Youth Development Specialist, Alpha - $120,000/year USD

About the role

The role is not instruction. It is motivation. The greatest support you can offer a student who reached 99% of their target is to refuse to accept it as complete.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating one-hour life-skills sessions for K-8 cohorts covering public speaking, concentration, feedback delivery and reception, and other foundational competencies, modifying the existing framework and creating new sessions when needed.
• Conducting daily individual and small-group motivational sessions that drive every student toward their weekly app targets, leveraging Coachbot analytics, Alpha's incentive structures (school currency, leaderboards), and your personal connection with each student to overcome reluctance.
• Administering Test2Pass (Alpha's mastery-based evaluation) for each life skill, and providing continued coaching to students who do not initially pass until mastery is achieved.
• Adjusting your coaching approach across a broad age spectrum, from kindergarteners requiring high energy and physical activity to 8th graders needing direct conversation and responsibility.
• Analyzing weekly cohort performance metrics in Coachbot, pinpointing students falling behind, and modifying your coaching strategy for the upcoming week based on data insights.

Requirements

• Available to work on-site at an Alpha campus in Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR (relocation assistance available).
• Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience with K-8 students (classroom instruction, coaching, tutoring, camp counseling, or youth program management).
• A concrete example you can articulate of motivating a K-8 student toward a challenging goal: the objective, your actions, and the result.
• Comfort with AI managing the instructional delivery while you concentrate on motivation and life-skills development.

Nice-to-have Requirements

• Background in youth sports coaching, debate, camp leadership, theater, or after-school programs where you held direct responsibility for motivating children toward defined objectives.
• Demonstrated personal record of high achievement (academic, athletic, or professional), indicating that maintaining rigorous standards for others is an established trait, not an adopted stance.
• Communication and presentation skills sufficient to engage a room of 12-year-olds for an hour without needing to elevate your voice.
• History of converting disengaged or resistant students into enthusiastic contributors.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Legal authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship.

Skills

None specifically listed beyond the requirements above.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage starting day one.

Pay

$120,000 annual W2 compensation, distributed weekly.

Schedule

Full-time on-site position at an Alpha campus in Beverly Hills, CA; Piedmont, CA; Greenwich, CT; Boca Raton, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Miami Beach, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Chicago, IL; Raleigh, NC; Portland, OR.