Director of Youth Programs and Minors Protection Education

The Director of Youth Programs and Minors Protection Education provide institutional leadership and decision-making authority for all University programs involving minors, including summer youth programs. This role serves as the University’s primary authority for youth program governance, compliance, operational readiness, and incident response, ensuring programs are safe, compliant, financially responsible, and aligned with institutional priorities.

Duties/Responsibilities

Governance and Compliance – 20%

• Provides leadership for university-wide youth program governance, including enforcement of minors’ protection standards, oversight of reporting systems, incident review, and coordination with legal counsel, risk management, law enforcement, health services, and housing.

• Serves as the institutional escalation point for policy interpretation and compliance decisions.

• The Director has delegated authority to approve, deny, delay, or suspend youth programs based on readiness, staffing, compliance, safety, or resource constraints.

• This role enforces institutional timelines, documentation requirements, and corrective actions across all internal units and external partners.

Protection of Minor Training and Program Development – 20%

• The Director is responsible for establishing, overseeing, and continuously improving a comprehensive protection of minors training framework for all staff, faculty, volunteers, and affiliates engaged in youth programs.

• This role ensures institutional compliance, promotes a culture of safety, and supports high-quality, developmentally appropriate engagement with minors.

Financial and Operational Oversight – 20%

• Oversees youth program budgets, revenue tracking, pricing frameworks, and accounts receivable risk.

• Provides data-informed recommendations regarding program viability, institutional subsidy, and long-term sustainability.

• Establishes and enforces readiness standards for staffing, supervision, housing, health protocols, emergency planning, and risk mitigation.

• Serves as the primary institutional point of accountability during all weeks of summer youth programming.

Housing, Health, and Safety Integration – 10%

• Coordinates formally with Housing and Residential Life on capacity planning, staffing models, behavioral expectations, and residence hall usage.

• Provides integrated oversight of health planning, nursing supervision, medication protocols, and emergency care coordination across all youth programs.

Strategic Value and Enrollment Alignment – 20%

• Partners with Enrollment Management and academic units to align youth programs with institutional pipeline strategy.

• Overseas annual reporting on participation, conversion, return on investment, and institutional value.

Leadership and Staffing – 10%

• Provides leadership, supervision, and performance management for youth program staff.

• Assesses staffing capacity and recommends adjustments to ensure safe and effective program delivery.

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, leadership, or a related field required and 5 years of professional experience in an educational or mission-driven organization (e.g., higher education, K–12, or nonprofit).

• Experience interpreting and applying policies and procedures, including familiarity with risk management and compliance practices.

• Experience with data collection, analysis, reporting, and records maintenance.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with varied stakeholders.

• Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to manage priorities independently and exercise sound judgment.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook; experience with Drupal and Salesforce preferred.

Applicant Instructions

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application:

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration. Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.

The University of New Hampshire is committed to providing a safe environment for all persons, including but not limited to children, and to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect and crimes against children. All UNH youth program staff shall be subject to a criminal background check as required by NH State Law. Staff and volunteers will also be required to complete periodic child safety training.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Compensation Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

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