Youth Development Specialist

Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC) is a Brooklyn non-profit and community development organization. FDC seeks an experienced youth development professional to facilitate career and college counseling, and other youth development activities for a diverse high school-aged (14-21) youth population.  Full time Position.

Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Director of Youth Programs, the Youth Development Specialist will carry out the following duties:

• Teach a credit bearing advisory group class  with a focus on Career and College Planning
• Facilitate peer education training with the goal of developing a team of youth peer educators who will facilitate workshops on life skills, youth leadership, health issues and financial literacy;
• With input from youth, develop a service learning project that will be carried out in the local community
• Provide individual counseling with youth to support academic achievement, youth employment/job readiness, career and college planning and other youth development goals;
• Facilitate inspiring/engaging grade specific activities/workshops on themes such as leadership development, gender, and cultural diversity training, other topics of interest
• Conduct job readiness workshops
• Develop mentor relationships for program youth with community and mentoring programs
• Establish relationships with local businesses/to  provide youth internships;
• Organize college tours, informational workshops and other support services that support youth during the college application process;
• Organize/facilitate informational workshops for parents to increase their support of youth during the college application process;
• Maintain all administrative records, including biweekly timesheets, expense receipts, monthly attendance and quarterly program reports;
• Execute any and all other tasks necessary for the successful operation of FDC youth programming.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in child / youth development, elementary education, physical education, recreation, fine arts, social work or a related field;
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with youth;
• Experience working with high school youth in a school-based or community-based setting;
• Outstanding organizational, administrative  and writing skills; ability to think critically; attention to detail; ability to prioritize; ability to meet deadlines; ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment;
• Ability to work with ethnically diverse populations

Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Start date: Immediately
Send resume and cover letter to Susan Siegel, Executive Director- ssiegel@fdconline.org

For more information on the Flatbush Development Corporation, please see our website at www.fdconline.org

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