Summer School Student Advisor July 7 2025 - August 1 2025

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 tuitionfree public charter high school with a singular focus on supporting youth aged 1720 who have been pushed out of traditional schools. During our 1year alternative program Youthbuild facilitates a warm loving culture that uses a variety of structures to build community such as a restorativejustice approach to discipline weekly community meetings and schoolwide 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 postsecondary success 4year college 2year college vocational training program or liveable wage job). Visit to learn more.

The Opportunity:

The Summer School Student Advisor serves as the primary pointperson 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 schoolbased and communitybased resources monitor students academic progress and support students in planning for and transitioning into postsecondary training or employment.

Who You Are:

You are/have

• Invested in our core values Respect Excellence and Perseverance.
• Equityfocused 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.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university (Masters degree preferred).
• Three to five years experience in casemanagement utilizing appropriate principles and techniques.
• Extensive knowledge of local services supports and community resources available to Philadelphia Youth.
• Ability to operate in a fastpaced highly flexible workoften highly intensework 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.

What Youll Do:

You will

• Identify and respond to student barriers by completing a needs assessment goalsetting (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 attendancefollowups 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 postsecondary planning support and monitoring ensuring that all students have a solid plan for postsecondary 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.