Title: Youth Workforce Development Program ManagerReports to: Associate Director of Workforce DevelopmentPay Range: $85,000-$95,000

Join our MEDA team

At MEDA, we find meaning and fulfillment in investing in people’s lives. We work collaboratively to close the opportunity gap for low- to moderate-income Latino families in San Francisco’s Mission District by providing them access to affordable housing, career and small-business development, education and more. As MEDA continues to strengthen this community, we need more talented professionals dedicated to inspiring positive change – and driven to succeed in a fast-paced team environment. Be one of us!

Your Career Opportunity

As the Workforce Development Program Manager, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and maintaining workforce development services and partnerships that ensure leveraging of resources and the sustainability of the program. You are responsible for maintaining and expanding an integrated services coaching model that incorporates Financial Capability for every client. This includes internal operations, external network collaborations, and fundraising relationships. You will coordinate program outcomes, staff management, as well as integration initiatives across MEDA’s sets of work. The Workforce community impact strategies include: DCYF High School Partnerships, developing business partnerships. 

Specifically, you will:

• Lead neighborhood collective impact initiatives which provide wrap-around support and related services to assist job seekers to address and overcome significant barriers to employment.
• Connect work-ready job-seekers to employer(s)/employment opportunities and to approved vocational skills training providers/training opportunities.
• Oversee the DCYF High School Partnerships providing technical, job readiness, Financial Capability, and placement support into careers with continuous upward mobility. These training programs leverage employer connections as well as connections to other Asset Building programs to support families to thrive financially.

Your Keys to Success

• BA or equivalent experience preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of high-level management/program work experience, experience in a multi-fund non-profit agency strongly preferred, including experience developing, applying for, and securing funds for a range of business, community or social development programs.
• Knowledge of labor market trends and industry sectors.
• Required bilingual Spanish/English with written skills in Spanish and English.
• Working knowledge of government funding and incentive programs for workforce development.
• Knowledge and proficient use of software technology that assists in tracking program results.
• Demonstrated organization and planning skills to effectively work in a non-structured environment and adapt to changes in priorities.
• Leadership and teambuilding skills that will motivate staff and assist in working effectively with community partners and funders.
• Interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to interact with diverse populations including staff, clients, civic and business leaders, community partners, and funders.
• Lived and professional experience serving underserved populations, particularly low-income individuals, immigrants, etc., and English learners.
• This position will require a background check with DOJ and FBI

Your MEDA Experience

Do meaningful work in an innovative workplace while being challenged for your professional growth. Joining MEDA means having meaningful experiences that develop achievers – from across the Mission neighborhood and from within our organization. We find meaning and fulfillment in our work as we see this community thrive and are driven to achieve better outcomes by challenging ourselves to innovate in our ways of working.

We offer a market-leading benefits program that reflects MEDA's values and mission. We invest in people's lives and support our own people's health and financial well-being.

Our core benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and their dependents – 100 percent covered by MEDA.
• 401(k) Plan for employees.
• Generous paid time off -- minimum of 20 days for new employees.
• Employee Assistance Program that offers free financial or legal counseling to employees or their families.
• Other forms of voluntary benefits.