Prevention and Early Intervention Program Coordinator - Fresno

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $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

High-Quality Relationships To support their development

Program Leadership and Logistical Functions

Management and oversight of Campaign Development and Implementation

Reporting & Record Keeping

Stay informed about local issues, trends and opportunities in the field

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 :

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

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