Prevention and Early Intervention Program Coordinator - Fresno, CA
14 days ago
Fresno
Job DescriptionSalary: $25.44 Hourly PRIMARY FUNCTION: The full-time Program Coordinator (PC) works in partnership with youth (ages 12 24) to organize, empower and mobilize youth and their communities to create improvements in their communities across Fresno County. The PC will train and support youth leaders to develop and deepen political consciousness, assess and understand issues impacting their health and well being, build relationships and partnerships with other youth and community supporters, and drive countywide and local community campaigns that create long- term systems and/or policy change, and build power for future victories. The PC is responsible for managing all of the logistics and functional tasks necessary for meeting the goals and objectives of the assigned campaigns, and for ensuring that the young people are experiencing high quality and culturally relevant leadership opportunities. The PC will work to support school sites with Golden Plains Unified School District (GPUSD) and other Fresno County campaigns, initiatives and staff, prepare appropriate materials, collaborate with community partners, and develop and lead training for youth leaders and other campaign partners. The PC is also responsible for coordinating and providing the direct educational curriculum delivery, youth prosocial and leadership activity development, youth leadership skill building and training, parent education delivery, community education/awareness outreach, and social norms campaign development and implementation at three different Fresno County school sites (high school or middle school). They will also serve as the liaison between school and community leaders in the respected school district and the Youth Leadership Institute. A. Responsibilities • Recruitment, Outreach & Promotion. Sustain recruitment to ensure diverse youth membership in the campaigns, • Conduct outreach to recruit and attract a dynamic and diverse team of 10-15 youth leaders, • Ensure demographically diverse groups of youth, • Produce appealing and relevant outreach materials, • Attend several different coalition meetings and set up a network., • High-Quality Relationships To support their development, • Utilize positive youth development and youth-adult partnership principles to guide the work, • Represent yli to networks and community in professional way, • Develop relationships with school administrators, local leaders & decision makers., • Attend school board, local government meetings and events when needed., • Hold one on ones with youth., • Program Leadership and Logistical Functions, • Using yli curriculum, plan for and deliver developmentally appropriate and engaging workshops and training that build leadership and organizing skills, deepen issue and community knowledge, and strengthen connections among members, as well as spark transformation that leads to impactful advocacy ., • Supervise and mentor youth leaders to develop and implement youth-led campaigns that offer multiple youth leadership development opportunities, • Plan and arrange meetings and events, including: preparing sites, agendas, and materials, • Conduct follow-up activities after meetings and events including: preparation and distribution of minutes and other records, carrying out tasks assigned at the meeting, • Align program curriculum with the different and innovative aspects of media., • Management and oversight of Campaign Development and Implementation, • Lead Social Norms Campaigns, • Manage coordination of media and press coverage for campaigns as necessary, • Employ social media tools as a method to organize youth base, • Develop capacity of youth and adults to facilitate youth-led community level data gathering and analysis in support of campaign actions, • Manage coordination of key campaign events, like rallies, assemblies, press conferences or legislative hearings as needed, • Secure support of campaigns by key stakeholders including school administrators, teachers, parents, community members, policy leaders and other youth groups, • Maintain and regularly update a database of allies, constituents, and opponents for use during mobilization and regular communication with campaign supporters, • Oversee & development of internship programs., • Attend City Council meetings & school district meetings as needed during campaigns ., • Reporting & Record Keeping, • Keep accurate, current records of participant demographics, • Maintain event summary and monthly records of activities, • Document program activities in the PPSDS, and Google Tracking reporting systems on a weekly basis, • Document the timely completion of contractual goals and objectives, including internal and external reports, • Google Tracking Forms, • Quarterly Reports, • Produce regular reports as required by funders, • Maintain supervision logs and track youth and staff progress towards goals, • Create content that are educational leaflets for recruitment ., • Stay informed about local issues, trends and opportunities in the field, • Scan local and state list serves and websites, • Track policy related to projects, • Bring issues and opportunities to the attention of supervisors and share knowledge and resources with staff, • Commitment to ylis values of community, inclusion, innovation, and social justice, • B.A. and/or a minimum 2-3 years relevant experience in field of youth development, • Commitment to social justice, public health, and community organizing as strategies to affect change, • Experience facilitating youth-driven campaigns or projects, • Experience with social media and media relations, • Demonstrated capacity to work with youth and adults from communities of color and low-income communities, • Significant experience in project management, • Strong written and verbal communications skills, • Excellent follow-through skills; detail-oriented, organized, professional, • Experience with community based research or assessment, • Able to work some evenings and weekends, • Able to work in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment, • Computer literate in Mac Platform; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Google Applications, • Capacity to be self-motivated, • Experience supervision and/or mentorship of youth, • Experience training and providing technical assistance to youth and adult leaders, • Familiarity with social media as a tool for organizing and advocacy, • Bilingual/bicultural preferred