Black Student Alliance (BSA) Program Coordinator

Job Classification: Part-time (20 hrs/week)
Reports To: Co-Executive Directors
Department/Location: Hybrid (Remote / SB Office / Community Sites)
Date: July 2025

Job Summary:
The Black Student Alliance (BSA) Program Coordinator will oversee day-to-day operations of the Black Student Alliance program, ensuring smooth delivery of mentorship, workshops, field trips, and outreach events. This role is responsible for coordinating staff and mentor schedules, managing program logistics, and supporting continuous improvement through program refinement, data and KPI tracking.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Program Management

  • Develop and maintain master program calendar (assemblies, field trips, retreats).

  • Coordinate logistics for quarterly goals and annual trips (Black history month events, Black Student Alliance Conference, pizza parties, campus rushes, etc.)

  • Check in regularly with each BSU site to confirm meetings are running as scheduled, notify staff of any schedule changes, replenish the BSU snack pantry, and coordinate/purchase lunch events for each school location.

Staff & Mentor Oversight

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for 3 core mentors and auxiliary event mentors.

  • Facilitate bi‐weekly check‐ins and ensure completion of training requirements (CPR, Mental Health First Aid, Ethics of Care).

  • Track mentor performance against KPIs (session attendance, feedback scores, engagement metrics).

  • Oversee daily responsibilities of staff and volunteers, tracking their assignments and collaborating with HJSB’s Co-Executive Directors to facilitate smooth onboarding and offboarding of all staff?

Communications & Marketing Support

  • Liaise with Communications/Marketing Lead to promote BSA activities across social media and campus channels.

  • Draft and distribute program newsletters, flyers, and event reminders.

Evaluation & Reporting

  • Create, enhance, collect and analyze program data (participation rates, survey feedback).

  • Prepare quarterly KPI reports for Co-Executive Directors. Prepare a monthly report of the overall program for board meetings.

  • Solicit and synthesize student and family feedback for continuous improvement of the overall program.

  • Collaborate with Co-Executive Directors to capture program data and develop grant-specific reports, ensuring compliance with funder requirements and timely submission.

Qualifications:

  • Associate’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.

  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in program coordination, youth services, or related nonprofit work.

  • Strong organizational skills and proficiency with project-management tools.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication.

Other Requirements:

  • Ability to work occasional evenings/weekends for events.

  • Reliable transportation for community site visits and/or events.

  • Must pass a background check.

KPIs & Performance Metrics:

Success in this role is grounded in clear, measurable outcomes that not only drive overall program effectiveness but also support your professional growth. You will work with your manager to define key performance indicators such as engagement levels, relationship-building touchpoints, and feedback implementation that reflect both student and family satisfaction and the operational health of HJSB’s BSA program. Regular performance reviews will leverage these metrics to celebrate successes, identify areas for development, and inform ongoing coaching and support.

Compensation:
 $ 25/hr.

Our Mission

Healing Justice Santa Barbara aspires to uplift all Black/African-Americans to affirm that they are deserving of safety, love, equity, respect, and joy.

We are a Black led and Black centered 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Santa Barbara County. Formed in response to the de-stabilizing impacts of racism and anti-blackness, we aspire to build resilient communities for the African diaspora and other marginalized people along the Central Coast. We understand that our collective healing and liberation is essential to creating a more equitable Santa Barbara, therefore we center, uplift, and meaningfully create space that empowers ALL Black people including; Black LGBTQIA+people, Black people with disabilities, undocumented Black people, underserved Black people and Black people that speak in African American Vernacular English. In keeping with the principles of a healing justice framework, we demand that self-care be reimagined as collective investment in community care. We do this with the goals of providing a Black/African-American Cultural Resource Center, celebrating and funding the Arts, Public Safety, Support for Our Youth in Education, Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Outreach, and Meaningful Collaborations.