What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Youth Specialist position at Neighborhood House?
Position: Summer Youth Specialist
Salary: $20 per hour ($21 if bilingual)
Schedule:
Who We Are
For more than 128 years, Neighborhood House has partnered with families in St. Paul to ensure access to essential services, including food, housing, education, and opportunities. Today, we serve more than 30,000 individuals annually across six neighborhoods, striving for a community where everyone can thrive.
Position Summary
The Summer Youth Specialist is an early-career professional eager to learn, grow, and contribute to Neighborhood House's mission. As part of a small but skilled Youth Program team, they join a group of dedicated professionals who care deeply about young people and the neighborhoods we serve. They center participants’ experiences in all they do, bringing curiosity, resourcefulness, and a strong commitment to equity, with an understanding of the systemic patterns that can create barriers for families.
The Summer Youth Specialist plays an important part in creating and supervising high-quality, engaging activities focused on healthy self-identity, positive relationships, critical thinking, and life skills, ensuring that young people at Neighborhood House have a memorable and enriching summer experience.
The Summer Youth Specialist is creative, collaborative, and ready to roll up their sleeves, whether that means playing board games on a rainy day, heading out on a field trip, creating new learning opportunities, or helping facilitate meaningful relationships among youth. Above all, they believe that young people have meaningful contributions to make in our community.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Direct Service
Required Qualifications
This in-person role is based in St. Paul, MN.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, and see. Specific visual abilities needed for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The role requires the ability to operate standard office equipment (e.g., computers, phones, copiers) and to communicate effectively in person, over the phone, and via electronic communication.
The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods and move about within and between worksites as needed. The employee uses hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and move 20-50 pounds, such as event materials or office supplies; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these tasks.
This role may require occasional evening or weekend hours to support organizational events or respond to operational needs.
Neighborhood House is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive, respectful, and accessible to all employees. Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws.
BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENT
Neighborhood House is required to conduct background checks on all final candidates because of our work with youth and families. We understand that past events may have occurred, and we don’t want this to deter you from applying. The outcome of background checks does not automatically disqualify a candidate, and we are open to a conversation to discuss the results.
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Neighborhood House is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds. The Neighborhood House provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other status protected by law.
WE’D LIKE TO MEET YOU
Don't meet every requirement listed in this job description? Do you think your experience level is not where it needs to be? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single qualification. Neighborhood House is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. If you're interested in this position but your experience doesn't align perfectly with all the qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. The right role for you might be just around the corner.
Salary: $20 per hour ($21 if bilingual)
Schedule:
- June 15 – June 18 (Staff Training Week), 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- June 22 – August 20 | Mondays – Thursdays, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Who We Are
For more than 128 years, Neighborhood House has partnered with families in St. Paul to ensure access to essential services, including food, housing, education, and opportunities. Today, we serve more than 30,000 individuals annually across six neighborhoods, striving for a community where everyone can thrive.
Position Summary
The Summer Youth Specialist is an early-career professional eager to learn, grow, and contribute to Neighborhood House's mission. As part of a small but skilled Youth Program team, they join a group of dedicated professionals who care deeply about young people and the neighborhoods we serve. They center participants’ experiences in all they do, bringing curiosity, resourcefulness, and a strong commitment to equity, with an understanding of the systemic patterns that can create barriers for families.
The Summer Youth Specialist plays an important part in creating and supervising high-quality, engaging activities focused on healthy self-identity, positive relationships, critical thinking, and life skills, ensuring that young people at Neighborhood House have a memorable and enriching summer experience.
The Summer Youth Specialist is creative, collaborative, and ready to roll up their sleeves, whether that means playing board games on a rainy day, heading out on a field trip, creating new learning opportunities, or helping facilitate meaningful relationships among youth. Above all, they believe that young people have meaningful contributions to make in our community.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Direct Service
- Provide active supervision and leadership for youth ages 6-18 during all program activities
- Plan and facilitate engaging activities, including on-site programming, field trips, and special events
- Create and maintain a safe, inclusive, and enriching environment that promotes youth engagement, learning, and positive development
- Build and maintain positive relationships with youth and their families while supporting student participation
- Distribute snacks and lunch meals to youth
- Assist with classroom or program space set-up and tear-down
- Support family engagement events and registration processes.
- Support additional duties as assigned to ensure overall program success
- Enter participant, service, and activity data accurately into internal databases and case management systems.
- Assist staff with maintaining organized digital and paper files, and participant attendance tracking
- Support reporting, tracking, and basic compliance documentation as assigned.
- Assist with program operations, including maintaining clean and organized spaces and accurately documenting attendance
- Uphold confidentiality and follow all organizational policies, procedures, and safety guidelines
- Collaborate with Youth Program staff to deliver high-quality, safe, and engaging programming
- Maintain professional communication with staff, youth, families, and community partners
- Attend required trainings, orientations, and staff meetings.
- Seek feedback and guidance from supervisors to build skills and confidence.
- Demonstrate openness to learning and adapting to new assignments.
- Actively support and champion the mission and programs of Neighborhood House.
- Actively support Neighborhood House’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and radical hospitality. Conduct all activities with a high degree of cultural competency.
- Maintain effective, collaborative working relationships with colleagues, participants, donors, board members, volunteers, and community partners.
- Consistently uphold Neighborhood House policies, procedures, and confidentiality protocols.
- When representing Neighborhood House to internal and external audiences, articulate the organization’s desired image and position.
- Contribute to building a cohesive, respectful, responsive, and productive staff environment that demonstrates our values and mission.
- Actively participate in required meetings, trainings, and other events as requested.
Required Qualifications
- High school Diploma
- Some experience working with youth
- Ability to lift and carry items weighing approximately 20-50 pounds as needed for program activities and setup
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills in English
- Ability to facilitate structured activities with diverse groups of youth
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities
- Associate’s or bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Bilingual or multilingual skills
- One or more years of experience working with youth
- Experience in nonprofit or human services organizations
- Have a valid driver’s license
This in-person role is based in St. Paul, MN.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this position successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak, hear, and see. Specific visual abilities needed for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The role requires the ability to operate standard office equipment (e.g., computers, phones, copiers) and to communicate effectively in person, over the phone, and via electronic communication.
The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods and move about within and between worksites as needed. The employee uses hands or fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and move 20-50 pounds, such as event materials or office supplies; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these tasks.
This role may require occasional evening or weekend hours to support organizational events or respond to operational needs.
Neighborhood House is committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive, respectful, and accessible to all employees. Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws.
BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENT
Neighborhood House is required to conduct background checks on all final candidates because of our work with youth and families. We understand that past events may have occurred, and we don’t want this to deter you from applying. The outcome of background checks does not automatically disqualify a candidate, and we are open to a conversation to discuss the results.
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Neighborhood House is committed to attracting and retaining employees with varying identities and backgrounds. The Neighborhood House provides equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any other status protected by law.
WE’D LIKE TO MEET YOU
Don't meet every requirement listed in this job description? Do you think your experience level is not where it needs to be? Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single qualification. Neighborhood House is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. If you're interested in this position but your experience doesn't align perfectly with all the qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. The right role for you might be just around the corner.
Salary : $20 - $21