(Hybrid) Part-time Program Manager - Youth and Community Development

About the role

This hybrid position (with time required in-person in Morgantown, WV) is responsible for working with a team to plan, implement, and evaluate youth entrepreneurship and workforce development programs. This person will also be responsible for significant statewide administrative responsibilities including program coordination, evaluation, and finance.

Responsibilities

• Review, maintain, and/or develop program materials as needed for outreach efforts
• Develop and/or revise program implementation guides to be shared with organizations delivering Extension developed efforts
• Establish and maintain positive collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate communication with partner within West Virginia and across the U.S. to support partner planning/development of shared efforts
• Foster collaboration among existing Extension programs to ensure alignment with ongoing initiatives
• Coordinate regular project team meetings to facilitate communication among Extension faculty/staff
• Support the implementation of mini-grant funded pilot projects with partnering states through regular communication with partners and troubleshooting/problem solving
• Maintain records of program activities, successes, and challenges to inform future program development
• Care for youth focused community development projects with additional implementation tasks as needed
• Contact partners to schedule ongoing coaching sessions and/or individual meetings as needed
• Track and maintain program data to ensure thorough and accurate program evaluation
• Facilitate communication with partners to collect data
• Organize and maintain surveys, focus group discussion template, and other documents for use by program partners
• Work closely with project teams to analyze program evaluation data
• Develop program reports to share both internally and with program partners
• Support the development of required reports for private and public funders

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field required
• A minimum of at least one (1) year of experience involving:
• Working with youth or young adults
• Working in a higher education setting
• Familiarity with youth workforce development, entrepreneurship education, or similar preferred
• Experience with financial systems in a higher education setting, or similar preferred
• Required proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), Canva, and other standard platforms
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered

Qualifications

• Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:
• Professional communication
• Event planning and management
• Strong organizational and time management skills including managing multiple tasks simultaneously
• Resource management skills / budgeting
• Volunteer management
• Meeting facilitation
• Partnership/relationship development
• Assertiveness and conflict resolution skills to maintain a healthy and safe environment
• Basic computer skills for input and output of data, electronic communication, and extracting programming resources
• Operate an automobile to travel independently as needed
• Conduct or participate in educational programs or professional development experience that require travel and/or overnight stays
• Complete volunteer vetting including background check, DMV check, and required child safety trainings as per WVU policy

Benefits

• Paid holidays (Staff holiday calendar)
• Annual leave (vacation) days per year
• Sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks
• Wellness programs

Pay

The pay for this position is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The work hours for this position are 20 hours per week.