Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

Young People in Recovery -

Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

REMOTE - Denver CO

Organization Overview:

YPR is a national peer-led organization that serves youth and young adults in recovery from substance use disorder. YPR aims to improve access to resources such as housing education and employment that sustain long-term recovery.

Vision:Young People in Recovery envisions a world where all young people have the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Mission:

YPRs mission is to provide the life skills and peer supports to help people recover from substance use disorder and reach their full potential.

Position Overview

The Marketing & Social Media Coordinator supports YPRs national digital communications efforts through content creation community engagement and storytelling.

This position plays a vital role in ensuring that YPRs message of hope and recovery is seen and felt daily across platforms. The ideal candidate understands how to authentically engage online audiences create meaningful content and strengthen YPRs digital presence through consistent creative storytelling.

This is a part-time position (10 hours per week) reporting to the Vice President of Digital Communications.

Essential Responsibilities:

Note: This position isPart-Timeat20 hours per week

General Responsibilities

• Respond to all communications from YPR employees within 24 business hours unless alternative arrangements have been approved in advance with the supervisor. (Includes text phone email Slack etc.)

• Celebrate both large and small victories while identifying and addressing bottlenecks or barriers the chapter may be experiencing.

• Comply with all YPR reporting procedures including ADP time tracking Concur expense reporting Salesforce/Community updates and census reports.

• Communicate regularly with the supervisor to ensure data collection is conducted with fidelity EPIC site implementation runs smoothly and any challenges are effectively resolved.

• Coordinate and align team members across all chapter projects including social media marketing community outreach communications financial reporting and advocacy initiatives.

• Obtain and maintain all required training and certifications as directed by the organization or supervisor including but not limited to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).

Marketing & Social Media Responsibilities

• Create and postdaily Instagram and TikTok storiesthat showcase YPR programs recovery messages and national initiatives.

• Engage directly with YPR audiences throughdaily commenting and interactionon X (Twitter) Instagram and TikTok including replies reactions and thoughtful participation in relevant conversations.

• Monitor and interact with accounts and creators in therecovery mental health and nonprofit sectorsto strengthen YPRs visibility.

• Assist with social media scheduling community engagement and analytics tracking.

• Support design and content production for campaigns blog posts newsletters and events.

• Repurpose YPR stories podcasts and events into short-form social content.

• Track engagement metrics trends and audience insights to inform future strategy.

• Collaborate with the marketing team to brainstorm creative campaigns and cross-channel messaging.

What an Effective Social Media Content Creator Looks Like

• Understands audience tone and community culture across platforms.

• Responds daily and interacts with empathy professionalism and purpose.

• Crafts visually appealing consistent posts that reflect YPRs mission.

• Creates content that sparks conversation connection and inspiration.

• Uses storytelling to make recovery visible relatable and hopeful.

Organizational Commitments

• Collaborate to support and implement YPRs strategic plan while promoting and encouraging the many pathways of recovery.

• Actively champion diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.

• Continuously strive to improve personal performance and contribute to organizational excellence.

• Use data to inform decision-making enhance outcomes and guide organizational development.

• Perform other related duties and marginal functions as assigned.

Location: Remote Denver CO preferred

Official Title: Marketing & Social Media Coordinator

Job Type: Part-Time

Compensation: $25.50 per hour; 20 hours per week

Cultural Principles:

Community:

• YPR Values community by creating welcoming spaces for people in or seeking recovery and their allies

Caring:

• YPR values caring by meeting all people where they are in their recovery journeys and by supporting all pathways of recovery.

Respect:

• YPR values respect by listening to others to understand and by operating with a spirit of intellectual curiosity.

Inclusion:

• YPR values inclusion by building diverse teams of employees and by leveraging data to better support underserved populations.

Commitment:

• YPR values commitment by showing up every day and holding ourselves accountable to our processes for each other our clients our stakeholders and our communities.

Experience and Background

Required Qualifications:

• 12 years of experience managing social media content for a brand nonprofit or organization.

• Strong understanding of Instagram TikTok Facebook and X (Twitter) engagement strategies.

• Excellent written communication organization and creativity.

• Experience with Canva Meta Business Suite or similar social media tools.

• Availability to post and engage consistently throughout the week.

• Alignment with YPRs mission and passion for storytelling in recovery.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Personal experience in recovery or lived experience supporting recovery communities.

• Experience working successfully with young adults or people with substance use disorders.

• Demonstrated ability to create engaging video or short-form visual content.

• Bilingual (Spanish/English).

• Familiarity with content analytics and social media insights tools.

Physical demands and work environment:

• Occasionally required to stand

• Occasionally required to walk

• Occasionally required to sit

• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity

• Continually required to talk or hear

• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 10 pound

Learn more about YPR

YPR website:

Facebook: Check Statement:Young People in Recovery is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our clients employees volunteers and members. To assist in achieving that goal we conduct background investigations.If your position requires additional pre-employment criteria such as a drivers examination a background investigation and/ or a pre-employment drug test and if you have been offered employment before any such investigation or test is completed your employment is contingent upon a satisfactory result on all required tests. Pre-employment background investigations: Shall be required for all staff interns and volunteers who have direct contact with individuals receiving services.

ADA Statement:Young People in Recovery will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at.

People in recovery YPR chapter members/leaders and those with lived experience of the criminal justice system are encouraged to apply.

Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

YPR is an equal-opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and we will take affirmative

action to ensure against discrimination in employment recruitment advertisements for

employment compensation termination upgrading promotions and other conditions of

employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race color gender nation or

origin age religion creed disability recovery status veterans status sexual orientation

gender identity or gender expression.

YPR is deeply committed to diversity equity and inclusion and embeds those principles into the practices of its work and organizational culture. YPR is determined to be an employer of choice and believes that the best organizational performance will come from a safe diverse and inclusive work environment. People of color people with disabilities women and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

People with lived recovery experience and YPR chapter members/leaders are also strongly encouraged to apply.