Youth Program Manager

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Position:
Youth Program Manager

Salary: $55,000-$65,000

Schedule:

Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Summer months) or 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Academic School Year months). Schedule will change depending on the time of year and program needs. Schedule includes evenings and occasional weekends.

Location:

In person, St. Paul

For more than 125 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.

Neighborhood House is committed to creating equitable learning environments where every child and youth feels safe, valued, and empowered to succeed. Our Youth Programs provide enriching educational opportunities for children and youth from early childhood through high school. Programming includes:

• The Youth program provides after-school programming during the academic year, serving youth ages 6-18. Through strong mentoring relationships, engaging enrichment activities, and exposure to new opportunities, Youth Programs help young people develop academically, socially, and emotionally while providing a trusted and supportive environment for families.
• During the Summer, the Youth program team plans and delivers Summer Sunrise, an annual day camp for children aged 6-18.
• The Youth Literacy program provides targeted literacy intervention to students in partnership with Saint Paul Public Schools, after-school tutoring, summer literacy programming, and maintains the Neighborhood House Youth Library to ensure children have access to high-quality books throughout the year.
• The Parent and Early Childhood Education (PECE) program is currently being evaluated. Preschool is paused due to declining enrollment; however, childcare during Adult Education classes (Small Steps program) will continue.

Instruction and programming are delivered by a dedicated team of coordinators, specialists, instructors, temporary summer staff, interns, and volunteers who are supported through strong leadership, collaboration, and professional development.

Neighborhood House is seeking a full-time Youth Manager to oversee all youth programming. This role centers around three guiding priorities: developing and supporting high-performing staff teams; ensuring sustainable systems that strengthen year-round youth programming; and ensuring safe, engaging, and high-quality experiences for children, youth, and families.

The Youth Manager provides day-to-day leadership for youth program staff, oversees operational systems, and partners to develop annual program plans and community partnerships.

The Youth Manager works collaboratively across the Education & Enrichment Department to align youth programming with Adult Education and the Makerspace while strengthening referral pathways, family engagement, and organizational partnerships. The Youth Manager also provides direct service through youth programming, family engagement, and special events as needed.

• Lead a team of youth program staff by directly supervising two youth program supervisors and two part-time Early Childhood Instructors.
• Team includes a Youth Coordinator, Youth Literacy Instructors, temporary summer staff, interns, and volunteers.
• Translate program goals into clear workplans for staff and interns, ensuring each team member understands their role in advancing program objectives.
• Provide regular supervision, coaching, quarterly reflections, and performance feedback that support staff growth and accountability.
• Maintain consistent one-on-one meetings, team meetings, supervisor and coordinator meetings, and annual planning retreats.
• Develop staff capacity in trauma-informed youth development, restorative approaches, cultural responsiveness, radical hospitality, and family engagement.
• Develop and maintain staffing plans that support safe participant-to-staff ratios, appropriate coverage, emergency response, and sustainable…