Part-Time Program Coordinator

Leadership in Financial Education (LIFE)

Part-Time Program Coordinator Job Description

Leadership in Financial Education (LIFE) provides aspiring youth from under-represented and under-resourced communities with experiential training workshops designed to encourage life-long financial responsibility. LIFE collaborates with New York City business professionals to facilitate its financial teachings and encourages professional growth through internships. LIFE participants gain skills and knowledge to equip them to make sound financial decisions which will positively impact their present-day success as well as the livelihood of future generations.

The LIFE Workshop Series for high school juniors and seniors spans six financial literacy topics over the course of a school semester. Each workshop features a topic-focused financial literacy lesson which is reinforced by activities and discussion.

Website: www.leadershipinfinancialeducation.org

Executive Director: Meghan Daley

Location: New York, NY

About the Role

As a Program Coordinator, you will recruit, interview, and select students for the workshop series. You will liaise with school partners and fellow nonprofit professionals to promote LIFE programming. You will oversee the launch of fall (and future programming) and act as the primary point of contact for students, school/nonprofit partners, student participants, volunteer facilitators, and board members. You will oversee the entire program and ensure that each workshop is smoothly delivered.

Please note that this role is hybrid, but mostly remote: administrative work may be performed remotely. The role will require in-person attendance for six workshops in afternoons from October-December.

Job Responsibilities

• Advertise LIFE programming to students via school and nonprofit partners
• Monitor program applicants, invite students to participant interviews, and conduct student interviews
• Select student participants for program and communicate program expectations
• Attend, lead, and supervise six workshop sessions
• Recruit workshop facilitator volunteers and share/review workshop materials prior to each session
• Oversee participant attendance, remind participants ahead of each session, and follow-up post-session with all participants
• Collect participant evaluations at each session
• Collect and analyze end-of-program evaluations to determine participant growth from beginning to end of overall program
• Report program outcomes to the LIFE Board of Directors
• Provide bi-weekly updates to LIFE Board Co-Chairs regarding program progress/questions/concerns

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Nonprofit/Business Management, Social Work, Public Administration, Human Services, Community Development, Psychology/Sociology or a related youth development field required.

Relevant Experience

• 3 years of work experience in education or youth-related programming (prior high school student experience a plus) via classroom or extracurricular programming
• General understanding and appreciation of financial literacy education; prior experience in delivering financial literacy training preferred
• Program management and coordination experience

Skills and Competencies

• Communication: Proactively and effectively communicate (written and verbal) with participants, school/nonprofit partners, and stakeholders
• Organization: Strong ability to organize, plan, and manage program activities and manage logistics
• Rapport-Building: Build relationships with all involved parties
• Curriculum Management: Update and tweak curriculum as needed per participant feedback and overall program progress
• Cultural Competence: Develop a supportive environment, inclusive of and strengthened by diverse populations
• Technology: Maintain programmatic data via spreadsheets, documents, emails, and other databases as needed
• Assessment/Evaluation: Survey participants throughout programming and utilize/analyze findings to draw conclusions to improve programming
• Social Media: Increase LIFE’s presence on LinkedIn, its website, and other social media platforms to be determined
• Passion: Genuine and authentic belief in/support of program participants
• Flexibility: Given the part-time nature of the role, the ability to meet at flexible times for meetings and calls is a must

Timeline and Pay/Hours Timeline

• Start Date: By August 1, 2024
• Final Workshop: December 18, 2024

The Coordinator will train with the Executive Director for the month of August, then transition into programming. Following program conclusion, the Coordinator will work on program evaluation and board reporting, concluding in mid January. If agreed upon by the Executive Director and Coordinator, the Coordinator may continue into the spring semester.

Please note that this role is hybrid, but mostly remote: administrative work may be performed remotely. The role will require in-person attendance for six workshops in afternoons from October-December in New York, NY.

Pay/Hours

• Pay: $25/hour
• Hours: 12-20 hours per week, pending programmatic needs

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter and resume with the subject line “Program Coordinator: FIRST LAST” to leadershipinfinancialeducation@gmail.com.