Program Coordinator, Life Skills

The Opportunity

As a key member of the Life Skills and Highest Awards team, the Program Coordinator, Life Skills will support the planning, organizing, and implementation of the Girl Scouts of Greater New York’s Life Skills program in the five boroughs for Girl Scouts K-12. These programs serve as a foundation for Take Action projects and Highest Awards. The role will also support STEM, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Outdoor pillars.

GSGNY Background

For over a century, Girl Scouts has been instilling generations of girls with the skills and knowledge to become young women of courage, confidence, and character, to speak out and be leaders. Today, Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) is delivering its message of empowerment and engaging more than 38,000 girls of every race, background, and religion. GSGNY’s vision is a New York City in which every girl feels empowered to lead in her community, the workplace, and the world. GSGNY has become a hub for innovation within the broader Girl Scouts movement, presenting new ways to engage and inspire the next generation of young leaders.

Recent investments and initiatives include:

• The Leadership Institute provides middle and high school aged girls with 21st century leadership skills and subject-specific knowledge and experiences that will help girls reshape their views on leadership and about their own potential to transform into powerful agents of change, while equipping them to succeed in school and their future careers.
• Troop 6000 is the first Girl Scout program specially designed to serve the thousands of girls currently living in the New York City homeless shelter system.
• Cybersecurity Programs at Girl Scouts were designed to serve the evolving needs of New York City’s girls and New York City’s workforce. With the goal of encouraging girls to consider careers that require STEM skills, this program ensures girls have the tools and knowledge they need to safely navigate our increasingly tech-driven world.
• Anti-Racist and Anti-Bias Training: We teach girls to lead by example, and to that end, we are committed to doing the work necessary to become an anti-racist organization. We are working to partner with experts in the areas of race, inclusion, and equity to conduct a series of trainings.
• Camp Kaufmann: The camp experience is an essential part of Girl Scouting – and as the only Girl Scout council in the nation serving a 100% urban population, we prioritize offering high quality outdoor education opportunities to New York City girls. We recently upgraded and enhanced facilities at our 425-acre Camp Kaufmann in Dutchess County, including the construction of a new swimming pool.

Guided by an ambitious strategic plan and its dynamic CEO, Meridith Maskara, Girl Scouts of Greater New York aims to expand to reach more girls while serving as an innovating force within the national Girl Scout movement.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Program Manager, Life Skills and Highest Awards, the Program Coordinator, Life Skills will:

• Coordinate and support Girl Scouts programming, including seasonal peak programming in the various portfolios.
Create, organize, and implement Girl Scouts badge days, leadership events, trainings, and special events that support the recruitment and retention in a membership year
• -securing a surge in defined KPIs.
• Secure opportunities for external partnership events that support the Girl Scout Experience and meet GSUSA requirements—and organize opportunities throughout the Girl Scout year.
• Implement and dynamically deliver in-person and virtual programming to Girl Scouts.
• Work with the Program Manager and colleagues across the portfolios to create specific younger Girl Scout programming that supports retention strategies, including strengthening the volunteer communication, and expanding their capacity to intentionally deliver the GS experience.
• Provide administrative support in organizing special younger Girl Scout initiatives and Girl Scout traditional annual events.
• Organize and implement in person and virtual volunteer trainings, including distribution of promotional material, registration, confirmations, preparation of materials for temporary staff, short term volunteers and experienced troop leaders.
• Manage, purchase, and distribute all event related materials and supplies to the designated sites throughout New York City locations of scheduled program events.
• Research national program strategies and trends to enhance and develop Girl Scout programming materials for events that reflect and are responsive to the identified needs of elementary school age Girl Scouts.
• Work with diverse volunteers and committees to assist in the delivery of Council-sponsored programs and articulate Council policy and program procedures, to expand efforts of growing programming especially for elementary Girl Scouts.
• Provide administrative support to the Program Manager, Life Skills and Highest Awards and all team programming.
• Step in to provide administrative and programmatic support on the Life Skills and Highest Awards and program team.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Function as a team member to help achieve Council goals and objectives, and support GSUSA, Council policies, and standards.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 2 years of relevant experience with youth
• Strong personal commitment to the Girl Scout mission and vision
• Demonstrated ability to work with culturally diverse communities
• Experience working with volunteers a plus
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills
• Exceptional attention to detail, demonstrated ability to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines; perform well under pressure.
• Ability to design relevant and responsive programs for girls that reflect the values of the Girl Scout movement.
• Ability to manage time, work independently, provide customer service, and handle several projects at once.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills and ability to interact effectively with youth, school administrators, and corporate volunteers.
• Ability to commit to a flexible work schedule and to travel throughout the five boroughs.
• Computer-literate, with knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, Dropbox, social media, and other web-based applications.
• Knowledge of Salesforce marketing cloud a plus
• Knowledge of grant reporting a plus

Compensation & Benefits

• $50,000 annual salary
• Comprehensive benefits including options for health, dental & vision coverage, Flexible Spending Account/FSA, commuter benefits, 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match, and generous PTO.

No phone calls, please.

The Girl Scouts of Greater New York is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to you without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, age, veteran status, medical condition or disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential functions and requirements of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this description. Any essential function or requirement of this job will be evaluated as necessary should an incumbent or applicant be unable to perform the function or requirement due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation(s) for the specific disability will be made for the incumbent or applicant when possible.