Youth Services Coordinator

• Works with community groups, business organizations, and sister agencies in identifying and developing new or expanded educational, cultural, and recreational programs and services for youth in a designated community area
• Provides technical assistance to public and private agencies, schools, and neighborhood organizations seeking grant funds for youth programs
• Participates in the development of specifications for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and work plans
• Oversees the completion and submittal of work plans and delegate agency budgets
• Provides on-going program and contract support to a portfolio of delegate agencies that provide afterschool and youth programs
• Develops policies and performance standards to ensure consistent program quality and procedures
• Reviews and approves program and operational budgets, including program work plans and budget adjustments
• Plans and coordinates special events to promote program awareness, stimulate youth and organizational participation, and encourage agency sponsorship and resource sharing
• Provides assistance and identifies resources for agencies that are not meeting program requirements
• Conducts site visits of delegate agencies receiving grant funds to monitor program activities for compliance with funding requirements (e.g., fiscal and programmatic compliance)
• Analyzes data to identify trends and to prepare programmatic, compliance, budgetary and/or ad hoc reports for management review
• Conducts workshops to educate community residents on issues and concerns specific to youth
• Serves as liaison to other departments, schools, and community agencies in sponsoring special youth events
• Prepares work activity reports on the status, progress, and effectiveness of programs
• Designs, leads, and conducts program and fiscal trainings for delegate agencies
• Represents the department at various conferences, community meetings, and interagency taskforce initiatives to discuss youth programming and services
• Provides counseling and/or conflict resolution to young people and their families in addition to providing social service referrals, as needed
• Assists in formulating new policy for youth services programs (e.g., recommendations for counseling, homeless outreach, mentoring programs), as needed 

Additional duties may be required for this position.

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