Position: Youth Development Specialist – Relocation to Hershey, PA Required
About: The Youth Development Specialist position at Milton Hershey School involves married couples residing in on-campus student homes to provide guidance and care for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Flex houseparents support students with daily activities, including driving, administering medication, and fostering a family-like atmosphere. Milton Hershey School (MHS) is one of the world’s best private schools, providing an exceptional career-focused education with housing, meals, and more, with all costs covered. MHS is hiring married couples to become flex houseparents, guiding and nurturing students in a family-like structure.
Requirements: High school diploma or GED required; experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings; two-person job for couples who have been legally married for at least two years; both spouses should be age 27 or older; no more than three dependent children may reside in the student home; abide by a smoke-free and weapon-free campus; comfortable leading students in daily devotions and to Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services; valid driver’s license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans; must be able to lift up to 50 lbs; demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all staff are role models for students; both spouses must complete an individual employment application.
Benefits: Salary of $43,825 per person (a total compensation package of approx. $150,000 per couple which includes 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
