Summer Youth Development AmeriCorps Member

Lake Superior YMCA; Hill City (MN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Lake Superior YMCA seeks a Youth Development AmeriCorps Member for a summer term at Hill City, MN. The position supports K-8 learners through mentoring, academic enrichment, and targeted skill-building with identified students.

Average 35 hours per week; start Oct 16, 2026, end June 10. Eligible for Living Allowance, Education Award, and student loan forbearance; program emphasizes service, leadership, and community impact.

Qualifications

• Experience volunteering or working with youth
• Professionalism in a variety of settings including schools and afterschool programs
• Computer skills including effective use of email, word processing skills, information entry into spreadsheets, and the ability to learn new technology systems
• Strong written and oral communication skills effective with people from different backgrounds, cultures, and walks of life
• Effectively manage a variety of tasks, deadlines, priorities, and people***

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and delivers formal and informal activities, lessons, and “teachable moments” to build targeted interpersonal skills for identified youth
• Regularly tracks caseload attendance and interventions completed with program participants
• Completes observational surveys and other data collection with fidelity, reviews results with site supervisors to develop and implement intervention plans and goals
• Follows procedures to maintain accurate and timely AmeriCorps-specific data entry
• Assists site staff with planned enrichment programming in ways that do not duplicate or displace staff or volunteer duties
• Builds positive developmentally appropriate relationships with youth at site
• Maintains safe and respectful environment for students
• Meaningfully participates in and leads efforts to support the Y’s commitment to serving the whole community
• Develops and implements a project to engage youth in service learning and leadership, documenting impact including volunteers engaged
• Communicates regularly and effectively with True North staff, Site Supervisor, and other site personnel via phone, email, online systems, and verbal interactions
• Participates in all required True North AmeriCorps meetings and trainings
• Serves as an ambassador of the program by submitting Great Stories and participating in outreach and recruitment activities

Skills

Youth development experience

Professionalism

Computer literacy

Communication skills

Task management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Lake Superior YMCA seeks a Youth Development AmeriCorps Member for a summer term at Hill City, MN. The position supports K-8 learners through mentoring, academic enrichment, and targeted skill-building with identified students.

Average 35 hours per week; start Oct 16, 2026, end June 10. Eligible for Living Allowance, Education Award, and student loan forbearance; program emphasizes service, leadership, and community impact.