2024-2025 College Success Mentor (Sacramento)

Salary: $1,250.21 bi-weekly living stipend for 40 hours a week

Are you passionate about reshaping the narrative for young men of color in our community, nation, and world? Join us as a College Success Mentor (Full-Time) with AmeriCorps, a national service and volunteerism agency, for up to 10 months starting this August of 2024. As a College Success Mentor, you will join a nation-wide movement to help increase the college persistence rates among young men of color enrolled in Improve Your Tomorrow’s Community College or University  program (IYT CC/U). This is an opportunity to empower college students through mentorship, academic support,  career readiness, weekend and evening events. 

What is Improve Your Tomorrow?

Improve Your Tomorrow (IYT) was founded in 2013 with the mission to increase the number of young men of color (YMOC) to attend and graduate from colleges and universities. We envision a world where men of color are overrepresented in higher education, underrepresented in the criminal justice system, and leaders in their communities. We work to combat academic inequities and build a college-to-community pipeline through service, teamwork, character and liberation. 

 

Benefits

College Success Mentors receive a bi-weekly stipend, loan deferment (if eligible), professional development, career advising, access to Alumni Network and much more! At the completion of the service term, College Success Mentors receive a monetary educational award. Please see more details for your region below. 

• Earn an Education Award upon completion of program requirements
  • Earn between $1,565.08 to $10,000  Segal AmeriCorps Education Award that can be applied towards student loans and college expenses 
• Eligible for Student Loan Deferment, (for all loans that qualify)
• Gain Career Readiness & Leadership Development training that prepare you for your career path and to be leader
• Participate in Wellness workshops designed to support  mental health, wellness, and personal empowerment.

Living Stipend Amounts 

Sacramento

• $1,250.21 Bi-weekly stipend for 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

College Success Mentors are full-time mentors that are assigned a caseload of 30-35 college students with the goal of providing weekly academic, career readiness, emotional, and mental support (mentorship).

This role is suitable for those that desire additional professional and leadership development, or are interested in pursuing a future as a Program Manager. 

• Recruit and enroll eligible college students to join Improve Your Tomorrow’s program through tablings, presentations, and direct communication with college students.
• Provide weekly mentorship to caseload of mentees.
• Engage with student site councils and campus resources; support IYT members in navigating the different resources available on campus.
• Participate in campus site meetings or special events including but not limited to staff meetings, sporting events, networking events, etc.; share upcoming events with IYT members. 
• Assist with the creation and facilitation of member meetings and monthly workshops/activities that promote self awareness, college persistence, wellness, and post-college and career readiness. Topics include but are not limited to: Time Management, Professor Communication, Job-Search Prep, College-Level Writing, Major/Minor Selection, and Graduate School. 
• Ensure all students on caseload complete an academic and career plan to capture both current and future academic goals and post-college or career aspirations as applicable (mentorship). 
• Complete data entry on a daily basis of student progress into IYT’s Salesforce database such as transcripts, mentorship notes, member information, attendance etc. (mentorship follow up). 
• Assist with the recruitment of college students to become IYT AmeriCorps members.  
• Participate in weekend and evening events as required, such as career fairs, team bonding events, overnight camping retreats, evening pop up events, Brotherhood Conference, Brotherhood Graduation, and school campus events (service).
• Attend monthly mandatory mentor team building and trainings aimed to strengthen both mentorship, professional, and career development. 
• Support/Assist Program Manager and fellow College Success Mentors in both programming and administrative duties as directed. 
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications

• Must be a college graduate or college student that is familiar with college requirements and application process
• Have reliable transportation
• Must be available weekends and evenings for events (minimum twice a month) 

Schedule Requirements: 

• Weekly commitment of 40 hours on average per week
• Must be available to serve Monday through Fridays from 830am to 5pm or 9:00-5:30pm pending site needs
• If a current student, must ensure classes take place during the evening or outside of regular service hours
• Fridays are mandatory for professional development training
• Available for weekend and evening activities as required, including one to two Saturdays per month are required for  teambuilders, and IYT signature events

Note: This is not an hourly job, but a 10-month AmeriCorps program. 

Please note that this position is contingent upon the availability of grant funding

 

Requirement:

• Clearance from background checks is required for employment, with fingerprinting expense covered by IYT
• All incoming mentors must attend Mentor Fellow Orientation (California regions will be held in Sacramento, CA.)
• Mileage and hotel accommodations are provided by request.

IYT provides service opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of service, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact IYTMentorFellowship@improveyourtomorrow.org to request assistance. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations.

Questions? Please email us at IYTMentorFellowship@improveyourtomorrow.org