B-SAFE Site Manager

Program Description

St. Stephen's Youth Programs (SSYP) is an afterschool and summer academic and enrichment program for young people from first grade through high school. The goal of the program is to build a community where all people feel safe, feel big, and feel connected. SSYP runs programs year round in the South End and Lower Roxbury neighborhoods and expands to Dorchester and Mattapan for summer programming. Each site includes academic enrichment, health & wellness, visual and performing art workshops; science activities; recreational activities; celebratory events; and many field trips. A healthy breakfast, lunch, and snack is served each day. While based in Episcopal churches, SSYP has no required religious component for staff or youth.

For middle school youth, SSYP runs a Youth Leadership Corps that includes all of the above activities, along with leadership trainings, community service opportunities, and meeting with local political officials. (This runs out of the Lower Roxbury site only.)

For high school youth, SSYP runs a CIT (Counselor-in-Training) program that is a paid job and includes trainings on employment skills, college readiness, healthy relationships, financial literacy, and life skills. SSYP's teen programs also include one-on-one mentoring and College and Career support. There are about 15 CITS at each site.

Site Manager Position Description

The Site Manager plans and implements the overall programming, safety, schedule, and staff supervision at each site. The Site Manager is the first and primary face of the program, serving as the key contact with families, staff, volunteers, and the host site. The Site Manager has responsibility for supporting relationships with partner organizations and churches, parents and guardians, and school administrators and teachers. This position reports to the Director of Youth Programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

STAFF RELATIONSHIPS

  • Supervising and leading with 8-10 adult staff

  • Supporting and managing 12-15 teen staff

  • Participating and co-leading training workshops

  • Planning and facilitating weekly group and individual meetings

  • Evaluating program quality and staff performance using nationally recognized tools

  • Working collegially with peer staff and fostering a spirit of cooperation

  • Balancing teamwork and collective program efforts with independent initiative and action for site

YOUTH RELATIONSHIPS

  • Building and maintaining relationships with up to 65 elementary youth

  • Ensuring the safety of all children

  • Supporting young people by redirecting and encouraging positive decisions

PARENT RELATIONSHIPS

  • Building and maintaining positive relationships with parents and families

  • Supporting SSYP's parent and family engagement efforts (e.g. citizenship workshops, English classes, and more)

PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Planning and evaluating with leadership team, including ongoing reporting and data collection

  • Engaging in daily contact and weekly supervision with Supervisor

  • Responding positively and promptly to supervision and redirection

  • Committing to all key program dates listed below

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience also accepted

  • Experience in running an urban youth program

  • Experience supervising a sizable adult staff

  • Ability to work extremely well on a team

  • Excellent communication skills, including written and spoken communication with a wide variety of people

  • High level of attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines, can-do attitude, flexibility, and sense of humor

  • Spanish language skills STRONGLY preferred

KEY DATES

  • Training: Late June (exact dates to be announced)

  • Program: Wednesday, July 5th - Thursday, August 4th

HOURS: 8:00am-4:30pm

Compensation: $236.50 per day

Jobs are open and accepting applications until filled. A Criminal Offenders Records Information (CORI) request and Sex Offenders Records Information (SORI) request will need to be completed for this position. In addition, all staff must be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations.

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@ssypboston.org with the subject line “Site Manager”.