Mayors Youth Council & WeGo Coordinator
Mayors Youth Council & WeGo Coordinator
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LEVEL: Coordinator
JOB TITLE: Mayors Youth Council & WeGo Action Team Coordinator
PROGRAM AREA: Youth Action & Advocacy
JOB OBJECTIVES: To coordinate Mayors Youth Council and the WeGo Youth Action Team including recruitment workplan development facilitating groups and coordinating campaigns to reach goals established by youth leaders within the Mayors Youth Council and the WeGo Youth Action Team.
Salary Range: $40000- 45000K Based on Education & Experience
Direct Service
Essential Functions:
- Recruit youth for Mayors Youth Council (MYC) and WeGo Youth Action Team from high schools and Nashville youth councils.
- Interview and select participants for a diverse MYC and WeGo Youth Action Team.
- Coordinate host and manage MYC leadership committees and sub-committee meetings; and liaison with the Mayor and other community leaders to provide opportunity for youth civic engagement.
- Conduct regular sessions with youth councils and document participation.
- Support young people in working together to meet established objectives.
- Assess and provide training and development needs of participating youth.
- Conduct community outreach education and marketing.
- Build community and positive relationships among diverse groups of youth and adults.
- Document program activities and outcomes in a consistent ethical and timely manner.
- Utilize and integrate riding the bus with MYC and WeGo.
- Provide liaison communication with Oasis and WeGo Oasis and the Mayors Office and Oasis and Metro Council.
- Supervise volunteers and interns as needed.
- Provide transportation as needed.
- Participate in agency staff meetings supervision meetings and work of program team.
- Related tasks as assigned.
Coordination
Essential Functions:
- Coordinate and connect MYC and WeGo Youth Action Team to agency mission goals and ongoing work.
- Coordinate host and manage MYC and WeGo Youth Action Team.
- Coordinate the collaboration between Oasis and Nashville WeGo.
- Coordinate the collaboration between Oasis Center and the Mayors Office and Metro Council.
- Coordinate the calendar of activities to achieve MYC and WeGo goals.
- Coordinate special events including Youth Summits MLK Day trainings Youth Retreats speaking engagements and youth dialogue sessions.
- Coordinate and promote effective youth/adult partnerships within the community.
- Build and maintain effective collaborative relationships with diverse community partners.
- Coordinate and communicate with other Oasis program areas.
- Work with Oasis Center development staff to ensure program sustainability.
Administration
Essential Functions:
- Provide supervision to youth council participants interns and volunteers.
- Maintain consistent and timely records for inclusion in relevant funding and other reports.
- Assist in the preparation for monitoring visits by funding sources.
- Participate in program development activities.
- Represent the program and agency through presentations workshops and other means as necessary.
- Serve on related community committees as requested or necessary.
Benefits:
Free Employee Only: HDHP
Vision Dental LTD
Employer HSA contribution
12 Paid Holidays
PTO
401K up to 3% Match
Paid parental Leave
Minimal Requirements / Performance Standards:
- Ability to effectively communicate in oral and written form.
- Minimum of two years relevant experience.
- Facilitation & group process skills.
- Knowledge and ability to train on systems and systems thinking.
- Knowledge and ability to access community and agency resources.
- Ability to effectively organize and carry on several initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to work effectively with a diversity of individual and groups.
- Knowledge and ability to use computer and other office equipment.
- Knowledge and ability to apply adolescent development crisis intervention and group work principles.
- Knowledge and ability to apply science-based prevention principles.
- Clear understanding of racial inequities privilege power dynamics and forms of discrimination.
- Knowledge and ability to apply cultural diversity sensitivity to curriculum development and service delivery.
Educational Requirements: Bachelors degree in a human service field from an accredited college or university
Supervisor: Director of Action & Advocacy
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The physical demands of this position may be reasonably accommodated for individuals with disabilities on a case-by-case basis.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required for the position.
Oasis Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is operated in accordance with a policy which does not permit discrimination because of race color sex age handicap national origin sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
