBSOC.
• Assist matching of volunteers (high school students) to youth mentees (elementary school students) for assigned caseload.
• Identify and eliminate barriers to the enrollment process by being solution focused on all aspects of stakeholder support and school partnership satisfaction.
• Review and follow up with references as necessary for all volunteers.
• Review enrollment queue and conduct informational sessions as necessary to yield increased volunteer interest for all individual school partners.
• Identify new potential partners for volunteers on an as needed basis and facilitate opportunities through high-level stakeholders.
• High degree of collaboration with Program Specialists responsible for facilitating the program of designated caseload and sharing an equal partnership in setting and accomplishing desired goals.
• Facilitate match acceptance and initial meetings as necessary for volunteers and mentees.
• Work closely with ongoing volunteers to further recruitment needs and provide development and fundraising opportunities.
• Cultivate long-term and sustaining relationships with volunteer-rich organizations (i.e., schools, youth volunteer organizations, etc.)
• Track and evaluate recruitment and outreach efforts. Provide weekly progress reports of enrollment activity.
• Work well in a fast paced environment with continuous team collaboration in order to meet programmatic goals and metrics.
• Be part of the site coverage schedule for any needed assistance upon the absence of a team member.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Ability to apply sales techniques to recruitment process
• High level of customer service
• Familiar with Windows XP software & G-Suite applications.
• Must have access to a reliable automobile; valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills reflecting solid customer service both in-person, via the telephone; and high-level interviewing skills.
• Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to connect with youth and high-level stakeholders.
• High level, engaging presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Maintain confidentiality throughout daily operations.
• Excellent attention to detail.

COMPETENCIES

Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and service; talks and acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect; ensures customers feel they have been listened to; establishes credibility quickly.

Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people; builds appropriate rapport; practices active listening; builds constructive and effective relationships; deals effectively with diversity; uses diplomacy and tact; capable of diffusing difficult situations comfortably; manages frustration appropriately; is easy to approach and talk to; spends the extra effort to put others at ease.

Organizational Ability: Can marshal resources to get things done; orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and follows established process.

Result Oriented: Can be counted on to meet goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; steadfastly pushes self and others for results; sets clear objectives and measures process and progress.

Promotes Vision and Mission: Effectively promotes the agency mission and vision, internally, as well as with the broader community.

Innovative Management: Has the ability to bring forward creative ideas and suggestions; always looking for better/more efficient ways to improve process and systems; has a sense about managing the creative process of others; can facilitate and participate effective brainstorming; can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace; is good at bringing the creative ideas of others to market.

Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive and a need to finish; seldom gives up before a project is complete; especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.

Managing Vision and Purpose: Creates and communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; sees beyond today; sees possibilities; is optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally behind the vision; makes the vision sharable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations.

Ability to Prioritize: Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; identifies and acts on critical issues; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates or navigates around roadblocks, creates focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The environmental conditions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Frequent independent travel.
• Routine office environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and required skills. Job Description may be subject to change to meet the needs of the organization.

Your employment with BBBSOCIE is “at will,” meaning that either you or BBBSOCIE may end your employment at any time and with or without cause.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person