What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Development Specialist position at Milton Hershey School?
Job Title: Youth Development Specialist
Milton Hershey School is seeking married couples to serve as flex houseparents, providing a nurturing family-like environment for 8-12 students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
About the Role
Couples will engage in guiding students, managing household responsibilities, and fostering personal development while residing on-campus.
About Milton Hershey School
Milton Hershey School is one of the world's best private schools, offering an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more - all costs covered.
Benefits
- Salary: $43,825 per person (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, with a period of 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
- Valid driver's license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans
- Couples must be comfortable leading students in daily devotions and taking them 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
- Both spouses must complete an individual employment application
Salary : $43,825
