Station Manager
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Station Manager leads all shelter program operations and ensures The Station Youth Shelter provides youth in crisis the immediate supports they need. The Station Manager and staff meet youth where they are, build and maintain trust, and in turn create opportunities that promote development, healing, and self-sufficiency. The Station Manager will do this through:
1. Station Leadership - Lead day-to-day Station operations, ensuring that program staff, activities, and facilities promote consistent relationships and connections, developmentally sound and accessible opportunities to exercise risk and autonomy, and the opportunity to nurture capacity for resilience.
2. Program Management - Provide oversight and coordination for the comprehensive, purposeful, and safe operation of The Station Youth Shelter, creating a place where youth feel welcome, receive safe and stable housing, find support, and experience healing.
3. Staff Supervision - Supervise and direct the The Station staff and volunteers, promoting excellence in care and support to youth in crisis.
4. Cross-Program Support - In cooperation with the entire Immerse Arkansas team, create a safety net throughout the various programs of Immerse to ensure all youth receive the best possible care and support, responding timely and appropriately to individual needs.
5. Team and Personal Development - Continually seek opportunities for growth, understanding, and balance to maintain health, both individually and as a member of the Immerse Arkansas team. Promote teamwork through collaboration, support, and communication.
Qualifications
All employees will be thoroughly committed to Immerse’s mission. The ideal candidate will embrace Immerse’s values of with, worship and scrappy (visit our About Page to learn what this means!). All candidates should have the following qualifications and experience:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in psychology, sociology, social work, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: Minimum three to five years experience working with homeless transitional age youth.
Skills Required:
Familiarity with Little Rock area resources preferred.
Understanding of normal adolescent development.
Experience with the foster care system or working with youth in crisis is desirable.
Comfortable interacting with youth in informal settings.
Must be available evenings, weekends and on-call as assigned, during identified days. Required to work one weekend per month.
Must have a driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Must be able to travel within the assigned region on a daily basis.
Must maintain current certification in CPR, First Aid, and other certifications determined by the program.
Must successfully complete the required background checks and drug screening.
Adherence to an ethical code as it relates to the particular professional field.
Must demonstrate a commitment to the value of cultural competency.
Overview
Work Location: Little Rock
Job Type: Full Time
ABOUT IMMERSE ARKANSAS
Immerse Arkansas was founded in 2010 with the mission of helping transform youth from crisis into overcomers. The nonprofit organization serves youth between the ages of 14 and 24, whose past trauma and challenges have created barriers to becoming independent, healthy, successful adults.
Immerse Arkansas works with these youth and families to address the underlying trauma resulting from abuse or neglect. We believe that when we surround youth from crisis with unconditional relationships, a vision for their restored future, and tools that anticipate their needs and dreams, we create a climate for healing, growth, and transformation.
Immerse is a collaboration of redemptive innovators who pair ambitious faith with strategy in all pursuits, especially anything labeled as “impossible.” We’re hungry for healing for all, and we’re especially interested in those who have been counted out. We are looking for someone who fits our values of with, worship, and scrappy and who can fully embrace our statement of faith and affirmations. The Station Manager is a full-time, salaried position based in Little Rock.
To apply
To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to mfinnie@immersearkansas.org with “Station Manager” as the subject line of the email. For more information, you can visit www.immersearkansas.org.