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Marietta, GA - USA

Hourly Salary drjobs

$ 20 - 24

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Benefits:
  • Health insurance
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance
  • Wellness resources
The YELLS Community Action Caf is the signature teen program of Youth Empowerment through Learning
Leading and Serving Inc. In this innovative program teens learn financial literacy marketing servant-
leadership customer service event planning and much more as they actually manage the Caf and lead
events and workshops to engage community members. Our Service Learning model is rooted in youth voice
and allows teens to rise as the leaders of their communities.

The YELLS Community Action Caf Teen Program Manager is responsible for managing the daily operations of
the Community Action Caf and is the primary contact with Community Action Caf youth. S/he is responsible
for supporting and empowering teens to lead and serve as they develop their community hub and social
enterprise. This person creates a positive environment for the program facilitates activities coaches youth to
prepare events monitors their academic progress and coaches them in their apprenticeship roles.

Essential Duties and Functions
  • Provide case management for each youth ensuring s/he rises to his or her full potential within and outside of the Community Action Caf
  • Develop and implement a strong career readiness curriculum that prepares teens for their internship
    roles and future careers
  • Lead and facilitate all workshops (leadership and life skills arts enrichment financial literacy media
    literacy entrepreneurism event planning etc.) and programming when partners/contractors are not
    facilitating
  • Manage internships and coach teens as they lead the Community Action Caf business and its
    community projects and event.
  • Present lessons in an after-school style that includes plenty of physical movement encourages
    authentic experiences and is filled with fun
  • Facilitate team-building activities to foster team spirit and teen-rapport by creating a positive group
    dynamic via team-cohesion and motivational activities
  • Recruit and retain teen participants by developing authentic relationships designing engaging
    learning experiences and promoting youth voice
  • Track academic and social progress of each student and develop individualized interventions and
    plans for their improvement
  • Create and manage a fluid connection between home school community and YELLS
  • Engage parents and families in YELLS events workshops and volunteer opportunities
  • Supervise youth attending the program and promote safety and respect among all participants while
    maintaining order and discipline
  • Participate with a team running an exceptional teen program helping out where needed or instructed
Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree in a related field (i.e. Education Social Work Business Management)
  • Ability to move motivate and inspire youth as a person to whom teens radiate
  • Expertise in Positive Youth Development with experience developing service learning initiatives
  • Maintains a broad and deep inventory of readily accessible leadership activities for impromptu use
  • Team-management and business management skills
  • Excellent organizational and verbal and written communication skills
  • Career coaching and group facilitation experience
  • Bilingual fluent in both English and Spanish an asset
  • Must pass criminal background check
  • COVID-19 vaccination required or willingness to get vaccinated due to interaction with youth
Position to be filled immediately. To apply please send resume and cover letter promptly to Laura
Keefe YELLS Executive Director at For more info visit .
Compensation: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour



YELLS empowers youth to rise as active healthy and productive servant-leaders within their communities. Youth Empowerment through Learning Leading and Serving Inc. (YELLS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit youth development organization based in the Franklin Gateway community of Marietta Georgia. By providing youth with marketable skills support and opportunities we inspire them to invest in themselves in their educations and in their communities

Whether they are kindergartners or high schoolers YELLS youth participate in innovative programs that combine mentorship character development academic achievement community involvement and service learning. From Afterschool Program participants who learn that daily acts of kindness can be fun to Mentoring Program participants who are inspired and inspire in turn to Community Action Caf participants who have made successful government proposals to shape the identity of their community YELLS youth receive support from the programs but also shape them as they assert their voices as community leaders.

YELLS provides a safe haven for youth in the Franklin Gateway neighborhood while empowering them with the skills resources and character they need to serve as effective leaders and community members. Leadership workshops arts enrichment recreational activities and academic support all work together along with parent workshops and engagement to build assets for youth and to promote stronger healthier communities.

The Vision

YELLS envisions communities where youth have voice and value and ensures they possess the leadership skills confidence character and collaborative networks needed to shape their world. If given the opportunity and the tools young people will innovate to solve problems and build community. YELLS brings together partners parents and residents to foster a culture of learning leading and serving that puts youth at a competitive edge in school in the community and in life.



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Manager

Employment Type

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