Employment Navigation Coordinator

Philadelphia Youth Basketball; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-person at Alan Horwitz Center or in

Job summary

Philadelphia Youth Basketball is seeking an Employment Navigation Coordinator to support career readiness and work-based learning initiatives across Southeastern PA and Southern NJ. You will help run workshops, coordinate with employers, and assist with pre-apprenticeship trainings.

The role is part-time, offers a hybrid work model, and requires strong organization, relationship-building, and attention to detail to track attendance, forms, and certifications for participating youth.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or higher (preferred) in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Passion for workforce development, career readiness, and social impact.
• Ability to engage with employers, young adults, youth, mentors and families to support career readiness and work-based learning initiatives.
• Experience or strong interest in tracking program participation, managing certification progress, and coordinating youth workshops.
• Strong attention to detail in tracking student attendance, supporting payroll processes, and managing paperwork for program participants.
• Experience or interest in collaborating with marketing teams for youth outreach initiatives and maintaining the Older Years blog with career development opportunities.
• Comfort with Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Email), Canva, and RecDesk for documentation, communication, and outreach.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks, including executing check-ins with students and partners and assisting with professional development workshops.
• Enthusiasm for program development, marketing, and operations to enhance PYB’s impact.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and coordinate with mission-appropriate partners to ensure regular career readiness pop ups.
• Support Career Readiness Manager in the creation and execution of career readiness workshops and off-court offerings across PYB programs.
• Support all career readiness programs to manage attendance, check-ins, materials, and follow-up support.
• Support all career readiness program participants with soft and hard skills development such as resumes, interview skills, professional attire, etc.
• Recruit and coordinate with Work-Based Learning partners to ensure a high volume of placements each cohort.
• Coordinate with students and families to complete all necessary paperwork and new hire forms to participate in programming.
• Support Career Readiness Manager in executing bi-weekly and monthly check-ins with students and partners.
• Track student attendance and support in payroll process.
• Create and execute professional development opportunities (workshops) for WBL youth.

Skills

Workforce development

Employer engagement

Work-based learning

Program tracking

Payroll support

Marketing collaboration

Independent work

Program development

Education

Associate degree or higher (Education, Sociology, Psychology, Public Administration)

Tools

Google Suite

Canva

RecDesk

Job description

Employment Navigation Coordinator# Employment Navigation CoordinatorHot Job## OverviewPosition TypePart Time## Description**Title:**Employment Navigation Coordinator**Department:**Programming **Reports to:**Manager of Enrichment - Career Readiness**Duration:** November 16, 2026 - May 1, 2027**Organizational Overview**Philadelphia Youth Basketball, Inc. (PYB) was officially launched in June, 2015, with a mission to create transformative opportunities for thousands of young people, especially those from under-resourced families and communities, to reach their full potential as students, athletes, and positive leaders. A diverse and impassioned group of individuals, including leaders from the grass-roots to the tree-tops, have been working diligently to execute upon this mission by building an impactful program, a robust and sustainable organization, and ultimately a state-of-the-art youth basketball and education center to enable us to provide empowering experiences to many more children, youth, and families. **Summary -** We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Employment Navigation Coordinator to join our team at Philadelphia Youth Basketball. This role provides hands-on experience in career readiness programming, building employer relationships across Southeastern PA and Southern NJ. The Employment Navigation Coordinator will work closely with staff to support career readiness programs and workshops, pre-apprenticeship training, and assist with professional development opportunities for participants.**Key Responsibilities****Career Readiness*** Recruit and coordinate with mission-appropriate partners to ensure regular career readiness pop ups* Support Career Readiness Manager in the creation and execution of career readiness workshops and off-court offerings across PYB programs* Support all career readiness programs to manage attendance, check-ins, materials, and follow-up support* Support all career readiness program participants with soft and hard skills development such as resumes, interview skills, professional attire, etc**Work-Based Learning (WBL)*** Recruit and coordinate with Work-Based Learning partners to ensure a high volume of placements each cohort* Coordinate with students and families to complete all necessary paperwork and new hire forms to participate in programming* Support Career Readiness Manager in executing bi-weekly and monthly check-ins with students and partners* Track student attendance and support in payroll process* Create and execute professional development opportunities (workshops) for WBL youth## Qualifications**Desired Qualifications, Skills and Competencies*** Associates degree or higher (preferred) in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Public Administration, or a related field.* Passion for workforce development, career readiness, and social impact.* Ability to engage with employers, young adults, youth, mentors and families to support career readiness and work-based learning initiatives.* Experience or strong interest in tracking program participation, managing certification progress, and coordinating youth workshops.* Strong attention to detail in tracking student attendance, supporting payroll processes, and managing paperwork for program participants.* Experience or interest in collaborating with marketing teams for youth outreach initiatives and maintaining the Older Years blog with career development opportunities.* Comfort with Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Forms, Email), Canva, and RecDesk for documentation, communication, and outreach.* Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks, including executing check-ins with students and partners and assisting with professional development workshops.* Enthusiasm for program development, marketing, and operations to enhance PYB’s impact.**Compensation**This opportunity will include wages of $23 / hour, Part-Time (up to 35 hours per week).PYB prides itself on being a supportive workplace dedicated to employees’ personal and professional growth through stretch assignments, and access to staff and board meetings, mentorship, feedback, and professional development opportunities. This is a hybrid position. The Employment Navigation Coordinator can work remotely, but is expected to work in-person at the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center (4250 Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia) or in the field at least three days per week.