After-School Site Coordinator

After-School & Summer Site Coordinator

Dafmark Dance Theater – Dafmark Youth Wellness Center
Erie, PA
$22.50/hour| Approximately 40 hours per week | Year-Round

About the Position

Dafmark Dance Theater is seeking an energetic, organized, dependable, and highly engaged Site Coordinator to lead the day-to-day operations of the Dafmark Youth Wellness Center (DYWC), an after-school and summer program serving youth ages 6–18.

This is a unique position for someone who enjoys working directly with youth while also taking on leadership, culinary, and program coordination responsibilities. The Site Coordinator is the lead day-to-day staff member at the Wellness Center and works alongside youth staff, culinary instructors, dance, fitness and martial arts educators, volunteers, teen employees, interns, families, and Dafmark leadership.

We are looking for someone who takes initiative, enjoys being actively involved in programming, can confidently lead a room of young people, and sees what needs to be done without always needing to be asked.

What You'll DoLead the Day-to-Day Program

• Help manage a busy after-school and summer program serving elementary, middle, and high school youth.
• Maintain a strong, active presence with youth throughout the program day.
• Know and manage the daily schedule and keep activities and transitions running on time.
• Take and maintain accurate daily attendance.
• Create a safe, welcoming, structured, and positive environment.
• Build strong relationships with youth and serve as a positive role model.
• Lead engaging activities and group lessons.
• Provide homework and academic support when needed.
• Communicate professionally with parents, staff, instructors, and community partners.

Support Classes & Instructors

DYWC offers cooking, dance, fitness, martial arts, and other wellness-focused programming.

The Site Coordinator will:

• Actively support specialty instructors during their classes.
• Help with youth engagement and classroom management.
• Assist with setting up and cleaning up activities.
• Help instructors care for program materials and equipment.
• Make sure instructors have the supplies and support they need.
• Help ensure required program paperwork is completed.

This position requires someone who is comfortable actively participating in programming rather than simply observing from the sidelines.

Teach Cooking Classes

Cooking is a major component of this position.

The Site Coordinator will teach approximately 5–7 hours of cooking classes per week and should be comfortable working with youth in a teaching kitchen.

Responsibilities include:

• Planning and teaching fun, age-appropriate cooking lessons.
• Preparing monthly lesson plans and ingredient lists.
• Teaching youth basic cooking skills and kitchen safety.
• Maintaining a clean and organized teaching kitchen.
• Keeping the pantry, refrigerator, and freezer organized.
• Following food-safety procedures.
• Filling in as the culinary instructor when another cooking instructor has an unexpected absence.

You do not need to be a professional chef, but you should enjoy cooking, feel comfortable teaching basic cooking skills, and be excited about helping young people develop healthy food habits.

Grocery Shopping & Culinary Coordination

The Site Coordinator is also responsible for purchasing groceries and approved supplies for DYWC culinary programming, including:

• Coordinating ingredient needs with culinary instructors.
• Creating organized shopping lists.
• Purchasing approved groceries within established budgets.
• Maintaining receipts and purchasing documentation.
• Making sure ingredients are available before scheduled classes.
• Properly storing groceries and food supplies.

Supervise Teen Workers, Interns & Volunteers

The Site Coordinator provides direct on-site supervision and mentorship for assigned teen employees, interns, employment placements, and volunteers.

This includes:

• Giving workers clear assignments.
• Keeping them actively engaged during their shifts.
• Teaching appropriate workplace expectations.
• Providing guidance and feedback.
• Making sure assigned tasks are completed.
• Reviewing and submitting applicable timekeeping/payroll documentation.

Keep the Wellness Center Clean & Organized

Everyone helps maintain our program spaces, but the Site Coordinator takes a leadership role in making sure the Wellness Center remains clean, safe, organized, and ready for youth each day.

This includes:

• Organizing supplies and storage areas.
• Monitoring inventory.
• Keeping the kitchen and program spaces clean.
• Making sure supplies are properly stored.
• Identifying supply needs before items run out.
• Assigning appropriate cleaning and organization responsibilities to staff, teen workers, interns, and volunteers.

