Navigator

Found Village is seeking a Navigator to walk alongside young adults ages 19-25 as they take on the responsibilities of adulthood. Youll build trusted relationships while helping each young adult create stability pursue new opportunities and become more independent. You wont manage their lives for them youll coach equip and encourage them to build the skills and support network they need to move forward.

Responsibilities:

• Help young adults ages 19-25 secure and maintain housing manage money access healthcare and benefits and navigate leases insurance appointments and other adult responsibilities.
• Support job searches career advancement education training certifications and college goals while connecting young adults with employers mentors and other opportunities.
• Help each young adult identify meaningful long-term goals and create practical achievable plans to reach them.
• Teach young adults how systems work so they can confidently advocate for themselves and make informed decisions.
• Recognize risks early help prevent challenges from becoming crises and provide steady support when plans fall through.
• Balance encouragement with accountability while helping young adults regroup problem-solve and continue moving forward.
• Help young adults build healthy lasting relationships with family friends coworkers mentors and community members.
• Develop collaborative relationships with employers landlords schools healthcare providers and community organizations.
• Coach rather than direct empower rather than rescue and build independence rather than dependence.
• Keep commitments communicate proactively maintain accurate documentation and uphold healthy professional boundaries.

Requirements:

• Experience in coaching case management workforce development housing support or direct work with young adults (required).
• Knowledge of employment education housing benefits healthcare or financial-service systemsor the ability to learn quickly.
• A coaching mindset focused on helping people develop their own skills confidence and solutions.
• The ability to balance compassion with accountability and have honest respectful conversations.
• Resourcefulness persistence and calm problem-solving when circumstances change.
• Strong relationship-building skills with employers landlords providers and community partners.
• Initiative self-awareness adaptability and openness to feedback.

Who thrives in this role:

You are energized by helping people build independence and can remain steady when plans change. You approach setbacks as part of growth bring both compassion and accountability to your work and measure success by how well someone can eventually stand on their own. You are comfortable working with autonomy collaborating with a team and helping shape practices within a growing organization.

This may not be the right fit if you prefer to fix problems for people need quick results to stay motivated or see setbacks as failure rather than part of the process.

What success looks like:

During your first 90 days youll build trust and learn each young adults goals strengths support system and current needs. Youll demonstrate reliability through consistent follow-through and begin developing relationships with community partners.

Within six months the young adults you support will be actively working toward goals related to employment education housing or finances. Youll recognize potential concerns early and help them recover more quickly when setbacks occur.

Over time success means young adults are maintaining greater stability managing adult responsibilities with less assistance making progress toward long-term goals and building a dependable network beyond Found Village.

Young adults should be able to say:

My Navigator believes in me. My Navigator tells me the truth. My Navigator helped me figure it outand now I can do it myself.

The real picture:

This work is deeply relational and progress is rarely linear. Some days success may mean helping a young adult keep their housing after a difficult month. Other days it may mean watching them independently handle a situation they once needed help navigating.

Found Village is a growing organization with evolving roles and systems. Youll have meaningful autonomy clear support a collaborative team and the opportunity to help shape how the organization grows. Finalists will spend time with the team to experience the work firsthand before an offer is made.

Why Found Village

Every young person deserves a villageand that doesnt end at 18.

Every young adult has strengths potential and a future worth investing in. Turning 18 doesnt mean someone suddenly has everything they need to navigate employment housing money education and healthcare alone.

Found Village provides the steady support young adults need while partnering with employers housing providers schools and community organizations to help them build stable independent lives.

Our values:

Boundless Hope: Every young person has strengths potential and a future worth investing in.

Courageous Love: We build relationships strong enough to encourage challenge and remain present during difficult moments.

Safe Place Safe People: We create emotionally and physically safe relationships built on trust dignity and belonging.

Collaborative Community: Young adults are supported by an entire communitynot just Found Village.

Apply online today!

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