Youth Development Program Success Coordinator VISTA - Year 1

AmeriCorps; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Childcare assistance if eligible

Choice of Education Award or End of St

Health Coverage*

Job summary

The Sanneh Foundation in Minnesota invites applications for the Youth Development Program Success Coordinator VISTA to help build our first-year training materials, program quality tools, and sustainability resources across Conway Community Center and partner sites.

The role focuses on creating evergreen resources for onboarding, staff development, and ongoing quality improvement, collaborating with VISTAs and TSF staff to ensure durable workflows and consistent youth programming.

Qualifications

• Background in youth development or community programming.
• Experience coordinating volunteers or staff teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop onboarding and professional development materials for youth staff.
• Create SOPs, templates, and training toolkits.
• Collaborate with VISTAs and outreach teams on service quality.
• Compile materials into a sustainability manual and guide ongoing improvements.

Skills

Communications

Conflict Resolution

Team Work

Community Organization

Youth Development

Education

Some college

Job description

The Youth Development Program Success Coordinator VISTA will build organizational capacity by developing our first year of improved training materials, program quality assessment tools, implementation guides, observation resources, and standardized workflows that staff can continue using after the VISTA service year concludes. The VISTA will assess existing training practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and create evergreen resources that support youth programming staff and/or volunteer onboarding, professional development, program planning, and continuous quality improvement.

Throughout the service year, the VISTA will:

• Collaborate with VISTAs and TSF staff to develop and/or update evergreen onboarding and professional development materials that provide consistent guidance for youth development staff and long-term skills-based volunteers.
• Develop standard templates, facilitation guides, training toolkits, and resource libraries to empower staff, while creating consistent evaluation rubrics and continuous improvement frameworks that equip supervisors to sustain high-quality youth programming.
• Create an outline of needed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), workflow documentation, and implementation guides for youth programming staff.
• Collaborate with other VISTAs and TSF outreach teams to co-develop, pilot, and refine service quality and outreach toolkits that support staff in communicating program opportunities with youth, families, community partners, and volunteers.
• Compile all training materials, quality assessment resources, workflows, and implementation guidance into a comprehensive sustainability manual outline and directive for building out during and after the VISTA service year.

Member Duties

The Youth Development Program Success Coordinator VISTA will strengthen The Sanneh Foundation’s capacity by developing and piloting sustainable youth worker training systems, program quality resources, and evaluation tools that support staff delivering youth programming at Conway Community Center and partner sites across the Twin Cities metro. Throughout the service year, the VISTA will develop training curricula, quality assessment rubrics, program planning templates, observation tools, SOP recommendations, implementation guides, and sustainability documentation to improve program consistency and staff support. By strengthening onboarding, training, and retention systems for staff and volunteers, this project will increase TSF’s long-term capacity to serve low-income youth and families.

Program Benefits

• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage*

For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/.

Terms

Car recommended.

Service Areas

Children/Youth, Community Outreach.

Skills

Communications, Conflict Resolution, Team Work, Community Organization, Youth Development.

Program Type

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

Youth Development Program Success Coordinator VISTA - Year 1

Program Start/End Date

09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027

Work Schedule

Full Time

Education level

Some college

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

MINNESOTA

Languages

English

Accepting Applications

From 07/01/2026 To 08/23/2026

Contact

Kim Werst

1276 University Ave W

Saint Paul MN 55104

6516904855

[e-mail]

https://www.thesannehfoundation.org/