Winning Futures, Crain's Detroit Business 2013 Best-managed Nonprofit, is an award-winning 501(c)(3) organization that empowers youth to succeed through mentoring and strategic planning. Through school-based mentoring in metro Detroit, we transform high school students into becoming employable, productive adults. We help them see the path to a purposeful career and assist them in creating the road map to get there. A study of our graduates shows that over 95% continued their education past high school and 96% are employed.Throughout the country, other non-profits and schools implement the evidence-based Winning Futures life skills and strategic planning curriculum. Since 1994, we have impacted over 47,000 students and awarded over $1.9M in scholarships.

The Career Services Coordinator is responsible for providing job placement guidance and assistance to graduates of the assigned Dorsey Schools campus and also work to develop relationships with employers in the area. Coordinates some aspects of the student externship program at the campus including helping students identify an externship site, monitoring students during the externship period, interfacing with employers, and submitting final grades and reports. Works to develop relationships with area employers to assist in Externship and Job Placement, while also assigned to teach in the classroom. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES: • Conduct a group Career Services meeting with all potential graduates once each module to provide an overview of career services offered, provide information, and obtain career services documents. • Meet with all potential graduates individually prior to graduation to discuss a job search strategy and to conduct a mock interview. • Review resumes that students prepare in class to ensure quality and appropriateness to program. • Assist instructors with mock interviews. • Attend and participate in all new student orientation sessions. • Conduct a Graduate Clearance meeting once per module with all graduates.• Conducting an externship meeting with students going out on externship in the module prior to the externship.• Responsible for identifying eligible students to go out on externship in the following module.• Identifying an externship site for each student and notifying the student in writing.• Actively contact employers to develop a working relationship and to identify current employment openings and externship opportunities.• Select and refer appropriately qualified students to available job orders.• Track student progress throughout the course of the externship including obtaining regular attendance reports and making site visits each module.

 Design, develop and deliver employment training skills with the end goal of helping clients meet “entry-level” employment.  Conduct training in a variety of areas including, basic computer and computer software skills, resume preparation and interviewing skills, written and verbal communication skills, conflict resolution, business etiquette, problem solving, decision making, money management, parenting skills, stress management and job survival skills.  Assess training needs of each participant through the use of entrance interview, assessment testing and collaboration with program case managers. Organize, develop and obtain course materials such as handouts and visual materials. Present information, using a variety of instructional techniques and formats such as role playing, team exercises, group discussions, power point, videos and lectures. Develop new training classes when expected outcomes are not seen. Monitor, evaluate and record training activities and program effectiveness. Maintain accurate and complete attendance records and prepare weekly/monthly reports

 Assure that the organization has a long-range strategy which achieves its mission, with consistent and timely progress.  Provide leadership in developing program, organizational and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff, and carry out plans and policies authorized by the board. Maintain official records and documents, and ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Responsible for developing and maintaining sound financial practices. Liaison and spokesperson between organization and other community organizations  Establish sound working relationships and cooperative arrangements with community groups and organizations.  Represent our programs and organization to agencies, organizations, the general public.  Responsible for the recruitment, employment, and release of all personnel, both paid staff and volunteers. Encourage staff and volunteer development and education, and assist program staff in relating their specialized work to the total program of the organization.  Maintain a climate which attracts, keeps, and motivates a diverse staff of top quality people. Work with the staff, Finance Committee, and the board in preparing a budget; see that the organization operates within budget guidelines. Jointly, with the president and secretary of the board of directors, conduct official correspondence of the organization, and jointly, with designated officers, execute legal documents. Sphere head in planning, executing and developing a team for 2 majors annual fund-raising events

 Networked with community organizations for shared social service resources Planned relationship education workshops and quarterly planned participate banquets  Overseer of facilitators internship process. Mentored and trained interns seeking to become workshop facilitators.  Overseer of workshop budget (federal grant) for facilitators stipends & event venues Responsible for keeping updated federal grant paperwork concerning facilitators and interns Worked closely with Executive Director and Office Manager for the precision of our organization Teacher of researched based relationship programs to youth, singles and married couples in a group, workshop, retreat and one on one coaching format.