What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Development Coordinator position at Milton Hershey School?
About the Role:
Milton Hershey School is seeking married couples to become Flex Houseparents, providing a family-like structure for students and handling responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, and managing site logistics.
Job Overview:
The Youth Development Specialist role involves guiding and nurturing disadvantaged youth in on-campus student homes. This unique opportunity offers a competitive salary with benefits like housing, meals, and comprehensive insurance.
Responsibilities:
- Providing a family-like structure for students
- Administering medication and managing site logistics
- Driving and budgeting
- Reporting and other responsibilities
Benefits:
- Salary of $43,825 per person (a total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple)
- Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability options; retirement savings
- Relocation assistance and paid training provided
- Schedule of nine days on followed by three days off
- Three-week paid summer vacation
Qualifications:
- Experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings
- This is a two-person job for couples who have been legally married for at least two years
- Both spouses should be age 27 or older
- No more than three dependent children may reside in the student home
- Abide by a smoke-free and weapon-free campus
- Valid driver's license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans
- Couples must be comfortable leading students in daily devotions and take students to Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services
- High school diploma or GED required
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Candidates must demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all staff are role models for students
Salary : $43,825
