Youth Program Specialist at Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania is a nonprofit organization that funds job training, education, and other community programs by selling donated clothing and household items in Goodwill stores and online. We offer life-changing work on a mission-minded team. We are 1,000 working as one and each of us is essential to helping our community thrive. For three years running, Goodwill has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s “Most Inspiring Companies”.

We offer a wide range of career opportunities ranging from entry-level to management in retail, human services, and administrative fields. Learn more about working at Goodwill. You can help. We can show you how.

YOUTH SERVICES:

We provide career development for youth, including: work readiness training, career exploration, certification attainment, and summer employment opportunities.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Youth Program Specialist provides career exploration and work readiness training for high school students who are enrolled in the HIRE Me Program, HIRE Me is an in-school program that gives in-school youth the skills need in order to identify and pursue their goals. The Youth Program Specialist will also work with youth in the  HIRE Program, a summer youth employment program. The Youth Program Specialist will provide strong leadership, strategic direction, and quality control for in school time activities; develop integral business relationships that lead to internships, job shadowing, and job tours for youth involved in the YouthWorks Programs. The Youth Program Specialist will ensure retention support of youth placed in internships; monitor core activities’ progress and effectiveness. 

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing participants, helping to develop and document goals and goal plans, implementing goal plans, and monitoring goals and plans for modification and completion.


• Transporting participants or materials is  required.


• This position is a community based position.


• Support participants in securing resources and/or services necessary to obtain and maintain employment.

Status: Full-time

Location: 118 52nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201

External hiring range: $18.25-$18.98/hour

Schedule: 40 Hours per week, some evenings and weekends will be required. Schedule can vary depending on department needs. 

Travel required: Yes, local travel is required. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent AND 5 years of experience required. OR 
  


• Associates' degree AND 3 years of experience required. OR
  


• Bachelors' degree AND 1 year of experience required.

Required Degree(s): must be in Communication, Human Services, Education or Related field.

Required Experience: must be related to working with low-income, at-risk, and/or adjudicated youth/young adults and/or experience with youth in foster care.

REQUIRED CLEARANCES, LICENSES, AND CERTIFICATIONS:

• Qualified candidates must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation for local travel.


• Candidates are expected to provide current valid clearances (Child Abuse Clearance, FBI Fingerprints Clearance, and PATCH) prior to first day of employment.  

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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