About the position
Salt Lake County Youth Services provides support to schools and families through Afterschool Programs, Summer Programming, and Parental Support. Our programs are offered on site at schools located in Kearns, Magna, West Valley City, and Millcreek. Our goals are to keep kids safe, provide healthy adult role models, teach new skills, and give youth confidence in themselves through a variety of activities including academic support, dance, arts, sports, service projects throughout the community, and off-site field trips. These goals are achieved by working closely with school administration and ensuring our staff are active participants in helping to make positive changes within the communities served. As an Afterschool Data Specialist your team will work directly with youth from diverse backgrounds in a school setting to provide a safe and healthy environment.
Responsibilities
- Assists in the management of data collection and data entry with registrations, enrollments, and surveys.
- Provides basic quality assurance functions to ensure data integrity.
- Trains on the user system to ensure that the information is entered correctly.
- Assist Program Coordinator with various functions of day-to-day operation of program including working directly with youth during program hours.
- Helps with the submission of periodic division and grant reporting.
Requirements
- Must be reliable and punctual.
- Must enjoy working with youth of all ages and motivated to guide and encourage their growth both academically and interpersonally.
- Strong communication skills to effectively communicate with a diverse population from different social and ethnic backgrounds.
- Driven to set and achieve goals and see opportunities for necessary changes.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back program.
Benefits
- Opportunity to develop skills in youth mentorship, database entry and maintenance, training and development practices, data entry techniques, positive behavior support and principles.
- Gain invaluable work experience in youth development, conflict resolution, engaging appropriately with youth, youth services programs and local resources, and programming and quality assurance.
