Summary:
Alianza Youth Services is a non-profit division of Catholic Charities which strives to strengthen academic achievement, health & wellness, artistic expression, and employment access to young people. This position will provide administrative and programmatic leadership to the Youth Employment Programs with the goal to create focused civic engagement, work-readiness and paid opportunities for youth between the ages of 14- 21.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Provide supervision, training, coaching and evaluation to members of the Youth. Employment Programs team.
- Establish clear vision and direction for the growth and stability of the DYCD funded youth employment programs.
- Implement strategies to enhance team building, professional development, and program cohesiveness.
- Develop protocols, procedures and strategies that will provide structure to staff, volunteers and for new program development.
- Manages CCCS corporate budget, government contracts and foundation grants for the Youth Employment Programs.
- Manage and analyze the coordination of data collection, contract deliverables, and metrics.
- Identify areas(s) of unmet needs throughout Youth Employment Programs and organize. community-based initiatives and develop training and workshops for staff.
Salary: $37.36 - $39.56 per hour or $68,000 - $72,000 annually.
Qualifications
- H.S Diploma/GED; Some college credit/courses are a plus, preferably a bachelor’s degree or related experience in the field.
- At least five (5) years' supervisory and management experience
- Understanding of youth workforce development
- Familiarity with post-secondary success
- Knowledge of budget, government and grants management
- Capable of handling multiple, complex tasks including statistical analysis
- Strong organizational planning, time management and leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal, communication> verbal, written and public relation skills.
- Some knowledge of New York City resources and public benefits
- Computer proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Bilingual, English/Spanish a plus
Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are generally 9:00 AM to S:00 PM, Monday - Friday. Additional hours may be required to meet program deadlines, or client needs.
Working conditions and physical demands required:
The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- To conduct site visits and outreach approximately 25% of the time, use public transportation or traverse city streets, occasionally ascend/descend stairs, and be exposed to outside weather.
- Ability to work with the public and client population in underserved communities.
- Remain stationary at a workstation and use a computer at least 50% of the time.
- Potential to carry a laptop and/or cell phone to offsite work locations.
- Participate in special events> meetings, forums, etc. at least 25% of the time.