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Job Title: Program Coordinator
Department: Corporate Work Study Program
Reports to: Sr. Director, CWSP
Classification: Exempt
Schedule: Year-round

As an important member of the Corporate Work Study Program office, the Program Coordinator’s focus is to support day-to-day operations of the program, cultivate and strengthen partner relationships as well as compliment Cristo Rey student workforce readiness. The Program Coordinator interacts with business leaders, students, and school faculty and staff to execute the CWSP model at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.

Responsibilities:

• Assist Program Manager in determining and securing transportation needs. Serves as the alternate liaison to bus company and drivers.
• Responsible for relationship management with a small portfolio of job partners, mostly at the student supervisor level. This includes periodic site visits or conducting personal onboarding visits for new job partners and new managers at returning job partner sites.
• Responsible for ensuring relationships and all logistical activities related to student workers in portfolio are executed seamlessly.
• Manages processes in Salesforce, including recording attendance, and tracking make-up days and holiday and summer work.
• Assist in the formation of student teams and job assignments based on student and sponsor requests and interests, student skills and personality assessments, sponsor job descriptions, and student’s previous performance to ensure successful jobsite placement.
• Meet with student portfolio during Magis periods to understand their CWSP experience and provide support and job coaching as needed.
• Coordinate the analysis of student performance reviews, timecard data, and feedback surveys. Analyze student performance data to identify skill and/or knowledge gaps to determine the necessary training to build student’s job skills and supervisor’s management skills.
• Support planning and execution of events such as Supervisor Orientation, Supervisor Luncheons, Teacher to Work Day, and other events that may be planned by the CWSP team.
• Support Sr. Director and Program Managers in the onboarding of all incoming students in accordance with federal and Department of Labor guidelines.
• Assist with management of morning check-in with daily dress code and attendance checks, daily announcements, and bus dismissal. Address and enforce all school policies with an emphasis on dress code, attendance, and overall professionalism.
• Perform other Cristo Rey duties as assigned.
• Collaborate with all departments within Cristo Rey to cultivate a culture of partnership in mission.

Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will be a strong team participant and have 1-3 three years of professional experience.
• Comfortable and confident in networking and cultivating strong professional relationships with experience in customer relationship management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to make strategic program improvements.
• Display ability to anticipate challenges and provide creative solutions.
• Enjoy working in a dynamic, results-oriented environment, with a sense of humor.
• Proficiency with technology like Microsoft Office products and Salesforce.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• A valid Driver’s license required and a willingness to drive students as needs arise.
• A passionate commitment to serving students in need and a commitment to the mission, Jesuit values, and goals of Cristo Rey.

Job Title: Bus Monitor
Department: Corporate Work Study Program
Reports to: Sr. Program Manager
Classification: Non-Exempt
Schedule: Part-Time, Seasonal

A pioneer for urban education, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School provides a faith-based college preparatory education and professional work experience exclusively for students from Spanish-speaking families with limited economic resources. A highly regarded Catholic school, Cristo Rey serves students in grades 9-12 and offers an engaging dual language curriculum program integrated with hands-on work experience allowing students unrivaled career exploration and mentorship, positioning them to succeed in college and beyond. Through partnerships with corporations in the Chicagoland area, students work one day per week in an office environment. This educational model enables students to develop career readiness/leadership skills, cultivate a professional network, add real business value, and support the cost to attend a private, college-preparatory, Catholic high school.

Under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager of the Corporate Work Study Program, the Bus Monitor will assist the driver in maintaining order while the van or bus is in operation; maintain proper records and documentation; assist student loading, unloading and seating arrangements as needed.

This is a seasonal position that follows the annual school calendar (the school year covers Mid-August through early June with school breaks and holidays per the school calendar).

Primary Responsibilities:

• Ensure students safely enter and exit the school bus at their designated stops.
• Ensure all passengers are safely seated before and while the school bus is in motion.
• Maintain order on the bus, explain safety procedures to passengers as needed, enforce rules of conduct and respond to emergencies, including the safe evacuation of passengers through emergency exits.
• Ensure that vehicles are in broom clean condition and free from garbage daily.
• Perform test runs of any regularly scheduled route, as needed, to be comfortable and confident in that route prior to transporting students.  
• In collaboration with the bus driver, maintain proper records and documentation of passengers and routes.
• Review directions for the am, pm, storm stop and late run routes regularly and confirm all changes with bus driver and supervisor.
• Exercise good judgment in the performance of job responsibilities and work without direct supervision.
• Communicate effectively with children and parents (as needed).
• Prepare and submit required reports and completed trip logs daily.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push or pull medium weights, up to 50 pounds.
• Subject to drug and alcohol testing.

