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COORDINATOR YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Code: 04727 Local Competitive

In New Jersey, Coordinator Youth Activities is filled through the competitive process: candidates take a civil service exam and are hired off a ranked list, not picked at will.

Qualifying takes a bachelor's degree and 3 years of relevant experience.

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Coordinator Youth Activities is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction plans, coordinates, and supervises social, recreation, education, and other activities and programs for youth; does related work as required.

Examples of work

  • Develops, organizes, and maintains a referral network of other community agencies and resources providing programs or services for youth.
  • Coordinates the development and scheduling of social and education activities; secures transportation, permits, and/or chaperons as required.
  • Plans and coordinates special events to recognize youth achievements.
  • Plans and supervises the operation of youth recreation programs and activities.
  • Provides counseling to youth; provides referrals for counseling by qualified agencies.
  • Confers with staff of agencies providing contracted programs and services for education, vocation, and recreation purposes.
  • Prepares and distributes information releases and appropriate promotional materials for youth, school, and community programs.
  • Establishes and maintains liaison and cooperative working relationships between youths and local high school authorities, and other community groups and agencies.
  • Prepares correspondence and other reports as required.
  • Establishes and maintains essential records and files.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Education, Guidance, Counseling, or Recreation.

Experience

Three (3) years of experience in planning, organizing, or supervising education, vocation, or recreation programs for youth.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of the education, vocation, and recreation needs of young people.
  • Knowledge of the methods and techniques used to plan and organize supplementary vocation, education, and recreation programs for youth.
  • Knowledge of guidance and counseling techniques.
  • Ability to organize, develop, and supervise a variety of education, vocation, and recreation programs for youth.
  • Ability to develop, organize, and maintain a referral network of public and private organizations and agencies providing services to youth.
  • Ability to provide guidance, understanding, and counseling to youth.
  • Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships between youth and conmmunity groups and agencies.
  • Ability to prepare information releases.
  • Ability to establish and maintain essential records and files.
  • Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports and correspondence as required.
  • Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.