Position Type:
Community Education Positions/Youth Development Coordinator
Date Posted:
6/17/2025
Location:
Northfield Community Education Center
Date Available:
08/01/2025
Closing Date:
07/08/2025
JOB ID: 4541 – Youth Development Coordinator – Full-time position beginning 07/01/2025.
Location: Community Education
Scheduled Hours/Days: 40 hours/week 52 weeks/year.
Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree. Experience with staff supervision. Demonstrates exceptional skill in the area of youth development. Ability to build and manage relationships with staff, students and families. Highly organized, with exceptional attention to detail. Ability to express ideas effectively both orally and in writing. Planning, implementing, coordinating and arranging for youth development, enrichment and youth service programs.
Pay Rate/Range: $75,136/yr. – 2025-2026 agreement.
Compensation/Benefits/Perks:
Comprehensive and affordable benefits package including:
Medical. Dental. Vision.
Life/AD&D, and Long-Term Disability Coverage.
403 (b) Plan and District Match
District Paid Life Insurance
Deadline: 7/8/2025 — EOE (6/17/2025) Employment is contingent upon completion of a background check.
Job Summary:
Under the general direction of the Community Education Director, the Youth Development Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing, supervising and evaluating youth development and youth service programs for school-aged youth residing in the Northfield School District.
Responsibilities:
Provides direct and indirect coordination services to students, staff and families in the area of youth programs, including (but not limited to) Community School, Middle School Youth Center, Summer PLUS, Summer BLAST and other areas as needed
- Recruits, hires, trains, monitors, supervises and evaluates program staff and volunteers.
- Develops, maintains and updates a manual for staff and volunteers.
- Collaborates with community groups, associations, colleges, organizations and volunteers regarding programming, programming needs, operations or other relevant issues
- Develops before school, after school and evening programming, including non-school day programming.
- Communicates, collaborates and problem-solves with administrators, district personnel, parents, community members and Advisory Councils regarding students, staff and/or program issues.
- Tracks required data.
- Assess needs of students and families at the schools and throughout the district; works with partners to design and implement programming to address these needs.
- Supports recruitment of students for programming.
- Ensures Continuous Learning Plans (CLPs) are completed for eligible youth.
- Ensures use of best practices in programming for children, youth and adults.
- Evaluates program effectiveness and participant satisfaction.
- Markets and promotes activities and opportunities with students and the community.
- Assists and makes recommendations concerning fiscal needs and requirements for programming, activities, and initiatives, including the oversight of supply purchasing and staffing.
- Provides leadership, consultation and collaboration with teachers of students with youth program-related concerns; serves on various teams
- Regularly supports program sites during programming time, including but not limited to, observations and evaluations, training, problem solving, continuous improvement and mentoring.
- Leads the development of work plans, interim reporting and the management of grant requirements based on funding sources.