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July 28, 2025; open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit a complete application here, careers.uoregon. edu/en-us/job/535666/youth-program-safety-coordinator.

Complete applications must include an online application, a cover letter, and resume that address how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications.

We are interested in finding the best candidate for the position. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t think you meet every one of our preferred qualifications - use your application to let us know what is meaningful to you about the role and what transferable skills or other qualities you would bring.

Department Summary
Safety and Risk Services’ (SRS) mission is to collaborate with all campus constituents (students, staff, faculty, and visitors) and the surrounding community, to safeguard life and health and mitigate threats to the university’s core mission of academic excellence, research, and public service. Safety and Risk Services comprises Emergency Management and Continuity, Environmental Health and Safety, Campus Mapping, Risk & Insurance, and the University of Oregon Police Department. SRS fulfills its mission by providing a variety of professional services, technical assistance, training, and regulatory oversight. The total Safety and Risk Services portfolio includes around 125 employees and a current annual operating budget of approximately $15 million.

Safety and Risk Services also supports, and the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) leads, the University’s strategic Enterprise Risk Management and Organizational Resilience Framework to cultivate leadership, staff engagement, effective partnerships, situational awareness, innovation, and proactive problem solving to create a more resilient and agile university.

Position Summary
Risk Management and Insurance is seeking a Youth Program Safety Coordinator. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed term OA position.

The Youth Program Safety Coordinator will report to the Assistant Director, Risk Management and Insurance. The Youth Program Safety Coordinator will be a subject matter expert for child safety practices and will lead UO’s training program related to youth protection and child sexual abuse prevention. In addition to leading the training program, they will administer and monitor a centralized Youth Program Registry database, which is used to track program compliance and maintain personnel training records. The position requires the management of multiple priorities, strong attention to detail, knowledge of national trends in youth programming, child protection, community relations, and institutional liability involving minors.

The incumbent in this position will work in coordination with youth program leadership on the implementation of procedures and recommendations will be an integral element of the position, as is solid knowledge of industry trends and current applicable legal developments and cases. This position will also review and monitor policy compliance and make recommendations for changes and/or program modifications based on findings.

This position further requires the mastery of a broad set of competencies: project management, policy formation, benchmarking of best practices regarding youth programs, national trainings in youth programming and policies, effective written and oral communication, organizational skills focusing on policy formation and data, time management, project management, and computer proficiency. The Youth Program Safety Coordinator will directly contribute to the strategic goals for the program, including identifying new strategies and implementing innovative approaches to keep children and youth safe at UO.

Central to this collaborative work, the Youth Program Safety Coordinator is responsible for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in all training and programming.

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of professional work experience in program coordination and/or administrative oversight.
• Experience developing and implementing training programs for adult learners.
• Experience implementing DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) practices and principles in a training or educational setting.
• Experience providing quality customer service.
• Customer Service that includes interfacing directly with customers/clients/users to provide specialized information, offer technical support, and/or to resolve problems or complaints.
• This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal History Check. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in Youth Programs may have additional Criminal History Checks every 24 months.
• It is an essential requirement of this position to qualify for and maintain UO driver's certification eligibility, which includes successfully completing a motor vehicle history check, and maintaining a valid driver’s license throughout employment in this position.

Professional Competencies
• Perform duties in a way that advances and supports the mission of the department and university.
• Work effectively in a diverse team environment and create effective relationships for problem solving and positive interactions.
• Strong technical skills, with prior experience collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and evaluating data.
• Experience with and working understanding of the Title IX, Clery Act, mandatory reporting, HIPAA, FERPA.
• Take initiative to proactively complete needed tasks.
• Pay close attention to detail.
• Maintain a safe and safety-conscious workplace.
• Maintain a respectful workplace and model a positive and proactive attitude.
• Model the highest ethical standards.
• Provide superior customer service.

Preferred Qualifications
• 5+ years of professional work experience in youth development or related field.
Experience interpreting and training stakeholder regarding compliance with policies, laws, regulations and industry standards in a K-12, local government, nonprofit, camp or higher education setting.
• Credential or certification in youth protection or abuse prevention (e.g., Praesidium Guardian, Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children, Trauma-Informed Care, Oregon “certified advocate” training, etc.)
• Prior use of Origami Risk or similar Risk Management information systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft products such as excel, word, outlook.
• Experience using software tools to create reports and use for analytics.

FLSA Exempt: Yes
Reference : Youth Program Safety Coordinator jobs

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