Site Coordinator

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Full Time New Haven, CT, US

Salary Range: $50,000.00 To $52,000.00 Annually

For almost 30 years, LEAP has worked with children, teenagers, and young adults in New Haven, Connecticut in some of the lowest income urban neighborhoods in America. As the largest youth agency in our city, we provide free academic support, social enrichment, and leadership development, but we do so in a unique way. We give older students (ages 16-24) the training, education, and resources they need to work as counselors to our younger students (ages 7-15).

In doing so, we go beyond impacting individual lives through education and employment. We build a community with power and purpose.

All LEAP employees must adhere to LEAP’s Core Values and Agreements.

• Social Justice - Advocating for fairness and equality while challenging systemic injustices
• Caring - Demonstrating empathy and concern for individual and community well-being
• Ethical Leadership - Leading with integrity, fairness, and moral courage
• Accountability - Taking responsibility for actions, outcomes, and commitments
• Collaboration - Fostering partnerships to achieve common goals and maximize impact

• Growth Mindset - Embracing challenges as learning opportunities
• Recognition & Appreciation - Expressing gratitude and celebrating achievements
• Conflict De-escalation - Resolving conflicts through open dialogue and cooperation
• Mutual Respect - Honoring diverse opinions, experiences, and boundaries
• Continuous Learning - Promoting ongoing personal and professional development

The Site Coordinator directly supports LEAP’s community-based programming for our children and young leaders. The Site Coordinator, with support and supervision from the Director of Children’s Programs with oversight from the Director of Programs, takes responsibility for the quality of all operations in one of LEAP’s neighborhood sites. The Site Coordinator leads the development and management of Assistant Site Coordinators, Senior Counselors, and Junior Counselors as they implement social and academic programming for children.

This is a full-time, exempt (salaried) position. This is a highly visible position requiring effective interaction and communication with a wide range of internal staff and outside entities.

• Build strong, meaningful, long-term relationships with children on site and guide them in their academic and social development at LEAP
• Plan and coordinate activities to recruit children
• Create engaging site-wide and neighborhood cultural events that build a sense of unity, fun, and teamwork
• Design innovative program activities to give children and counselors new learning opportunities
• Establish site norms and expectations (attendance, group management, etc.)
• Establish daily site schedules based on curriculum structure and counselor availability

• Troubleshoot on-site crises involving children or counselors and create strategies to meet individual needs
• Assess community to identify community leaders and community-based resources; create effective collaborations

• Mentor and develop counselors in their professional growth; guide counselors in planning and implementing educational group activities
• Plan and facilitate dynamic, exciting site-based training that prepares counselors to teach and mentor children
• Conduct formal, ongoing performance evaluations of counselors
• Manage counselors while living on-site with counselors during the summer component
• Collaborate with other Site Coordinators to brainstorm, evaluate, and plan the future of LEAP's Children's Program

• Create strong, collaborative relationships with parents and maintain regular communication about children's progress
• Nurture positive relationships with school administrators and staff
• Facilitate regular communication with teachers to promote…