Program Coordinator - YAWL Young Adult Job Centers

CYCSF · San Francisco, California · posted 2026-10-01 · via adzuna · open posting ↗

Score 86 / 100 · Nonprofit / advocacy

Lane fit: 6 / 10 (worth 30)
Level: right level (worth 15)
Timing: fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)
Pay: paid
Location: SF Bay
Employer: 3 / 5 · full-time signal 3 / 3

Why

This is a full-time program coordinator role at a San Francisco youth-serving nonprofit (CYC), so it fits her SF-first and nonprofit community-services lane, and it is itself an entry-level job rather than an internship. Her coordination experience (Encinitas Friends of the Arts events, Kiddleton operations, and concurrent gallery projects), documentation and Excel tracking, and community outreach are relevant. Her interest in crisis intervention and violence prevention overlaps with CYC's services, but this role centers on job placement and workforce development, so the psychology tie is indirect. The main gaps are no formal internship, no case management or workforce-development experience, and a start date that may not wait until after her May 2027 graduation. Worth tracking as a post-graduation option if the employer would hold the role or hires on a rolling basis.

Watch out for

Posting text truncated; actual duties, requirements and years of experience required are not visible
Aggregator salary (~$73.6K) is an estimate and may not reflect actual pay
Full-time role; start date unclear and may need to begin before May 2027
Likely prefers experience working with youth or in workforce development, which she lacks
Focus is job placement and youth employment rather than mental health or victim services

Resume angles

Event Coordinator, Encinitas Friends of the Arts: logistics and community outreach for public events
Kiddleton operations: daily Excel tracking across three locations, documentation and reporting, and customer service with families and children
Gallery Associate: coordinated several concurrent client projects and kept documentation accurate

Who to reach

First: Search LinkedIn's USF alumni tool for anyone at Community Youth Center of San Francisco and send the connection note to the most relevant workforce or program staff member first.

No one is named in the posting.

Roles to look for

Workforce Development / YAWL Program Manager or Director · Likely supervises this Program Coordinator, knows the day-to-day duties hidden by the truncated posting, and can say whether a start after May 2027 is possible.
"Community Youth Center of San Francisco" workforce OR employment OR YAWL manager OR director
HR Manager / Recruiter · Can confirm the real requirements, pay, whether hiring is rolling, and whether the start date could wait until after graduation.
"Community Youth Center of San Francisco" "human resources" OR recruiter OR HR
Program Coordinator (current) · A peer in the same or a similar role can describe what the job actually involves and what helped them get hired.
"Community Youth Center of San Francisco" "program coordinator"
Case Manager / Youth Employment Specialist · Works alongside the coordinator in the job centers and can explain the population served and the skills that matter most.
"Community Youth Center of San Francisco" "case manager" OR "employment specialist"

USF alumni tool

Where they work: Community Youth Center of San Francisco (CYC); title keywords: program coordinator OR workforce OR youth OR case manager

LinkedIn → University of San Francisco page → Alumni → filter "Where they work" by the company, then search the title words.

Draft connection note (272/300)

Hi, I'm a USF psychology senior graduating May 2027 and looking at CYC's Program Coordinator role with the YAWL Young Adult Job Centers. In my current job I keep daily Excel tracking for three locations. Could I have 15 minutes to hear what the role looks like day to day?

Draft email

Subject: USF senior asking about the YAWL Program Coordinator role

Hi,

I'm a psychology senior at the University of San Francisco, graduating May 2027, and I saw CYC's Program Coordinator opening with the YAWL Young Adult Job Centers. I don't have workforce development experience yet. What I do have: I keep daily Excel tracking and visual reports for three locations in my current operations job, I coordinated logistics and community outreach for arts events in Encinitas, and I spent four years managing several client projects at once at a gallery.

Before I apply, could I have 15 minutes of your time to understand what the role involves day to day and whether CYC ever hires for a start after graduation?

Thank you,
Calder Salisbury

Talking points

At Kiddleton (Oct 2025 to present) she maintains daily Excel tracking across three locations and compiles documentation and visual reports for headquarters, which maps to program tracking and reporting.
As Event Coordinator for Encinitas Friends of the Arts (2022, 2023) she handled logistics and community outreach for public events, including events elevating Hispanic culture.
At Susan Street Fine Art (2020 to 2024) she coordinated several concurrent client projects, kept client documentation accurate, and wrote proposals and presentations, plus her psychology coursework in research methods and psychopathology gives her a grounding in working with high-need young people.

Questions to ask

What does a typical week look like for the YAWL Program Coordinator, and how much is direct work with young adults versus tracking, reporting, and employer outreach?
Does CYC hire for this role on a rolling basis, and would a start date after my May 2027 graduation ever be workable, or are there part-time roles I could start during senior year?
What experience do your strongest coordinators bring, and what would you suggest someone without workforce development experience do in the next six months to be a strong candidate?

Drafts only. Everything is sent by Calder, from her own accounts. Provider: none.

Status: New

To update: add a line to tracker/updates.md. Change applied to reviewing / interview / offer / closed as needed.

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Triage facts

Internship-level: False
Term: rolling
Pay: paid
Location: sf_bay

Posting text (500 chars)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT The Community Youth Center of San Francisco (CYC) provides the youth of our city a sense of belonging and vital tools and experiences to succeed in life. Our services include academic support and college counseling, job placement and employment training, substance use and violence prevention education, crisis intervention and mediation, leadership development, technology and computer training. Our mission is to encourage a diverse population of high-need young people to explore…