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Emerging Leaders Coordinator

On-site, Work must be performed in or near New York, NY
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    Job Type:Full Time
    Job Type:Temporary
    End Date:August 29, 2025
    Application Deadline:March 31, 2025
    Education:4-Year Degree Required
    Experience Level:Mid-level
    Salary:USD $60,000 - $65,000 / year
    35 hours per week/
    Areas of Focus:Job & Workplace, Arts & Music, Children & Youth, Education, Health & Medicine, Housing & Homelessness

    Description

    Temporary contract; approximate end date 08/29/2025

    The purpose of the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is to provide New York City youth with summer employment and educational experiences that build on their individual strengths and incorporate youth development principles. These principles include engaging the talents and interests of youth, developing their skills and competencies, and providing positive adult role models.

    The goals and objectives for SYEP are:

    • To provide valuable work experience at job sites that are safe and well-supervised
    • To assist youth in identifying their career interests through exposure to different industries, occupations, educational pathways, and the requirements for success in each of them
    • To enable youth to acquire positive work habits and develop employment-related skills
    • To facilitate the long-term employment and self-sufficiency of youth
    • To enable youth to develop a greater understanding of higher education and career options available to them
    • To enable youth to develop financial literacy and other competencies that will prepare them to succeed in their transition to adulthood.

    Temporary contract; approximate end date 08/29/2025

    The purpose of the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is to provide New York City youth with summer employment and educational experiences that build on their individual strengths and incorporate youth development principles. These principles include engaging the talents and interests of youth, developing their skills and competencies, and providing positive adult role models.

    The goals and objectives for SYEP are:

    • To provide valuable work experience at job sites that are safe and well-supervised
    • To assist youth in identifying their career interests through exposure to different industries, occupations, educational pathways, and the requirements for success in each of them
    • To enable youth to acquire positive work habits and develop employment-related skills
    • To facilitate the long-term employment and self-sufficiency of youth
    • To enable youth to develop a greater understanding of…

    Location

    On-site
    New York, NY, USA

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    Instructions:

    Job Overview:

    • Pay: $60,000 - $65,000/ annually based on relevant experience, non-exempt
    • Schedule: 35 hours per week; typical working hours Monday - Friday from 9 am–5 pm
    • Type: Temporary contract; approximate end date 08/29/2025
    • Location: Hybrid; flexibility to work some days remotely and some days onsite in the Lower East Side

    Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree required; MSW student a plus
    • Individuals must have demonstrated experience working with youth development programs and youth employment programs with contractual milestones.
    • Must have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to provide conflict resolution for participants, parents, staff, and stakeholders.
    • Strong computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and web-hosted databases
    • Prior supervisory experience
    • Comfortable with public speaking and presenting to stakeholders
    • Passion for youth & community development
    • Ability to work evenings and weekends as
    • Minimum 1 year experience working with the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) strongly preferred.
    • Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Chinese) a plus

    Responsibilities:

    • Ensure program implementation for assigned contracts is operating as per funder/contract requirements including but not limited to participant enrollment, orientation, and placement, participant service strategy completion, worksite assignments, and ongoing monitoring and documentation of program activities.
    • Communicate regularly with the supervisor to stay abreast of all programmatic requirements and changes.
    • Regularly attend stakeholder meetings/events to secure partnerships and present on program specifics
    • Supervise and oversee the collection of participant vital documents during enrollment; digital timesheets for payroll; and weekly worksite data entry.
    • Manage and supervise Worksite Monitors, Data Entry, and Workshop Facilitators assigned to the borough office.
    • Manage and report any incident occurring at the participant's
    • Collaborate with the Workshop Facilitator to implement educational
    • Maintain program files by conducting internal audits of all files throughout the duration of the
    • Generate and submit weekly reports on participant
    • Communicate and mediate conflict with program participants, parents, and worksites to address needs or concerns.
    • Other duties as assigned by the

    Essential Physical Job Functions:

    • Ability to work onsite in the Lower East Side and travel throughout the boroughs of Manhattan
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