Prevention and Early Intervention Program Coordinator - Fresno
16 days ago
Fresno
Job DescriptionSalary: $25.44/hr Youth Leadership Institute (yli) brings together young people and their adult allies tocreate positive community change that promotes social justice and racial equity. Withcommunity-based programs based in Fresno, San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Merced,Long Beach and the Eastern Coachella Valley, yli engages young people of color,low-income youth, and other impacted youth as advocates of social change. yli CORE VALUES • Inclusion: Young people are profoundly impacted by policies affecting theircommunities. yli brings youth to the table and works to institutionalize youthvoice in the decision-making process., • Innovation: Youth can often see a way forward where adults cannot. yliencourages youth to identify and implement their own solutions to the issuestheir communities face., • Social Justice: Throughout history, young people have ignited and led social justice movements to create a better world for everyone. yli helps them to focustheir attention on the root causes of injustice, and sharpen the skills they needto tackle them., • Community: Nobody can do it alone! Through relationship andcoalition-building, yli feeds the connective tissue within our communities topower our movements with the brilliance, resourcefulness, and wisdom of ourpartners. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The full-time Program Coordinator (PC) works in partnership with youth (ages 12 18) toorganize, empower and mobilize youth and their communities to win real improvements foryoung people across Fresno County. The PC will train and support youth leaders to developand deepen political consciousness, assess and understand issues impacting their healthand well being, build relationships and partnerships with other youth and communitysupporters, and drive countywide and local community campaigns that create long- termsystems and/or policy change, and build power for future victories. The PC is responsible for managing all of the logistics and functional tasks necessary formeeting the goals and objectives of the assigned campaigns, and for ensuring that theyoung people are experiencing high quality and culturally relevant leadership opportunities.The PC will work to support Fresno County campaigns, initiatives and staff, prepareappropriate materials, collaborate with community partners, and develop and lead trainingfor youth leaders and other campaign partners. The PC is also responsible for coordinating and providing the direct educationalcurriculum delivery, youth prosocial and leadership activity development, youthleadership skill building and training, parent education delivery, community education/awareness outreach, and social norms campaign development andimplementation in Fresno County. They will also serve as the liaison between schooland community leaders and the Youth Leadership Institute. RESPONSIBILITIES Recruitment, Outreach & Promotion. Sustain recruitment to ensure diverse youthmembership 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 andengaging workshops and training that build leadership and organizing skills,deepen issue and community knowledge, and strengthen connections amongmembers, as well as spark transformation that leads to impactful advocacy., • Supervise and mentor youth leaders to develop and implement youth-ledcampaigns that offer multiple youth leadership development opportunities, • Plan and arrange meetings and events, including: preparing sites, agendas, andmaterials, • Conduct follow-up activities after meetings and events including: preparationand distribution of minutes and other records, carrying out tasks assigned at themeeting, • Align program curriculum with the different and innovative aspects of media. Management and oversight of Campaign Development and Implementation • Manage coordination of media and press coverage for campaigns as necessary, • Employ social media tools as a method to organize youth base, • Developcapacity of youth and adults to facilitate youth-led community level datagathering and analysis in support of campaign actions, • Manage coordination of key campaign events, like rallies, assemblies, pressconferences or legislative hearings as needed, • Secure support of campaigns by key stakeholders including schooladministrators, teachers, parents, community members, policy leaders andother youth groups, • Maintain and regularly update a database of allies, constituents, and opponentsfor use during mobilization and regular communication with campaignsupporters, • Oversee & development of internship programs., • Attend City Council meetings & school district meetings as needed duringcampaigns, • Lead Social Norms 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 reportingsystems on a weekly basis, • Document the timely completion of contractual goals and objectives, includinginternal and external reports, • Activity logs, • Friday Night Live Spreadsheet, • 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 • Track policy related to projects, • Bring issues and opportunities to the attention of supervisors and shareknowledge and resources with staff, • Attend and participate in meeting with evaluators and funders, • Scan local and state listservs and websites COMPENSATION This is a full-time non-exempt position reporting to the Program Manager, with a rate of$25.44/hour. This includes yli's generous benefits package: • Fully-covered medical, dental and vision insurance (yli pays 50% for dependentpremiums), • Health, commuter and dependent care flexible spending accounts, • Fully-funded mental health or lifestyle spending accounts ($500/year), • Flexible work schedules, • 403(b) plan with 4% match after one year of service REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Commitment to ylis values of community, inclusion, innovation, and socialjustice, • Minimum 2-3 years relevant experience in field of youth development, and/or aB.A., • Commitment to social justice, public health, and community organizing asstrategies 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 colorand 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 andGoogle Applications, • Capacity to be self-motivated, • Bilingual/ Bicultural a plus, • Access to an insured personal vehicle and clean driving record is required. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience supervision and/or mentorship of youth, • Experience training and providing technical assistance to youth and adultleaders, • Familiarity with social media as a tool for organizing and advocacy, • Bilingual/bicultural preferred JOIN OUR TEAM! To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, and work sample; for example, a2-page writing sample, a blog post, or a piece of media or art.