About Covenant House New York

Join a Legacy of Hope and Empowerment at Covenant House New York!

For over 50 years, Covenant House New York (CHNY) has been at the forefront of transforming lives by providing comprehensive shelter, housing, and wrap-around support services for vulnerable homeless, runaway, and exploited youth. As the largest provider of these essential services in New York City, CHNY impacts the lives of over 1,500 young people aged 16-24 every year.

At CHNY, our doors are open to all young people in need, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. Our dedicated team offers various services, including shelter, housing, education, employment, health, mental health support, youth development, and anti-human trafficking initiatives. We operate with harm reduction and trauma-informed principles to ensure the best care for our youth.

But our mission goes beyond immediate support. We are passionate advocates for systemic change, influencing public policy, and raising awareness of the critical issues surrounding youth homelessness. Our ultimate goal is to provide a safe refuge and empower young people to build a brighter future founded on compassion, unconditional love, and absolute respect.

Join us in making a difference in the lives of countless young people. Join a team that inspires long-term transformation and hope.

About the role

The Youth Development Bronx Generalist (“YD Generalist”) is responsible for providing program and administrative support for the agency’s youth development programming.

Reporting to the Youth Development Coordinator, the YD Generalist is an energetic, trust-worthy, organized and detail-oriented self-starter who is mission focused and thrives on working – and building trusting relationships – with adolescents and young adults throughout CNHY Bronx sites. The YD Bronx Generalist is expected to support the program and operational needs of the Youth Development department. This includes providing staff coverage for Life Skills workshops during the week, supporting the Youth Development Specialist for Creative Arts on Saturdays for Saturday programming, assisting with the development of a monthly program calendar and flyers; and performing other related work as required.

The schedule is flexible based on the needs of the program, however a willingness to work in the evenings (occasionally) and Saturdays is required. The Bronx Generalist will be responsible for providing programing throughout the Program sites.

What you'll do

• Work collaboratively with Youth Development Team support all life skills programming to ensure opportunities for growth and development are made available for all CHNY youth. 
• Provide staff coverage for weekday and Saturday programming 
• Assist in creating and managing monthly program calendar 
• Assist with creating and posting event flyers 
• Assist with facilitating new resident orientation 
• Regularly promote programs so that residents are aware of available opportunities and activities and motivate residents to participate in program offerings. 
• Attend both Youth Development planning meetings as needed. 
• Provide clerical support including but not limited to: preparing responses to correspondence, creating meeting agendas and maintaining minutes. 
• Provide technical support including but not limited to; scheduling Care & Collaboration steering committee meetings and focus groups, creating reports and spreadsheets to track data. 
• Prioritizes the office workload and works collaboratively with colleagues to meet assigned deadlines. 
• De-escalate conflicts among clients through non-violent intervention. 
• Instruct and demonstrate to youth Covenant House’s Mission and 5 Principles.
• Perform other related duties as assigned the specific responsibilities and job functions of the role

Qualifications

• Associate Degree or 2 years of youth development or related experience required. Bachelor’s degree preferred. 
• Experience in providing program support for a childcare non-profit organization preferred. 
• Flexible schedule required; ability to work evenings and weekends. 
• Project management skills 
• Program administration skills
• Organized, forward thinking and detail oriented.
• Flexible and able to manage in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment and maintain a positive, upbeat attitude.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work effectively.
• Enjoys working with youth and possesses excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to create and maintain professional boundaries.
• Strong mediation/de-escalation skills.