Careers

Youth Career Pathways Associate

Organization: United Way of Pioneer Valley

Schedule: Temp to Hire, Part-time, hours are flexible (Averaging 20 hours per week)

Salary: $25/hour

Report to: Senior Director of Community Engagement

Job Summary: United Way of Pioneer Valley is seeking a part-time Youth Career Pathways Associate to coordinate and expand upon our Youth Leaders in Action Career Pathways Program. The Associate will be responsible for facilitating the various cohorts throughout the year, working with the schools and/or workforce development agencies to ensure students are paid, keeping up with required hours and schedules, and coordinate all youth activities onsite. All youth within each cohort will report to the Youth Career Pathways Associate, and thus the Associate will be responsible for the student’s wellbeing, tasks and work flow while in the program.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Senior Director of Community Impact to develop, implement and grow volunteer programming at UWPV and through UWPV’s volunteer initiative: VolunteerConnect
• Liaison between all schools and workforce development programs to recruit and schedule students for the cohorts throughout the year. (Currently January-April, July-August and October -November)
• Make connections and outreach, form partnerships with schools and agencies to ensure a steady flow of students throughout the year.
• Work with each cohort of students to ensure schedule meet their required number of hours
• Work with the pantry staff and volunteer department to create projects and tasks for students to ensure that each student gets the full curriculum
• Coordinate speakers of nonprofit professionals to speak to the students each week of the program
• Support each student in the program to ensure that they are getting the most out of the program
• Partner with other nonprofits for projects and continuing volunteerism for students after the program
• Track, document and report on all student hours and continued placement for each cohort
• Attend outreach events such as career fairs and tabling events to recruit and make connections
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or equally equivalent educational experience

Experience

• Experience working with high school youth
• Highly organized and able to multitask
• Experience working or volunteering in a nonprofit, or human service role preferred
• Collaborative and innovative, able to pivot when needed
• Able to work independently and get work done with minimal supervision
• Flexible with time and schedule

Skills

• Extremely good organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours for community events
• Understanding of the local community, and lived experience in the communities we serve a plus
• Excellent communication and public speaking/presentation skills
• Genuine interest in volunteerism and human service
• Collaborative and able to function well in a team setting as well as individually
• Deep understanding of UWPV’s mission and able to uphold our core values

Physical Demands of Job

• Exertion of up to 25-30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects, within the office setting and relating to the position
• Must frequently use typical office equipment (telephone, multifunctional devices, postage meter, etc.)
• Ability to be on your feet for hours at a time
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Will have to travel to offsite locations

Please Note: Requirements, skills, and abilities described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To apply, please email your resume to Alexandra Maggio at amaggio@uwpv.org