YEA! Administrative Coordinator

YEA! Administrative Coordinator

The YEA! Administrative Coordinator will manage the day-to-day coordination of the YEA! Network. The position involves planning meetings and events, supporting youth and partner engagement, coordinating trainings and work groups, maintaining communication across the network, tracking project activities and outcomes, and ensuring that youth voice is integrated into program planning, advocacy, training, and systems improvement efforts.

• Serve as the primary contact for the project, keeping statewide YEA! Network activities organized, on schedule, and progressing.
• Lead and support meetings, trainings, webinars, and work groups with youth, providers, SCDSS staff, and community partners.
• Support statewide partners and community collaboration by maintaining strong relationships among Network partners and chapters and coordinating cross‑agency communication.
• Manage communications and social media support, maintaining consistent communication across the statewide YEA! Network and supporting public‑facing efforts.
• Track deliverables, reports, and project outcomes, ensuring timely completion of YEA! Network activities and preparing reports.
• Support program planning and continuous improvement by identifying what is working, what needs attention, and what new strategies may be needed.

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 1 or more years of job‑related experience (or an equivalent combination of certification, training, education, and/or experience).
• Preferred:
  Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Public Health, or a related field with experience working with transition‑age youth or young adults who have experienced foster care.

• Knowledge of child welfare, foster care, transition‑age youth, or youth‑serving systems.
• Experience coordinating programs, projects, coalitions, networks, or community initiatives.
• Facilitating meetings, trainings, groups, or community conversations.
• Comfort working directly with youth and young adults, including those with lived experience in foster care.

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