At Youth Guidance, we believe that no matter what challenges a young person faces, they are more likely to succeed when they have caring adults in their lives. Our highly trained staff guides kids to overcome the life and academic challenges facing Chicago’s youth. We meet kids where they are — physically and emotionally — to help them focus on their education, make positive choices, and remain on the right path toward life success.

Founded in 1924, Youth Guidance is a leading provider of outcomes-driven programs serving more than 11,000 youth while touching the lives of more than 14,000 youth, parents, teachers, and community members.

The Great Things You Will Do!

Manage and expand before and after school community school programming by recruiting student-participants, coordinating developmentally appropriate activities for students and oversee staff members. You’ll manage relationships with school administrators and staff as well as maintain accurate financial and attendance records, collaborate with community members and organizations to offer programs and services that meet the needs of students and their families and help market the program for growth and sustainability.

The Great Places Available to do Great Things! (Please indicate which location you are applying for on your application)

• Spry High School

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversight of program staff; monitoring absenteeism and parent and child interactions
• Create a developmentally appropriate multi-age after school program
• Create and maintain a program schedule that reflects effective management
• Develop and maintain appropriate conflict resolution and behavior management techniques
• Effectively manage grant or tuition-based budgets, maintaining compliance with the provisions of the grant or the collection of all tuition payments
• Maintain consistent positive communication with parents, administration/school staff, and Youth Guidance
• Coordinate and monitor all programs and activities

You've Been Prepared for Greatness!

Education/Experience/Training

• Bachelor’s degree 
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working with youth and/or adults in a non-profit, social service or community development organization - preferred

Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work and communicate with elementary and/or high school age youth
• Ability to understand and interpret the policies, procedures, and general organizational structure of the Chicago Public Schools
• Excellent verbal and written communication and management skills
• Ability to keep accurate records, prepare reports and present results

Your Greatness Shines Through!

Competencies

Leadership

Mission-driven

Critical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Conflict Resolution

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit and stand for sustained periods of time, frequently talk, hear, use hands and fingers to feel, handle and operate objects or controls, and occasionally stand, bend, stoop, kneel and crouch.
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, and viewing a computer terminal.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This job operates in a professional office environment, school setting and working with the public, all Youth Guidance employees must be fully vaccinated or approved for a medical or religious exemption

DEI Statement

At Youth Guidance, we understand that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are fundamental to realizing our vision of bright and successful futures for all young people. We celebrate the diversity of youth and recognize them as empowered leaders, problem-solvers, and experts of their own experiences. At the same time, we acknowledge that many systems and institutions meant to support youth are inequitable and unjust.

As such, we are committed to advancing DE&I through our words and our actions, both internally and externally, by:

• Strengthening cultural competence as well as policies, practices, and organizational structures that foster belonging and leverage the unique backgrounds and talents of staff;
• Offering youth-centered programs that are accessible and responsive to people from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, sexual identity, gender identity and expression, language, and cultural and religious beliefs and practices;
• Influencing systems that youth, their families and communities are impacted by, such as schools, organizational networks, governmental bodies, researchers, and the funding community, to apply approaches that embrace DEI in addressing the needs and supporting the aspirations of young people.

Youth Guidance is an equal opportunity employer and proudly values diversity. Youth Guidance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law and is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity along all of these lines. People of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. EOE/M/F/D/V/SO