PLUS Program Coordinator
About The Position
Project for Pride in Living (PPL) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering low-income individuals and families through integrated housing, employment, and education services. The LEAP initiative supports system-involved youth through wraparound services, career readiness programming, and Hennepin County's Plus Program. The Plus Program Coordinator leads coordination and ongoing improvement of Hennepin County's Plus Program, delivering services to county-involved youth across multiple sites. The role builds partnerships with schools, community organizations, county stakeholders, and program staff while overseeing enrollment, technical assistance, staff training, compliance, data analysis, reporting, and resource management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Education, Social Work, Psychology, Public Administration, or a related field.
- Five or more years of experience working with youth ages 14–24 who face multiple barriers to educational and employment success.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree.
- Experience working within systems serving youth involved with foster care, juvenile justice, truancy intervention, housing instability, teen parenting, or related systems.
- Experience coordinating multi-partner initiatives and collaborating with schools, county agencies, and community organizations.
- Experience developing staff, facilitating trainings, providing technical assistance, and supporting professional growth.
- Experience utilizing data to evaluate outcomes and drive program improvement.
Responsibilities
- Ensure consistent, high-quality implementation of the Plus Program across 12 partner sites through coaching, consultation, monitoring, and technical assistance.
- Conduct site visits, monitor program performance, identify risks, and support continuous quality improvement.
- Build and maintain partnerships with county agencies, schools, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
- Represent the Plus Program at partner and community meetings and promote program awareness, referrals, and collaboration.
- Lead referral, enrollment, and intake processes for youth and families.
- Support appropriate participant placement and coordinate transitions across partner sites.
- Maintain community resource networks to connect participants with educational, employment, housing, mental health, transportation, and other support services.
- Facilitate meetings, training, onboarding, coaching, and professional development for partner-site staff and case coordinators.
- Promote best practices, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across program sites.
- Monitor program outcomes, ensure data quality and compliance, and prepare reports for leadership, funders, and stakeholders.
- Coordinate evaluation activities with external partners and support program planning and improvement initiatives.
- Administer program support funds, track expenditures, and manage operational and administrative functions to support program success.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Health and dental insurance.
- Employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- HSA or FSA options.
- Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
- Summer half-day Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
