Youth Development & Social Innovation Manager

NOTICE OF LIMITED APPLICATIONS 

This posting is limited to the first 150 applications received. When that number is reached the posting will be automatically removed.

Career Opportunity

The City of Las Vegas invites applications for Youth Development & Social Innovation Manager. This position will lead the City's, Strong Future and Strong Community campaigns which includes programs and initiatives related to school support, youth development, post-secondary/workforce development, social policy and community engagement programs. 

Our Ideal candidate will drive research efforts to identify emerging trends/issues in the target population and create potential programming to address them. Develop and implement comprehensive programming through the process of validation, strategy for scaling, feedback process for evaluation and improvement, and potential impact from expected outcomes. Foster collaboration and creative thinking across the organization designed to maximize the social impact of current program. Create career pathways for students and adults from education to workforce.  Project management over multiple community revitalization initiatives in underserved communities. Ensure the development and implementation of a large-scale formative and summative assessment program for initiatives.

This position requires knowledge and experience in data collection, analysis, and evaluation techniques. Previous experience in K-12, Higher Education, Workforce Initiatives, Neighborhood Revitalization and Multicultural Community Relations preferred. In addition, knowledge and understanding of organizational systems for budget, program management, staff development and program performance is required. We are looking for strong analytical thinkers with the ability to be flexible, creative and visionary. Strong leadership skills, political acumen, effective presentation skills and experience with community outreach and working with a diverse population are required.
 
To develop, direct, manage, supervise and coordinate the assigned programs and activities within the Department of Youth Development and Social Innovation (YDSI), which includes youth development, post- secondary/work force development, social policy and community outreach programs; to coordinate assigned activities with other city departments, divisions and outside agencies; and to provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to the YDSI Director.