Position: Youth Development Specialist – Relocation to Hershey, PA Required
About: The Milton Hershey School, a renowned private school in Hershey, PA, is seeking Youth Development Specialists to serve as flex houseparents for disadvantaged youth. This unique opportunity includes providing a supportive home environment, guiding students, and ensuring their well-being within a fully endowed institution founded in 1909 by Milton and Catherine Hershey.
Requirements: Experience working or volunteering with youth, preferably from under-served settings; This is a two-person job for legally married couples with a minimum of two years of marriage; 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 with no alcohol permitted while on duty; Limitations on pets: Only fish and one dog of approved breeds permitted; Valid driver’s license; ability to become certified to drive student home vans; Comfortable leading students in daily devotions and taking students to Judeo-Christian Sunday chapel services (Proselytizing is prohibited); High school diploma or GED required; Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.; Candidates must 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 (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 with personal time while students are at school, Three-week paid summer vacation
