Position: Youth Development Specialist – Relocation to Hershey, PA Required
About: The Youth Development Specialist position at Milton Hershey School involves married couples acting as flex houseparents to provide guidance and a nurturing environment for 8-12 students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Couples will manage responsibilities such as driving, administering medication, and maintaining a family-like structure within student homes. Milton Hershey School (MHS) is one of the world’s best private schools, where students in pre-K through 12th grade from disadvantaged backgrounds receive an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more. MHS is hiring married couples to become flex houseparents, residing in on-campus student homes to guide and nurture a group of students. This unique opportunity offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and requires experience with youth, along with a commitment to integrity and leadership.
Requirements: High school diploma or GED required; experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from underserved settings; legally married for at least two years; both spouses age 27 or older; no more than three dependent children in the student home; abide by a smoke-free and weapon-free campus; valid driver’s license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans; comfortable leading students in daily devotions and taking them to Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services; able to lift up to 50 lbs; high degree of integrity; both spouses must complete an individual employment application
Benefits: Salary of $43,825 per person (total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple including free housing, meals while on duty, utilities, and more), Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; life insurance; disability options; retirement savings, Relocation assistance and paid training provided, Schedule of nine days on followed by three days off; three-week paid summer vacation
