Typical hiring range of: $23.50 – $25.00 (Full salary range up to $25.00 for long-tenured staff currently in
position or other exceptional circumstances.)
This is a part-time position (25 hours per week).
(Position may work to 35 hours periodically based on program needs)
Summary/objective:
Warren Village’s youth program, Kids’ Club, provides an opportunity for school-age children to feel safe, have fun, and engage in enriching activities in a structured, supportive group setting. Kids’ Club is a comprehensive youth development program for children in elementary and middle school, with a focus on social-emotional development and increasing overall wellness and academic success. The Youth Program Coordinator plans, designs, and implements Kids’ Club activities as directed by the Manager and includes direct work and supervision of youth participants. In addition to program coordination, this position will engage in one-on-one assessment, goal setting, and mentoring with youth participants. Helping children to reach their full potential, Kids’ Club includes year-round activities during after school and evening hours (required), as well as a summer enrichment program June-August. The Youth Program Coordinator is a part of the Family Services department and collaborates closely with staff, volunteers, parents, and children to fulfill the mission of Warren Village.
Location: Warren Village’s Ivy Crossing location at 2470 Quebec Street. The schedule for Kids’ Club at this location is Monday through Thursday from 3:30pm to 5:30pm during the school year and from 2:30pm to 4:30pm in June, July, and August. Additional hours are expected in person for program curriculum preparation, assessment and evaluation, coordination and management of Kids’ Club volunteers and resourcing with families and children.
Warren Village recognizes that our backgrounds are broad, and our talents are many, from different lived experiences. We value and leverage our differences to encompass and reflect the communities we serve. We align our policies, practices, and resources so that people of all races, cultures, identities, and socioeconomic status may feel valued and respected.
At Warren Village, we uphold organizational values of accountability, collaboration, empowerment, excellence, inclusion, and integrity. We agree to engage our work together with honesty and transparency, clear decision-making, continuous learning and improvement, a commitment to repair, community building, and collective growth and well-being.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
• Intentionally strengthen youth programming in accordance with Warren Village’s 2-Gen model.
• Design, implement, coordinate, and facilitate developmentally appropriate afternoon/evening enrichment activities for Kid’s Club participants that include social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and creative experiences with the expectation of helping them grow academically and holistically.
• Coordinate and facilitate summer activities for youth participants.
• Engage in one-on-one assessment, goal setting, and mentoring with a caseload of 8-24 youth.
• Oversee Kids’ Club and Summer Enrichment program recruitment, enrollment, attendance, and participation.
• Responsible for direct supervision and management of a group of children in a safe and caring environment.
• Maintain a structured, clean, and organized environment for children.
• Establish supportive, trusting, and positive relationships with children.
• Conduct Kids’ Club enrollment meetings with new participants and establish supportive, trusting, and positive relationships with parents.
• Coordinate and manage Kids’ Club volunteers.
• Maintain relationships with individual and organizational community partners and seek to create new partnerships for Kids’ Club.
• Provide task supervision for interns, if needed.
• Assist with events for residents.
• Communicate effectively and problem solve as necessary with youth and parents.
• Collaborate with supervisor to help develop Kids’ Club budget annually.
• Responsible for data collection and entry, daily communication through email and utilization of current technology, Warren Village databases, and Microsoft programs.
• Develop outcome measures and evaluation tools to help demonstrate program efficacy and social-emotional growth of Kids’ Club participants.
• Assist in resource referrals relating to family and children’s needs.
Other duties as assigned.
Competencies:
Minimum Qualifications:
· Must be 21 years of age.
· High School diploma or General education degree (GED).
· Proven history of managing a large group of children in a school, afterschool, camp, or other similar setting and designing enriching activities for children.
Required/Preferred education and/or experience:
Additional eligibility requirements (Certifications, Licenses, etc.):
N/A
Work Environment:
Frequent indoor activities in an office environment to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. combined with consistent exposure to outdoor conditions, weather permitting.
Physical Demands:
Frequently required to stand while working with child[ren], walk and sit; using hand and finger dexterity; talk or hear. Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl. Frequently operates a computer and
other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer as well as craft activities. Constantly positions self to maintain equipment, including under desks. Frequently communicates clearly and concisely with children. residents, staff, and volunteers. Must be able to observe children’s activities, indoors and outdoors, utilizing established safety protocols. Occasionally lifts to 40 Lbs.
Salary & Benefits: $23.50 to $29.50 DOE: Typical hiring range of: $23.50 – $25.00 (Full salary range up to $25.00 for long-tenured staff currently in
position or other exceptional circumstances.)