Career and Independent Living Program Coordinator

lyric; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Wellness stipend

Raises

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Flexible scheduling

Student loan cancellation

Job summary

LYRIC’s Career and Independent Living Program Coordinator supports LYRIC’s internship, mentorship, and workforce development programs for LGBTQQ+ youth ages 18–24. You’ll co-design and lead paid internships, mentorships, drop-in programs, and youth-led projects that build critical life and career skills.

This full-time, in-person role at LYRIC’s Purple House in San Francisco requires 2+ years in education or workforce development, strong partnership-building, and experience delivering youth

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in education, workforce development, case management, or similar roles.
• Experience delivering career and life-skills programming to youth.
• Ability to build partnerships that expand opportunities for young people—especially in employment and job training.
• Familiar with harm reduction, trauma-informed care, positive youth development, and youth-adult partnership.
• Experience working with trans youth, youth of color, and system-impacted youth.
• Tech-savvy and organized; comfortable with Google Workspace, Zoom, and data tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead internship cohorts, mentorship programs, and drop-in youth-led programming.
• Create and facilitate workshops on job readiness, leadership, financial literacy, and life skills.
• Support youth in identifying personal goals and completing culminating projects.
• Coordinate intern onboarding, outreach, recruitment, and scheduling.
• Cultivate and maintain job training partnerships with nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and private companies.
• Identify and connect youth to real-world job placements that align with their interests and skills.
• Collaborate with city-based programs and workforce initiatives to expand access to meaningful employment opportunities for youth.
• Track program data, youth milestones, and timesheets in LYRIC’s systems.
• Support budget management and materials purchasing.
• Refer youth to wraparound resources such as housing, mental health, or educational support.
• Support LYRIC’s youth-led drop-in space by cultivating a welcoming, affirming, and creative environment.
• Co-create artistic and healing-centered community offerings alongside youth.
• Work across departments to support LYRIC’s holistic youth engagement model.
• Participate in team meetings, retreats, and organizational planning.
• Be responsive and adaptive to evolving program and youth needs.

Skills

Education

Workforce development

Case management

Facilitation

Partnership building

Trauma-informed care

Harm reduction

Positive youth development

Trans youth experience

Data tracking

Google Workspace

Zoom

Tools

Google Workspace

Zoom

Data tracking tools

Job description

Career and Independent Living Program Coordinator

About LYRIC

Founded in 1988, the Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC) is a nationally recognized leader in youth-led social change. We partner with over 2,000 LGBTQQ+ youth annually to build community, nurture healing, and foster long-term stability through education, career development, wellness, and leadership programs.

LYRIC’s vision is rooted in equity, liberation, and joy, especially for Black, Brown, Trans, Nonbinary, Disabled, and System-impacted youth navigating structural barriers. With a $6M annual budget and a multigenerational, multicultural staff of 20+, LYRIC continues to create affirming spaces that center youth voice, safety, and power.

About This Role

We’re hiring a Career and Independent Living Program Coordinator to support LYRIC’s internship, mentorship, and workforce development programs for LGBTQQ+ youth ages 18–24.

This role plays a key part in preparing youth not just for jobs—but for long-term independence, stability, and success. As Program Coordinator, you’ll co-design and lead meaningful programs that build critical life and career skills through paid internships, mentorship, drop-in programs, and youth-led projects.

You’ll also help develop and maintain career pipelines for youth by cultivating relationships with nonprofits, companies, and city job training programs that provide real-world placement opportunities. Your work will directly connect youth to affirming spaces where they can grow, earn, and lead.

What You’ll Do

Career Development & Independent Living Programming

• Lead internship cohorts, mentorship programs, and drop-in youth-led programming.
• Create and facilitate workshops on job readiness, leadership, financial literacy, and life skills.
• Support youth in identifying personal goals and completing culminating projects.
• Coordinate intern onboarding, outreach, recruitment, and scheduling.

Career Pathways & Placement Partnerships

• Cultivate and maintain job training partnerships with nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and private companies.
• Identify and connect youth to real-world job placements that align with their interests and skills.
• Collaborate with city-based programs and workforce initiatives to expand access to meaningful employment opportunities for youth.

Program Administration & Support

• Track program data, youth milestones, and timesheets in LYRIC’s systems.
• Support budget management and materials purchasing.
• Refer youth to wraparound resources such as housing, mental health, or educational support.

Drop-In & Community Engagement

• Support LYRIC’s youth-led drop-in space by cultivating a welcoming, affirming, and creative environment.
• Co-create artistic and healing-centered community offerings alongside youth.

Team & Organizational Collaboration

• Work across departments to support LYRIC’s holistic youth engagement model.
• Participate in team meetings, retreats, and organizational planning.
• Be responsive and adaptive to evolving program and youth needs.

This is a full-time, in-person role based at LYRIC’s Purple House in San Francisco. This is not a remote or work-from-home position. Occasional evenings and weekends are required.

Who You Are

• A passionate youth worker with 2+ years of experience in education, workforce development, case management, or similar roles.
• A facilitator and organizer with experience delivering career and life-skills programming to youth.
• A connector with the ability to build partnerships that expand opportunities for young people—especially in employment and job training.
• Familiar with frameworks such as harm reduction, trauma-informed care, positive youth development, and youth-adult partnership.
• Experienced working with trans youth, youth of color, and system-impacted youth.
• Tech-savvy and organized, comfortable with Google Workspace, Zoom, and data tracking tools.

Compensation & Benefits

Hourly Rate: $30.58/hour (non-negotiable under LYRIC’s equity-based compensation model)
Union Status: This is a union-represented position (OPEIU Local 29)

Benefits Include:

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and acupuncture/chiropractic
• $800/year Health & Wellness cash supplement
• Merit-based annual raises (up to 5%, pending union contract & board approval)
• 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% employer match
• Generous paid time off:
  • 19 holidays (including your birthday + winter break)
  • 19 vacation days
  • 18 sick days
  • 1 personal day
  • Bereavement, jury duty, and critical incident leave
• Flexible scheduling for work/life balance
• May qualify for Perkins Student Loan cancellation

Why LYRIC?

Be part of a team that’s reimagining career development and independence for LGBTQQ+ youth. At LYRIC, we don't just help youth find jobs—we help them find their voice, their power, and their path to self-determined futures. You’ll create joyful, affirming, and liberatory programming that helps young people succeed on their own terms.

Equal Opportunity Statement

LYRIC is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, immigrants, LGBTQQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, and system-impacted individuals.

In alignment with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we welcome applications from people with arrest and conviction histories.