Program Manager (52587)
About The Position
The Youth Champions Program focuses on building relationships with youth, 6th grade-12th grade, and families to discover their interests and develop individualized success plans. The program aims to help students achieve academic success, graduate on time, make good decisions, explore career and post-secondary education opportunities, set future goals, build character, and engage in community service. It collaborates with other non-profit organizations to provide social and emotional development and prevention education as students transition between school levels. The program is part of a larger pipeline of afterschool services and includes Remote Case Management and developmentally appropriate programming. The Youth Manager maintains a caseload of 75 youth, tracking their progress through individualized success plans, and delivers programming where students gather for dinner and discussions relevant to their lives.
Requirements
- Must enjoy working with young people between 12 and 19 years of age.
- Bachelor degree required in education or human services-related fields.
- Demonstrable leadership, management, and administrative experience in youth development work is required.
- Youth coaching experience required, preferably in an urban environment.
- Must be able to work independently and with a team.
- Must have own transportation.
- Must be able to pass a criminal background check and drug screen.
- Must be available weekdays 3-7 PM during the school year.
Nice To Haves
- Case management experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Mentor youth enrolled in the Champions Program and monitor their academic and social/emotional development using individualized student success plans.
- Provide/assure high-quality programming and services for 75 youth, ages 12-19, annually.
- Maintain daily Youth Center hours with quality programming between 3 PM and 7 PM.
- Manage, schedule, and evaluate programming of partner agencies during out-of-school-time center-based periods.
- Maintain regular, open communication with youth families.
- Ensure grant deliverables are met within the approved budget.
- Prepare data and reports for funders monthly and at six and 12-month intervals.
- Assist in finding community services, work, and job shadowing opportunities for youth.
- Collaborate with nutritional aid to create healthy monthly menus according to CACFP guidelines, and maintain attendance and meal count records.
- Make referrals to partner agencies when applicable.
- Create and maintain student files and student success plans.
- Facilitate and/or conduct program activities and prevention education classes with youth.
- Provide supervision during program hours and field trips.
- Assist in writing grant applications and completing reports as needed.
- Maintain and foster relationships with schools where middle and high school students are enrolled.
- Recruit and retain new students for remote case management or attendance in activities.
- Create daily/monthly schedules for after-school programming and summer programming.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
