Youth Programming Coordinator at NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH – LAS VEGAS, Nevada

POSITION TITLE: Youth Programming Coordinator

POSITION TYPE: Full Time Position

REPORTS TO: Director of Programs

COMPENSATION: FT Hourly; dependent on experience

Agency Description

Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) is the most comprehensive service provider for the thousands of young people experiencing homelessness in Southern Nevada, serving hundreds of youth through our core programs and touching the lives of thousands more through outreach each year. NPHY’s programs stabilize homeless teens' lives, meeting their immediate needs and providing a safe, supportive environment and a path to self-sufficiency.

Strengthening and complementing our high-quality direct services, NPHY is dedicated to advocating for this population and serves as a leader in systems-level efforts to eliminate homelessness among all Nevada’s youth.

Agency Culture

NPHY offers a positive, mission-driven work environment: we encourage each staff member to cultivate their unique talents and training and come together as a strong, synergistic team to better serve homeless young people. While working in a challenging yet rewarding field, you will be surrounded by compassionate, energetic, fun, happy, and friendly staff members who are like-minded and love what they do.

In addition to everyday interactions with youth, NPHY offers countless opportunities for youth and staff to experience new and fun things together to help the NPHY family create stronger bonds and model positive relationships and healthy boundaries with the young people we serve. NPHY also offers quarterly training to better equip our staff with up-to-date continuing education, skills, and resources to best serve and respond to a wide array of situations and needs.

NPHY doesn’t just accept diversity—we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, clients, programs, and community. NPHY is proud to be an Equal Opportunity workplace. NPHY is dedicated to maintaining a welcoming, respectful, and supportive workplace where every employee, volunteer, and client feels valued. We seek to build a team that reflects the communities we serve and the young people whose lives we aim to change for the better.

Position Definition

Under the supervision of the Director of Programs, this full-time position is responsible for building the capacity of NPHY’s youth engagement programming and activities at our anchor facility, the NPHY Drop-In Center. The Youth Programming Coordinator will help take NPHY’s youth programming to the next level through creating, coordinating, and systematizing client engagement opportunities, such as social hours, movie nights, video game competitions, recreational and exercise activities, art and music lessons, cooking lessons, talent shows, on-site resource fairs, and more, while building rapport with youth to comfortably facilitate their participation in these activities. The goal of this position is to help vulnerable youth experiencing homelessness build self-esteem, improve psycho-social well-being, learn life skills, and cultivate positive relationships with peers and role models, while monitoring youth traffic and activities that occur at the NPHY Drop-In Center.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead by example in creating a positive, trusting, and respectful culture and atmosphere for youth by utilizing Positive Youth Development, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Informed approaches.
• Support youth in developing life skills, leadership skills, time management, self-respect, communication, conflict resolution, and socially acceptable behavior through one-on-one discussions, group activities, training, and workshops.
• Create and manage a regular ongoing schedule of a variety of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual on-site and off-site youth engagement activities for the agency.
• Facilitate regular group activities and workshops for youth, and work closely with the NPHY Case Management team to communicate progress, successes, needs, or issues related to youth participating in the groups.
• Manage the monthly calendar of on-site and off-site youth events/classes/activities including Life Skills classes, Engage Me programming, field trips, and other special events.
• Promote awareness of available and upcoming events and opportunities to youth by creating youth-friendly signage and flyers, speaking to youth directly to answer their questions, signing up youth to the interested events, provide reminders prior to the event, and ensure attendance and participation in activities during the events.
• Organize and manage the youth communication and resource boards including electronic agency messaging and physical resource boards to ensure that information is up to date and clear.
• Manage the Client Activity folder by tracking attendance, collateral, and data from all youth engagement activities hosted by the agency.
• Report to all necessary departments with requested data and information by gathering consistent data through various methods including surveys and focus groups.
• Assist and work closely with volunteer management and supervise volunteers and youth during the facilitation of all program-related events at the Drop-In Center (e.g. BBQs, Engage Me Programs, lessons or training, etc.) to encourage a positive youth-friendly environment, providing support as needed.
• Initiate, build, and support community partners to enhance the Life Skills curriculum and strengthen educational and employment opportunities for youth.
• Serve as an NPHY liaison for both the Community Engagement department and Direct Client Services department to provide efficient, friendly and welcoming customer service to clients, volunteers, guests, and members of the public.
• Provide support for NPHY Ambassador Program with the Director of Programs and Chief of Communications & Advocacy, including preparing meeting agendas, leading various training and meetings for youth enrolled in the program, maintaining organized records of the youth’s progress and accomplishments, supervising youth’s volunteer opportunities and hours, and continually recruit new members for the program.
• Ensure the safety of the youth and agency by following agency procedures on security measures and facilitating conflict resolution to de-escalate situations when they arise.
• Manage the agency’s activity spaces at the Drop-In Center, such as the Innovation Lab and Multi-purpose Room. This will include managing the reservations of the spaces for other agency usage (i.e., agency meetings, training, partner meetings, external events, etc.).
• Collaborate with other Direct Client Services and Community Engagement staff to support existing program guidelines as well as identify and develop new processes or program improvements.
• Assist in maintaining the Drop-In Center facilities (stocking, cleaning, operations and more) and ensuring pantry cleanliness and organization at all times.
• Serve as a back-up to the Community Engagement department for various street and community outreach projects, including Feel Good Fridays and tabling opportunities.
• Provide backup and related supportive services to other agency staff, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by Programs Managers, Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer.

• A minimum of a High School diploma (or equivalent) required, with strong experience in non-profit, youth mentorship, group facilitation, and teaching.
• Must be at least 21 years of age, can successfully pass a drug-test and criminal background check.
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle; must have a current Nevada Class C driver's license and proof of an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to walk, lift, carry items up to 40 lbs., push, stoop, kneel, and stand for long periods of time.
• Must be able to arrive on time for all scheduled shifts and events.
• Must have a valid Southern Nevada Health District Food Handler Safety Card.
• Ability to work weekends and evenings, should expect to work non-standard hours to fulfill outreach and volunteer events.
• Knowledge/experience working with the public and diverse populations (customer service oriented).
• Experience in delivering presentations and public speaking.
• Experience working with homeless youth, runaway youth, and/or at-risk youth.

Qualifications

• Commitment to NPHY’s mission to provide high-quality, evidence-based services to Nevada’s homeless youth.
• Commitment to maintaining a work environment that values diversity and does not tolerate racism, sexism, heterosexism, ageism, or any other discriminatory practice.
• Comfort in working with diverse populations, especially youth.
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Strong sense of self-direction and initiative while being an effective contributor in team/project environments.
• Knowledge of Office Suite programs (Word, Excel), internet, and email, as well as software and technology typically found in the workplace, including HMIS database.
• Ability to comfortably engage in public speaking and deliver presentations to large groups and a wide variety of audiences (youth, service providers, experts, and members of the public).
• Knowledge of confidentiality laws and ability to adhere to them.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must possess a high level of professional and ethical standards.

Benefits

• NPHY offers a competitive benefits program including three weeks Paid Personal Leave (PPL) and fourteen paid holidays per year.
• NPHY also offers fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance plans.
• Employees can also participate in a 403(b) Thrift retirement plan with up to 3.5% employer match that immediately vests.
• Employer paid $10,000 Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Other Voluntary Insurance Plans.
• NPHY offers a unique benefit to all employees in the form of a Health And Personal Investment (HAPI) reimbursement of $50 per month.

How to Apply & Deadline

• Apply via NPHY’s recruitment page
• Position is open until it is filled