Summer Teen Empowerment Program Supervisor - Temporary 2025

• Further develop a basic curriculum and utilize to help create engaging learning activities for teenagers going into grades7 -12.
• Provide guidance, leadership, mentorship, and coaching to teenagers as needed.
• Organize and schedule daily activities, events, field trips, and guest speakers from the community members and city departments.
• Use engaging platforms such as technology to engage teenagers in their daily learning.
• Provide counsel, comfort, and encouragement to all teens.
• Redirect teen behaviors using Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies and Trauma Informed Care approaches when de-escalating.
• Use social media such as TikTok or Facebook to enhance program plans, activities, and use it to recruit in new teenagers and promote current events.
• Ability to empathize with the struggles teenagers will face and provide tools to work through the challenges that arise.
• Ability to individualize daily instruction and activities based on individual teenager needs.
• Ensure accuracy and manage confidentiality of documentation, data, reports, and records.
• Assist the Teen Empowerment Coordinator with scheduling and training AmeriCorps members and volunteers.
• Implement policies, procedures, rules, and regulations
• Act as a functional supervisor and directly supervise and lead a team of AmeriCorps members during live programming.
• Conduct AmeriCorps members performance evaluations in collaboration with the Teen Empowerment Coordinator

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Child & Youth Development- Understanding that all children, youth, and teenagers develop at different rates and daily learning needs to be adapted for each teenager based on where they are in their development.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Professional experience working in culturally diverse populations. Sensitivity to the traditionally marginalized communities.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across cultural differences.
• Social Perceptiveness - Understanding people's reactions and being able to empathize to the needs of traditionally marginalized communities and community members.
• Administration and Management- Knowledge of management principles involved in strategic planning, leadership technique, supervision, training, performance evaluation, and coordination of people and resources.
• Critical Thinking, Judgement, Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Negotiation-Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways and options to solve a problem and picking the best one. Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to bring a teenager and adult or other teenager together to solve the problem.
• Flexibility- Able to adapt and modify daily instruction or daily plans based on predicted and unforeseen circumstances, always have a backup plan for extra time
• Communication skills- be comfortable talking to large groups of teenagers, ability to engage diverse groups of people in a conversation and maintain professionalism while doing so.

Environment and Physical Demands:

• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, run, kneel, crouch, crawl, be able to stand or walk for extended periods
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
• Occasionally be exposed to wet and humid conditions and outdoor weather conditions.
• The typical noise level in the work area is moderate.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possession of a high school diploma or supervisory experience
• Experience working with diverse populations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• College level coursework from an accredited college or university in Education, Sociology, Social Work, Cross Cultural Studies, Psychology or related field
• Experience supervising and coaching employees or volunteers
• Experienced educator or experience working with teenagers