Youth Leadership Institute (yli) brings together young people and their adult allies to create positive community change that promotes social justice and racial equity. With community-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 their communities. yli brings youth to the table and works to institutionalize youth voice in the decision-making process.
- Innovation: Youth can often see a way forward where adults cannot. yli encourages youth to identify and implement their own solutions to the issues their 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 focus their attention on the root causes of injustice, and sharpen the skills they need to tackle them.
- Community: Nobody can do it alone! Through relationship and coalition-building, yli feeds the connective tissue within our communities to power our movements with the brilliance, resourcefulness, and wisdom of our partners.
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
The full-time Program Coordinator (PC) works in partnership with youth (ages 12 – 18) to organize, empower and mobilize youth and their communities to win real improvements for young people 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 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 in Fresno County. They will also serve as the liaison between school and community leaders and the Youth Leadership Institute.
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
- 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
- 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 reporting systems on a weekly basis
- Document the timely completion of contractual goals and objectives, including internal 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 share knowledge 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 dependent premiums)
- 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 yli’s values of community, inclusion, innovation, and social justice
- Minimum 2-3 years relevant experience in field of youth development, and/or a B.A.
- 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
- 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 adult leaders
- Familiarity with social media as a tool for organizing and advocacy
- Bilingual/bicultural preferred
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