Youth Development Professional - Oak Street Clubhouse - Marion

Great Futures Start Here

The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Central (BGCCO) is to enable young people to reach their full potential.  Our vision is for all young people regardless of their zip code or circumstances to have the opportunity to achieve a great future.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Ohio, an Affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, empowers the young people who need us most to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens by providing high-quality and impactful out-of-school time programming for youth in grades K-12. BGCCO serves 4,000 youth per year throughout Central Ohio. 

BGCCO operates Clubs in Columbus, Newark, and Marion. 

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO), accrued.
• 12 paid holidays: (Dr. Matin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4^th^ of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day/day after.
• Paid winter break: December 24^th^ -- January 1^st^.
• 401K

Position Summary

Youth Development Professional (YDP) practice is to provide children and teens with high-quality experiences that support their current and long-term success. Staff utilize our five key elements for positive youth development, based on research that studied many Clubs' best practices:

1. Create a safe, positive environment
2. Generate fun and foster a sense of belonging
3. Encourage supportive relationships with peers and adults
4. Provide opportunities and set expectations
5. Offer recognition to positive behavior

By recognizing young people's contributions and accomplishments, Club staff can help kids build relationships with peers and develop a sense of belonging.  Other ways Club staff support youth include helping them reframe conflict, identify their feelings, and understand the relationship between emotion, behavior, and consequence.  

Essential Job Function & Responsibilities

• Assisting in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating programs, services, and activities with members.
• Maintain a program area schedule that satisfies the diverse interests and abilities of Club members; ensure programming is age appropriate.
• Contributing to a healthy and safe environment, ensuring that facilities, equipment, and supplies are properly maintained. 
• Promote the development of social and emotional skills.
• Manage classroom conduct and exhibit problem-solving skills needed to redirect behavior.
• Maintain daily and monthly attendance records during programming.
• Contributing to programs, activities and services that prepare youth for success.
• Helping to create a Club environment that facilitates the achievement of desirable youth development outcomes.
• Fulfilling responsibilities for the BGCCO at the primary club to which they are assigned as well as traveling to different clubs on an as needed basis.
• The flexibility to work at different sites is an expectation of this position.
• Perform all other duties that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the Organization

Leadership

Contribute to programs, activities and services that are essential to preparing youth members for success through organizational awareness, systemic and innovative thinking.

Contribute to positive youth development through relationship building, providing recognition, influencing, coaching by example and servant leadership, providing members with feedback, listening, and fostering organizational wellness

Ability to supervise and implement quality programs