Teen Summer Program Facilitator

Statement of Duties

As the Youth Services Division continues to develop cohort-based summer jobs programming for teens, there is a need for support staff to facilitate and lead groups of teen employees. The employee will be responsible for overseeing a cohort of teens, facilitating team building and experiential learning programming for youth participants.

Essential Functions:

The essential functions or duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various type of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

• Lead a group of 20 teen participants in the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program
• Facilitate team building and professional development workshops for groups of teens
• Ensure timesheet accuracy and other administrative tasks related to youth supervision
• Conduct regular check-ins and debriefs with youth participants, individually and in groups
• Coordinate logistics for all job placements with representatives from various city departments
• Create and maintain a work environment that ensures physical safety and wellbeing for all participants
• Proactively learns and adapts plans and materials for each session that they lead and/or coordinate
• Lead and participate in outdoor activities with teens
• Provides positive youth mentorship for all youth participants

Recommended Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: High School Diploma required; strongly preferred for applicants to be in enrolled in a college or university majoring in education, child/youth development, or human services. Minimum of one to three (1-3) years of experience in youth services, education, or community outreach; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skill:

Knowledge:

• Has been trained and demonstrates an understanding of youth development and educational best practices
• Has a working understanding of Climate and Social Justice: The historical and current status of Climate and Social Justice issues and their impacts on the Somerville community.

Ability:

• Ability to collaborate intentionally with various partners and colleagues from city departments.
• Works autonomously and creatively to anticipate and address challenges
• Has enthusiasm for creating space for youth-led dialogue
• Ability to execute time management and prioritize tasks

Skill:

• Has experience facilitating educational workshops for groups of a 20 teens
• Has experience and working understanding of best practices for youth employment and development programs
• Ability to execute time management and prioritize tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking and facilitation

Work Environment:

Little or no physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing. The Teen Facilitator should be comfortable running activities outside during the summer weather. There may also be some occasional lifting of objects such as ledger books, photocopy and computer paper.

Physical and Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions.

Physical Skills

Minimal physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing. Work requires some agility such as moving in or about construction sites or over rough terrain. There may also be some occasional lifting of objects such as office equipment or photocopy paper (up to 30lbs.).

Motor Skills

Duties are largely mental rather than physical, but the job may occasionally require minimal motor skills for activities such as moving objects, operating a telephone, personal computer and/or most other office equipment including word processing, filing and sorting of papers.

Visual Skills

Visual demands require constantly reading documents for general understanding and analytical purposes.

Hours: Part-Time, 15 hours/week (Wednesday and Thursday 8:30am-4:00pm) 
Start Date: June 29th
End Date: August 14th
Salary: $25.00/hour
Union: Non-Union
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Date Posted: April 3rd, 2026

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The City of Somerville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities free of charge, upon request. Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact the ADA Coordinator at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or [email protected].

Pre-Employment Requirements for All Employees:

• MA Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) clearance


• Completion of Conflict-of-Interest Law Education training for municipal employees

Overview of Total Rewards:

• 4 weeks annual vacation for non-union positions. Union positions vary by contract. Please note, police officers are members of the SPEA union. Public Health Nurses are part of Union A (SMEA).


• Medical insurance through the Group Insurance Commission (GIC) - 80% of premium costs paid by City


• Dental coverage low and high plans through Cigna


• Vision care through Vision Service Plan (VSP)


• Long term disability through Sun Life


• Group and voluntary life insurance through Boston Mutual


• Health Care and Dependent Care flexible spending through Benefit Strategies


• Deferred compensation plans through a choice of three vendors


• Free, confidential services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provided by E4Health


• Annual cancer screening & wellness release


• Somerville Retirement Pension System


• Tuition reimbursement


• MBTA pass program


• FREE Blue Bikes membership


• Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)

Benefits listed are for benefits-eligible positions and the above information is meant to be a general overview of the benefit programs offered by the City of Somerville and not a binding contract.