YouthBuild Manager

Position Overview

Job Title
: Youth Build Manager
📍 Location: 90% Whidden Rogers Educational Center, Ft. Lauderdale FL and 10% Junior Achievement of South Florida, Coconut Creek, FL🕒
Schedule: M-F 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

🕒 This is an Onsite position with earlier mornings, and some evenings required.📄
Position Type: Full-time

Junior Achievement of South Florida (JA) empowers our youth with the knowledge, ability, and confidence to navigate their futures, drive our economy and lead our community. We are looking for individuals who are passionate not only to our mission, but also about being part of the innovative and energetic culture at JA.

JA provides real-world training in financial literacy including budgeting, spending, investing and the use of credit; offers cutting-edge skill-building opportunities that enable young people to explore meaningful, productive careers; teaches students how to start businesses; and introduces entrepreneurial values that strengthen workplaces. Last year, with the help of over 7,100 trained corporate and community volunteers, JA delivered over 20 various programs to almost 50,000 students in classrooms throughout Broward and south Palm Beach counties and at JA World Huizenga Center at the Lillian S.

Wells Pavilion, a first-class facility housing JA Biz Town and JA Finance Park.

For more information about Junior Achievement of South Florida, visit www.

JASouth

Florida.org. Follow JA on social media @jasouthflorida.

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Employer Paid Medical and Vision

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Ample Time Off

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Retirement Plan Matching

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Work Environment – Innovative and energetic culture!✅
Growth Opportunities – Professional development assistance

The Youth Build Manager reports directly to the Youth Build/ Pre-Apprenticeship Director to implement, maintain, and sustain the Youth Build program at Junior Achievement of South Florida. This position is intended to coordinate facilities, materials, and equipment planning for training sites. The Youth Build Manager will manage critical logistics and organizational tasks related to the Youth Build program for high school and post-high school participants.

The Youth Build Manager will provide a consistent presence at the various training sites and serve internal and external customers.

Also, in this role, it is important to have the ability to disseminate knowledge and curriculum by having strong facilitation skills. The Youth Build Manager is a salaried position and requires a flexible work schedule. The position may require early mornings and/or evenings and occasional weekends. This position requires very strong organizational skills.

• Manage one direct report to ensure they meet their identified goals.
• Manage program/project teams using JA’s project management tools.
• Provide oversight and direction to the members of the team in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures.
• Empower employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals. Delegate responsibility and expect accountability and regular feedback.
• Foster a spirit of teamwork and unity among team members that fosters creativity, diversity, problem-solving, innovative solutions, authenticity, honesty, respect, and a commitment to the mission.
• Encourage a team culture that is consistent with JASF’s mission, vision, and values.
• Lead employees using a performance management and development process that provides an overall context and framework to encourage employee contribution and includes goal setting, feedback, and performance development planning.

• Develop and implement student recruitment plan/strategy to ensure annual growth and apprentice quality control.
• Create, update and facilitate the Youth Build program curriculum for students (Teach and implement Youth Build curriculum i.e. developing presentations, activities, ice breakers and overall program day run-of-days).
• Plan, organize and implement all Youth Build Program days and activities.
• Facilitate ongoing program evaluation and correction based on feedback from students, teachers, volunteers, and…