YEA! Administrative Coordinator

Overview

The YEA! Administrative Coordinator will manage the day‑to‑day coordination of the YEA! Network. This position will help plan meetings and events, support youth and partner engagement, coordinate trainings and work groups, maintain communication across the network, track project activities and outcomes, and help ensure that the youth voice is included in program planning, advocacy, training, and systems improvement efforts.

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a job‑related field and one or more years of job‑related experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of job‑related certification, training, education, and/or experience.

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, public health, or a related field and 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 youth with lived experience in foster care.

• 30%:
  Serve as the primary contact for the project. Keep statewide YEA! Network activities organized, on schedule, and moving forward. Help lead and support meetings, trainings, webinars, and work groups with youth, providers, SCDSS staff, and community partners.
• 15%:
  Support statewide partners and community collaboration. Help maintain strong relationships among Network and serve as a regular point of contact for Network partners and chapters. Coordinate communication and assist with planning cross‑agency initiatives.
• 10%:
  Manage communications and social media support. Help maintain consistent communication across the statewide YEA! Network and support public‑facing communication efforts.
• 10%:
  Track deliverables, reports, and project outcomes. Help ensure that YEA! Network activities are documented and that project deliverables are completed on time. Maintain file management and help prepare reports.
• 10%:
  Support program planning and continuous improvement. Help by identifying what is working, what needs attention, and what new strategies may be needed.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.