Program Manager of Direct Cash Transfer Programs

Program Manager of Direct Cash Transfer Programs

Since 1984, Larkin Street Youth Services has helped more than 75,000 young adults in San Francisco with outreach, shelter, housing, education, employment, healthcare, and other services.

Today, Larkin Street Youth Services is the largest provider of housing and services to homeless youth in the Bay Area. We serve 1,500 youth annually, operating or partnering to provide more than 500 emergency shelter, transitional, supportive, and subsidy-based housing beds at several unique sites across San Francisco.

Working at Larkin Street, no matter what department, means making a real difference in the lives of young people experiencing homelessness. Our team is skilled, diverse, and passionate. Our culture encourages achievement and professional development, as well as teamwork and self-care. Our focus is always on the young people at the heart of our mission and to nurture potential, promote dignity and support bold steps by all.

Program Manager's primary responsibility will be to coordinate, support, and ensure high quality implementation of the program, especially the optional supportive programming and services. The Program Manager will also serve as an additional representative in collaboration and learning with key stakeholders and departments to the Senior Director of Impact and other programmatic support roles in the agency. The Program Manager will also adapt services to and inform changes to the implementation model and manual over time in response to client feedback, evaluation findings and practice-based lessons about how best to respond to participants' needs.

The Program Manager will work on a day-to-day basis and provide supervision to a Program Coordinator of the Prevention Demonstration Pilot and a Program Coordinator to the future iterations to the Trust Youth Initiative. Both Program Coordinators will provide direct support to participants in their receipt of cash and deliver optional supportive programming to clients as they navigate housing, health and wellness, education and employment outcomes. The Program Manager will play an essential role in ensuring strategies support client outcomes to the greatest extent and will receive support in strategy, partnership, and implementation from the Senior Director of Impact and Director of Research & Evaluation.

This is a full-time position, eligible for full benefits.

Your responsibilities :

Program Oversight and Implementation :

• Manage all phases of the PDP program, ensuring that 25 youth are enrolled by August 2026 and supported through September 2027.
• Manage all phases of future DCT programming with anticipated launch of 1 additional program in early 2026.
• Direct the adaptation and development of all program policies, procedures and continuously fine-tune the DCT pilot programs with the inclusion of key stakeholders.
• Oversee recruitment and referral coordination with external partners and LSYS staff.
• Monitor progress toward and lead learning of outcome goals

Supervision and Team Leadership :

Service Coordination and Client Support :

Partnership Management :

Data and Evaluation :

Other Duties and Responsibilities :

Who You Are :

The Perks :

Larkin Street Youth Services is an equal opportunity employer. Larkin Street Youth Service seeks qualified candidates with an interest in the non-profit sector. We are committed to embracing diversity and consider all applicants for all positions without regard to color, ethnic background, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, HIV / AIDS status, veteran status, or any other legally protected class. We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.