Program Coordinator
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains, Inc. · Brookings, SD · 2 mo ago
On-siteEducationFull-time
Job Summary
The Program Coordinator is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the Program, including grant opportunities. They also ensure all programming is high quality, fun, and engaging, establish an environment ensuring the health and safety of members, and uphold the Club values inside and outside of the Club.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Approves program plans, including specialized and night programming.
- Ensure all programming is high quality, fun, and engaging
- Evaluate Club programs, report findings, and take appropriate action to correct
- Establishes an environment that ensures the health and safety of members
- Expected to be proactive and flexible while working with youth, parents, the community, and Club staff
- Aid in designing impact programs that produce measurable outcomes
- Communicate daily with the Elementary Director on overall Club and program operations
- Complete all required program updates for newsletters, publications, etc.
- Create and implement membership outreach strategies for youth
- Work in collaboration with community partners to enhance services
- Manage budget and grant requirements
- Create the staff schedule
Employment Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or three years equivalent experience in a similar field preferred
- Minimum of 1-year experience with youth services organizations
- Must understand, implement, and demonstrate principles of behavior management and other youth treatment modalities, per the Club training and values of fun, supportive relationships, recognition, opportunities and expectations, and safety.
- Must be able to provide leadership, on-the-spot and reflective feedback, and supervision to assigned employees to ensure they, too, understand and demonstrate principles of behavior management and other youth treatment modalities, per the Club training and values of fun, supportive relationships, recognition, opportunities and expectations, and safety.
Physical Requirements
- Must be of the mental and physical capacity to observe, interact, and communicate with youth, staff, volunteers, parents, etc., at the Club to ensure the safety of the space and others, provide guidance and reflection per the Club priority outcomes and goals
- Ability to stand/sit for long periods throughout a shift
- Ability to operate various types of general office equipment including PC, telephone, copier, etc.
- This position is considered to be safety-sensitive.