Qualifications:

• Possess a high school diploma or the equivalent.
• Have excellent integrity and demonstrate good moral character and initiative.
• Exhibit a good personality that demonstrates interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with students, staff, administration, parents, business partners and the community.
• Commitment to the mission and values of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School which includes a drug and alcohol-free environment.
• Cultural competency and sensitivity to the ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds of the student body.
• Willingness to work in a faith-based institution

Job Title: Bus Driver
Reports to: Sr. Program Manager
Department: Corporate Work Study Program
Classification: Non-Exempt
Schedule: Part-Time, Seasonal

A pioneer for urban education, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School provides a faith-based college preparatory education and professional work experience exclusively for students from Spanish-speaking families with limited economic resources. A highly regarded Catholic school, Cristo Rey serves students in grades 9-12 and offers an engaging dual language curriculum program integrated with hands-on work experience allowing students unrivaled career exploration and mentorship, positioning them to succeed in college and beyond. Through partnerships with corporations in the Chicagoland area, students work one day per week in an office environment. This educational model enables students to develop career readiness/leadership skills, cultivate a professional network, add real business value, and support the cost to attend a private, college-preparatory, Catholic high school.

Under the supervision of the Senior Program Manager of the Corporate Work Study Program, the Bus Driver will be responsible for safely, professionally, and efficiently transporting students to/from their assigned work placements in the metropolitan Chicago are in a Cristo Rey issued van or school bus and performing activities related to the operation of the vehicle.

This is a seasonal position that follows the annual school calendar (the school year covers Mid-August through early June with school breaks and holidays per the school calendar).

Primary Responsibilities:

• Operate the school van or bus in a safe and efficient way in compliance with the law and according to all relevant school policies and procedures.
• Complete the bus route as assigned ensuring that students safely enter and exit the school bus at their designated stops.
• Ensure all passengers are safely seated before and while the school bus is in motion.
• Observe speed limits and obey all road signs and traffic regulations.
• Maintain order on the bus, explain safety procedures to passengers as needed, enforce rules of conduct and respond to emergencies, including the safe evacuation of passengers through emergency exits.
• Report any adverse conditions or incidents on bus immediately to the Sr. Program Manager.
• Keep a record of the number of students transported and miles driven on each run and report to supervisor.
• Daily inspect vehicle for operating safety and submit completed, signed vehicle inspection form (conduct a pre-trip and post-trip vehicle inspection including tires, gas, battery, oil, antifreeze/coolant, and vehicle fluids).
• Report any maintenance needs immediately to the school’s Director of Facilities.
• Ensure that vehicles are in broom-clean condition and free from garbage daily.
• Perform test runs of any regularly scheduled route, as needed, to be comfortable and confident in that route prior to transporting students.
• Review directions for the am, pm, storm stop and late run routes regularly and confirm all changes with supervisor.
• Observe queuing protocols and traffic direction for school vehicles while on campus.
• Exercise good judgment in the performance of job responsibilities and work without direct supervision.
• Communicate effectively with children and parents (as needed).
• Prepare and submit required reports and completed trip logs daily.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Possess a high school diploma or the equivalent.
• Possess a valid State of IL driver’s license and be at least 21 years of age.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
• Must demonstrate a good driving record for the past 5 years as defined by Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in its sole discretion.
• Drivers are subject to background checks upon hire and every third year thereafter.
• Drivers must obtain annual physicals and drug screenings from authorized and designated service providers.
• Drivers must be able to participate in and obtain certification in the PACE van pool training program.
• Drivers are subject to random drug screening tests in accordance with the US DOT, as well as mandated drug screening tests in the event of an on-the-job accident.
• Drivers must agree in writing to have their DMV or MVR records made confidentially accessible to the School.
• Drivers must have excellent integrity and demonstrate good moral character and initiative.
• Drivers must exhibit a good personality that demonstrates interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with students, staff, administration, parents, business partners and the community.
• Commitment to the mission and values of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School which includes a drug and alcohol-free environment.
• Cultural competency and sensitivity to the ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds of the student body.
• Willingness to work in a faith-based institution.