Youth Development Manager

Job Type
Full-time
Description
ABOUT THE POSITION:
Urban Dove seeks a dedicated leader to oversee and elevate our Sports-Based Youth Development coaches. As a lead in the Urban Dove Team, you'll oversee the coaching staff, ensuring they're well-trained and continuously developed. Manage all Sports-Based Youth Development (SBYD) sessions, monitor coach-student interactions, and student progress. You'll supervise coaching transitions, ensure curriculum rigor in SBYD, and use data-driven strategies for continuous improvement.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Urban Dove Team Charter School (UD Team) is a distinctive network of sports-based high schools catering to over-aged, under-credited youth. We fuse a robust academic curriculum with sports-based youth development, ensuring our graduates receive a diploma, a stepping stone for higher education, and essential job skills.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Hire and facilitate training for all coaches
• Plan and lead regular professional development sessions for coaches
• Arrange coverage for absences and latenesses
• Observe coaches and provide intentional and timely feedback
• Conduct intentional coaching cycles
• Conduct regular check-ins with every coach
• Schedule and coordinate all SBYD sessions (including Uber Dove, study hall & health)
• Monitor and manage coach gradebooks, call log records, attendance and intervention
• Plan, coordinate and manage all SBYD transitions
• Oversee accurate inventory of all SBYD materials
• Monitor regular completion of coach and student 1:1 meetings
• Monitor academic and behavior progress of each team, work with coaches to implement interventions as needed
• Get regular updates on coach interventions for students behavior, academics, and attendance
• Supervise coaches during transitions
• Ensure adequate, rigorous curriculum is being taught in SBYD and Health
• Facilitate bi-weekly attendance meetings
• Analyze SBYD data
• Lead SBYD Data days every grading cycle

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree; Master's preferred
• 1-2 years of UD SBYD Coaching experience
• Demonstrated ability to "multi-task" and deliver high quality work
• Commitment to the UD Team mission and core values of Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication
• Commitment to the use of restorative practices and a strength-based, youth development approach to student issues
• Ability to function well as part of a team and work independently
• Must be team-oriented, with a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills, a passion for serving at-risk youth, and a sense of humor

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000 annually based on years of experience and education.
Benefits: Urban Dove provides a robust benefits package designed to support employee well-being, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits with employer match; generous paid time off; paid parental leave; and employee wellness supports
OUR MISSION:
Urban Dove energizes, educates, and empowers young people through our network of UD Team Charter Schools serving over-age/under-credited high school students. UD Team's innovative model uses sports, teams, restorative practices and mentoring to create a culture of high expectations and shared responsibility. By instilling our core values of Teamwork, Leadership and Communication, we develop our students into confident young adults ready to reach their full potential.
OUR VISION:
Urban Dove envisions a world where all children receive the high-quality education and support they need and deserve. Through education, they will acquire the critical skills needed to develop into economically, socially, and emotionally independent adults who are empowered to create a more just and equitable society for future generations.
EEOC:
Urban Dove provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Salary Description
$70,000 - $90,000 annually