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Spring & Summer Program Coordinator (Youth Programs + Events)


Employer: Youth One • Lethbridge, AB

Intended for applicants ages 20–30

Position Overview

The Spring & Summer Program Coordinator plays an essential role in delivering Youth One’s mentorship-based programs and summer activities. This position offers hands-on experience working with youth, planning programs and events, and supporting daily program operations alongside experienced staff.

This role is ideal for young adults interested in child and youth care, social services, education, community development, event planning, or nonprofit leadership.


Key Responsibilities

1. Frontline Youth Program Support

  • Support the delivery of mentorship-based programs including after-school programming, lunch programs, and the daytime support centre.

  • Build positive, supportive relationships with youth through active engagement, mentorship, and inclusion.

  • Model healthy behavior, boundaries, and leadership in a youth-focused environment.

2. Summer Program & Event Planning

  • Assist in designing summer program activities, weekly themes, schedules, and special events.

  • Contribute to planning program calendars, organizing supply lists, and preparing materials.

  • Provide hands-on support during summer trips, large-group activities, and community events.

3. Youth Outreach & Engagement

  • Help welcome new youth into programs and create an environment of safety and belonging.

  • Assist with outreach efforts such as contacting families, helping youth navigate programs, and promoting upcoming activities.

4. Meal Preparation & Program Logistics

  • Assist with preparing simple meals and snacks for program participants in coordination with staff.

  • Help with set-up, teardown, cleanliness, and organization of program spaces.

  • Support safety procedures and maintain a positive, structured environment.

5. Administrative + Special Projects

  • Assist with basic program administration such as attendance tracking, supply management, and event prep.

  • Support staff with special projects such as marketing materials, social media content, or program enhancements (based on interest and skills).


Skills and Learning Outcomes 

Throughout this position, the hired youth will gain:

  • Professional & Transferable Skills

  • Child and youth care experience

  • Mentorship and communication skills

  • Conflict resolution and de-escalation skills

  • Event planning and coordination

  • Organizational and administrative experience

  • Team collaboration and workplace professionalism

  • Time management and problem-solving

Career-Relevant Competencies

  • Understanding of mentorship-based support models

  • Experience working in a nonprofit environment

  • Ability to work with diverse youth populations

  • Leadership and group facilitation skills


Supervision & Mentoring 

The coordinator will be directly supervised by the Site Director and supported by Youth One’s leadership team.

Supervision includes:

  • Daily check-ins

  • Weekly goal-setting and coaching

  • Regular feedback on program facilitation and leadership skills

  • Opportunities to shadow experienced staff and learn by doing

  • Professional mentorship focused on personal growth, confidence, and workforce readiness

Qualifications

  • Ages 20–30 (required under CSJ)

  • Passion for youth mentorship, community work, and positive leadership

  • Comfortable connecting with youth in a fast-paced, relational environment

  • Strong communication and teamwork skills

  • Willingness to learn, take initiative, and try new tasks

  • Experience with youth programs, camps, classrooms, or community engagement is an asset but not required

  • High school diploma or equivalent required; post-secondary education in a related field is considered an asset

Key Outcomes

  • Youth report feeling supported, connected, and valued

  • Summer programs are well-organized, engaging, and safe

  • Coordinator grows in confidence, leadership, and professional capability

  • Smooth collaboration with staff, volunteers, youth, and families

  • Clear contribution to the success of Youth One programs and the broader community

Key Youth One Characteristics:

  • We will be great mentors/guides to youth

  • We will have a high concern for quality of programs and cleanliness

  • We will be obsessed with kindness

Demonstrated Qualities:

  • Philosophically aligned with Youth One leadership and its mission, vision, core values and culture

  • Passion and skill for working with Youth

  • Pursues and lives a holistically healthy lifestyle (Mentally, Physically, Spiritually and Emotionally)

  • Takes initiative and possesses drive

  • A good communicator who can prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment

  • Dependable, flexible and servant-hearted enough to do any job with joy and passion

  • Works Independently, and with large teams

  • Ability to see things, problem solve and address those problems

  • Ability to recruit and lead healthy volunteer teams

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Our Values

Our core identity as a staff is foundational to everything we do.  To live out this identity, these are the core values we exude:

  • Mentoring Relationships - Committing to being good friends and guides to youth who need it most. It is crucial for young people to have positive role models giving them direction and speaking life and hope over them. 

  • Family-like Community- Giving youth a community where they are deeply loved and supported.  A sense of belonging is a basic human need, to do this we must provide youth with a loving, safe and nurturing environment. 

  • Personal Growth- Seeing the potential in every youth and practically helping them discover their purpose and meaning in life. We do this by focussing on 3 areas of development.  Leadership, life skills and holistic health. 

We believe every youth has so much potential, but many grow up without a dedicated community to help them fully realize it and reach it.  This is why Youth One provides mentors, spaces and programs where youth can find belonging and support to become their best selves.  If you are committed to being a great mentor, dedicated to building a family-like community for teens, and have a great desire to see youth develop in their overall health, we invite you to join in on our mission.

*At Youth One, we believe everyone's story should be heard and understood without regard for race, religion, color, age, sex, orientation, identity, or disability. Which is why we are passionate about creating an environment that promotes and values diversity and reflects the communities we strive to serve. We are working to build a culture where diversity is the norm, not a program.*