Youth Development Specialist

The Youth Development Specialist position involves married couples serving as flex houseparents to provide a nurturing environment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Responsibilities include guiding students, managing daily activities, and ensuring a family-like atmosphere while living on campus.

About Milton Hershey School

Milton Hershey School is one of the world's best private schools, providing an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more—and all costs are covered.

The school is fully endowed and has the resources to ensure both students and staff are provided everything they need to thrive.

Role of Flex Houseparents

Flex houseparents are couples who reside in on-campus student homes, guiding and nurturing a group of approximately 8-12 students.

They provide a consistent family-like structure for students and handle responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, budgeting, reporting, etc.

Benefits

• Salary: $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: 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. No alcohol is permitted while on duty

• Limitations on pets. Only fish and one dog of approved breeds is permitted

• 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 (Note: Proselytizing is prohibited)

• 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.