What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Development Specialist position at Milton Hershey School?
The Youth Development Specialist at Milton Hershey School provides a nurturing environment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, serving as a flex houseparent and guiding daily activities. This position requires married couples to reside on-campus and facilitate tasks such as driving, medication management, and budgeting.
Milton Hershey School is a private school that offers an exceptional education with housing, meals, and more to students in pre-K through 12th grade from underprivileged backgrounds.
The school is fully endowed, thanks to the generosity of its founders, allowing it to provide resources for both students and staff to thrive.
Couples are hired to become flex houseparents, residing in on-campus student homes and caring for approximately 8-12 students. Responsibilities include handling daily tasks, providing guidance, and establishing a family-like structure.
Benefits
- A total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple, including free housing, meals while on duty, utilities, and more
- 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
- A schedule of nine days on followed by three days off, with personal time while students are at school
- 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
- Limitations on pets
- Valid driver's license and ability to become certified to drive student home vans
- Couples must be comfortable leading students in daily devotions and attending Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services
- High school diploma or GED required
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Candidates must demonstrate a high degree of integrity
- Both spouses must complete an individual employment application
Salary : $150,000
