Lead Mentor - Cape Girardeau

2026 Employee Job Description
Position Title: Lead Mentor

POSITION PURPOSE: The primary goal of this position is to ensure children, youth and young adults, served in our ABCToday Schools program enjoy the full benefits of our Roadmap - Theory of Change Framework.

Outcomes/Goals
Organize Group Mentoring Program:
• Leads and organizes group sessions by facilitating relationship development, delivering structured lessons, and co-facilitating with assigned mentors/volunteers according to a schedule coordinated with the school; plans and conducts mentoring meetings, experiences, and activities in partnership with the Site Supervisor.
• Coordinate communication with parents/guardians, teachers, Mentoring Site Supervisor and other relevant supports in youth’s life, when necessary.
• Work with Site Supervisor, community champions and school district to plan activities and experiences for youth following the BBBSEMO Theory of Change.
• Maintain progress monitoring data for each mentee, including utilization of the Achievement Tracker developed in partnership with each mentee
• Maintain attendance records for all mentoring sessions in Matchforce or other agency approved systems

Partner with Site Supervisor and School:
• Attend and actively participate in weekly check-ins with Mentoring Site Supervisor to review progress of mentees and adjust programming as needed, including submission of written reports related to each match/youth.
• Work primarily from the school (a minimum of 4 days per week during school year) and be accessible to students and families, including scheduled weekend hours
• Attends and participates in check-ins with school point of contact along with Mentoring Site Supervisor for feedback and applies feedback to program adjustments
• Integrate into the school staffing model to provide value and add services to ensure alignment with school policies
• Assist Site Supervisor with enrollment and assessment of students and families into Group Mentoring program with a goal of approximately 40 active youth

Support the development of the Group Mentoring 2.0 structure by:
• Collaborate with other departments within agency to support group mentoring and the Sikeston afterschool program ie, enrollment, recruitment, support and marketing/communications
• Prepare and implement mentoring curriculum and activities, while also recommending adjustments to materials as needed
• Create semester and yearly plans for the group outlining goals and activities planned
• Participate in the development of new outcome reports
• Support program documentation in Matchforce or other approved systems, as needed.

Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as necessary

Job Competencies
• Organizing- Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources efficiently and effectively; arranges information and files in a useful manner. Knowledgeable about all aspects of an organization; knows how to get things done both through informal and formal channels and the informal network.
• Interpersonal Savvy – Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; listens; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; truly values people; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Results/Outcome Orientation-- Motivated by results; can be counted on to meet and exceed goals successfully; bottom-line oriented; pushes self for results; sets clear objectives and measures, monitors process and progress.
• Client Focus (youth, parents, and volunteers)- Build community, holding space for clients; makes extra efforts to meet client needs, surfaces underlying client concerns and interests and builds buy-in to make essential changes; creates and maintains a team spirit that is “client first” and meets their needs vs. checks compliance boxes; utilizes feedback from client surveys to inform planning and drive improvements; aligns systems and processes to ensure responsiveness and to anticipate client needs.