Program Development & Administrative Responsibilities

During the school year, approximately 6.5 hours of the 40-hour workweek are dedicated to administrative, planning, shopping, and program-development responsibilities. Some of these hours may be completed off-site when authorized.

For the 2026–2027 school year, major projects include:

Dinner/Meal Program Development
Help Dafmark research, develop, apply for, and implement an eligible meal reimbursement program with the goal of having the program operational by May 2027.

Family Engagement Program
Develop, coordinate, and lead a four-session Family Engagement Program for Dafmark youth and their families.

As these projects are completed, administrative hours may be used for other responsibilities such as program planning, family communication, culinary coordination, inventory management, reports, recordkeeping, special events, field trips, meal-program administration, and development of new program activities.

Off-site administrative hours require appropriate Time & Effort documentation.

Who We're Looking For

A strong candidate will be someone who:

• Has experience working with youth ages 6–18.
• Is confident leading groups of children and teens.
• Is dependable and consistently on time.
• Takes initiative and does not need to be told every small task that needs to be completed.
• Is organized and able to manage multiple responsibilities.
• Can keep a program running on schedule.
• Understands that youth safety and supervision come first.
• Enjoys cooking and is comfortable teaching cooking classes.
• Is willing to clean, organize, unload supplies, shop for groceries, and handle the practical work involved in operating a youth center.
• Can supervise and mentor teen workers and volunteers.
• Communicates professionally with coworkers, families, and community partners.
• Can work independently on administrative projects and meet deadlines.
• Is comfortable asking questions when needed while also independently problem-solving whenever possible.
• Enjoys working as part of a diverse and collaborative team.
• Is creative, energetic, flexible, and comfortable in a busy youth-program environment.
• Is committed to Dafmark's mission and community-based work.

Spanish, Nepali, or Arabic language skills are a plus.

Requirements

• Must be at least 25 years old.
• Required Pennsylvania child-serving clearances:
• PA State Police Background Check (Act 34)
• PA Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)
• FBI Fingerprint Clearance (Act 114)
• Valid First Aid and CPR certification.
• Must maintain required food-handler/food-safety certification.
• Must be able to work the required afternoon/evening school-year schedule and daytime/evening summer schedule.

Schedule

This is a year-round position averaging approximately 40 hours per week, but the schedule changes between the school year and summer.

School Year

The typical on-site/direct-care schedule is approximately 33.5 hours per week:

• Three days per week: approximately 2:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
• Two culinary-program days per week: approximately 1:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.

Approximately 6.5 additional hours per week are dedicated to approved administrative, planning, program-development, and grocery-shopping responsibilities. These hours may have scheduling flexibility and may be completed off-site when authorized.

Summer

The Site Coordinator typically works 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday, generally between approximately 11:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m., with a 30-minute lunch break.

During the summer, cooking instruction, grocery shopping, program supervision, opening/closing, cleaning, and other Site Coordinator responsibilities are incorporated into the regular 40-hour schedule.

Additional approved hours may occasionally be available for field trips, special events, or other program activities.

Compensation

$22.50 per hour

This is an hourly, non-exempt position. Employees are compensated for all hours worked in accordance with Dafmark's timekeeping and payroll policies.

About Dafmark Dance Theater

Dafmark Dance Theater provides arts, educational, and wellness programming designed to create meaningful opportunities for youth and the Erie community.

The Dafmark Youth Wellness Center provides youth with access to programming including cooking, dance, fitness, martial arts, wellness activities, academic support, and other enrichment opportunities in a safe and supportive environment.

Our programs depend on staff who genuinely enjoy working with young people, take ownership of their responsibilities, support one another, and are willing to jump in wherever needed to make the program successful.

To Apply

Please submit your resume along with a brief statement explaining why you are interested in working with youth at the Dafmark Youth Wellness Center and what experience you would bring to the Site Coordinator position.

Dafmark Dance Theater is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay: $46,800.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $46,800