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Director, College & Career Success
Brotherhood CrusadeLos Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 May 2025
About the role
The Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1968 to enrich the lives of youth, seniors, homeless populations, economically disadvantaged families, and under-served individuals in South Los Angeles by providing and facilitating a variety of essential educational services, social services, cultural activities, vocational opportunities and economic empowerment opportunities.
Brotherhood Crusade envisions a South Los Angeles devoid of health disparities, disenfranchisement, and poverty- associated adverse public health conditions. We believe that South Los Angeles can be a safe, thriving, culturally relevant, and inclusive community that provides all residents equitable access to human and social services and continually improves their quality of life. Our mission is to remove and/or help individuals overcome the barriers that deter their pursuit of success in life; effectuate academic and vocational success; provide opportunities for personal, social, and economic growth; promote access to artistic excellence and cultural awareness; increase financial literacy; facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life; and promote health and safety.
SUMMARY The College & Career Success Program Director will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of the South Los Angeles Youth WorkSource Center college access program. The position will develop and establish a post-secondary program including the outreach, recruitment, teaching and providing provision of services to a cohort of students and parents with college awareness advising sessions, workshops, and/or events on a weekly basis. The goal of the South Los Angeles Youth WorkSource Center is to provide services to youth who are engaged in improving their life by developing social and vocational skills that lead to self-reliance and subsequently advance their career objectives. The College & Career Success Program Director will work with the Youth WorkSource Leadership team to develop collaborative efforts that directly establish and instruct appropriate curriculum in partnership with employers and workforce training institutions. This position guides the work of staff that assist youth in achieving their individual employment and college plans as it relates to their readiness to succeed in college, interviews, internships and job placement. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS● Motivate, Inspire and have vision ● Strategize implementation and plan for achieving outcomes as required by various grants and Brotherhood Crusade● Develop measures for bench-marking achievement of milestones and progress indicators along the way ● Foster collaboration opportunities with community partners ● Identify and develop quality programming to meet the needs of the community ● Daily troubleshooting and problem solving ● Provide regular outcome and evaluation reports as requested ● Prepare reports for Brotherhood Crusade senior management ● Establish effective relationships with private, non-profit and community partners ● Develop programs and activities to motivate participant’s participation and retention ● Monitor departmental budget and track expenditures ● Manage staff; hire, train and develop staff ● Responsible for program plan and implementation ● Develop and evaluate curriculum and instructional workshops● Resolve issues pertaining to delivery of services with respect to local college access programs● Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, school, community, and partner personnel● Develop systems to maintain records of applicants not selected for employment and create support plans with Case Managers.● Oversee youth workforce projects including those related to:○ Tutoring and enrichment services to improve academic skills○ Recreational programs○ College and career services○
Brotherhood Crusade envisions a South Los Angeles devoid of health disparities, disenfranchisement, and poverty- associated adverse public health conditions. We believe that South Los Angeles can be a safe, thriving, culturally relevant, and inclusive community that provides all residents equitable access to human and social services and continually improves their quality of life. Our mission is to remove and/or help individuals overcome the barriers that deter their pursuit of success in life; effectuate academic and vocational success; provide opportunities for personal, social, and economic growth; promote access to artistic excellence and cultural awareness; increase financial literacy; facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life; and promote health and safety.
SUMMARY The College & Career Success Program Director will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of the South Los Angeles Youth WorkSource Center college access program. The position will develop and establish a post-secondary program including the outreach, recruitment, teaching and providing provision of services to a cohort of students and parents with college awareness advising sessions, workshops, and/or events on a weekly basis. The goal of the South Los Angeles Youth WorkSource Center is to provide services to youth who are engaged in improving their life by developing social and vocational skills that lead to self-reliance and subsequently advance their career objectives. The College & Career Success Program Director will work with the Youth WorkSource Leadership team to develop collaborative efforts that directly establish and instruct appropriate curriculum in partnership with employers and workforce training institutions. This position guides the work of staff that assist youth in achieving their individual employment and college plans as it relates to their readiness to succeed in college, interviews, internships and job placement. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS● Motivate, Inspire and have vision ● Strategize implementation and plan for achieving outcomes as required by various grants and Brotherhood Crusade● Develop measures for bench-marking achievement of milestones and progress indicators along the way ● Foster collaboration opportunities with community partners ● Identify and develop quality programming to meet the needs of the community ● Daily troubleshooting and problem solving ● Provide regular outcome and evaluation reports as requested ● Prepare reports for Brotherhood Crusade senior management ● Establish effective relationships with private, non-profit and community partners ● Develop programs and activities to motivate participant’s participation and retention ● Monitor departmental budget and track expenditures ● Manage staff; hire, train and develop staff ● Responsible for program plan and implementation ● Develop and evaluate curriculum and instructional workshops● Resolve issues pertaining to delivery of services with respect to local college access programs● Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, school, community, and partner personnel● Develop systems to maintain records of applicants not selected for employment and create support plans with Case Managers.● Oversee youth workforce projects including those related to:○ Tutoring and enrichment services to improve academic skills○ Recreational programs○ College and career services○
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