YOUTH PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

$61,485 - $95,306/Yr

Town Of Cary - Cary, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Cary, NC

Repair and Maintenance

About the position

The Youth Programs Coordinator at Cary's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources department is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing youth programs and events, particularly focusing on the Cary Teen Council and teen volunteer groups. This role involves supervising temporary staff, managing volunteer opportunities, and facilitating leadership and civic engagement for teens. The position requires flexibility in scheduling, including availability during evenings and weekends to support program activities.

Responsibilities

• Supervises a team of temporary staff in planning and facilitating service-learning opportunities for 1,000 Cary teens.
• Provides support and oversight to the teens' volunteer schedules, registration process, civic engagement and learning opportunities.
• Creates and maintains consistent policies, guidelines, practices and trainings for members of Cary Teen Council, organizations with which they may engage, staff and volunteers who support the program areas.
• Collaborates with staff on Cary Teen Council volunteer opportunities as well as learning opportunities.
• Recruits, hires, coordinates, supervises, trains and evaluates temporary staff, contract staff, volunteers and program instructors.
• Assists with the continued development, organization, coordination, and supervision of Cary Teen Council.
• Manages the volunteer software to create, enter and track volunteer opportunities, volunteer services registration, and hours of service.
• Ensures correct program data entry and information pertaining to participation in and registration for Cary Teen Council in the current PRCR registration software.
• Manages website content for all related program areas.
• Creates and manages social media promoting program opportunities and civic engagement.
• Coordinates regular meetings of Cary Teen Council members as well as meetings/events focused on education, training and teamwork.
• Maintains knowledge of organizations, trends and issues in youth programming, community engagement and volunteerism.
• Manages agreements with outside organizations which present volunteer opportunities to Cary Teen Council.
• Assists in supporting existing recreation programs.
• Assists with implementing special events, community recreation and Town-related special events.

Requirements

• Requires a combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Recreation, General Education, Social Services, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with teens (ages 13+) in a group setting in either a paid or volunteer capacity.

Nice-to-haves

• Considerable experience in event management.
• Considerable experience managing working with large groups of volunteers.
• Considerable experience supervising full or part time staff.
• Some experience in social media content creation and/or marketing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits coverage effective upon hire date for employees and their families.
• Significant investment in employee benefits, averaging about 40% of annual salary per employee.