Program Assistant - Madera

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $20.80 / hour

Youth Leadership Institute (yli) builds communities where young people and their adult allies

come together to create positive community change that promotes social justice and racial

equity. For over 20 years the Youth Leadership Institute has sparked the leadership of young

people to solve pressing social issues and serve our communities. ylis community-based

programs are located in San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Merced and the Central Valley, Long

Beach, and the Eastern Coachella Valley. In addition to serving 7 California counties, yli

provides customized trainings, consulting, evaluation, and technical assistance services

nationally.

yli is committed to engaging and developing young people of color, low-income youth, and othernon-traditional youth as researchers, advocates, and agents of social change. With support fromyli staff and through authentic partnerships with other key adult allies, young people build theskills necessary to research the issues that most affect them and their communities, developcampaigns to advocate for change, and partner with local stakeholders to implement thesechanges in their respective communities.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The REP 559 Program Assistant (PA) works in partnership with yli staff and youth (ages 14

24) to organize, empower and mobilize youth and their communities to create concrete

improvements for Madera County young people. The PA will support youth leaders to develop

and deepen political consciousness, assess and understand issues impacting their health and

well being, build relationships and partnerships with youth and community supporters, and drivecountywide and local community campaigns that mobilize supporters, create long- term systemsand / or policy change, and build power for future victories.

The Program Assistant is responsible for supporting the Program Coordinator and Program

Managers in logistics and functional tasks necessary for meeting the goals and objectives of theassigned campaigns, and for ensuring that the young people are experiencing high quality andculturally relevant leadership opportunities. The Program Assistant will work to support overallMadera County campaigns initiatives, prepare appropriate materials, collaborate with

community partners, and assist in training youth leaders and partners.

Redefining Equity through Policy (REP 559) is a power-building and organizing program for

young people of color interested in advocating for social justice and racial equity in their

communities. The key elements of the program are :

• Transportation
• Community Health
• Restorative Healing
• Leadership Training
• Implementing Campaigns
• Climate and Economic Justice

REP 559 leans into the yli model and responds to shifts in youth organizing across the Central

Valley region and beyond by deepening shared decision-making between youth and adult allies

in all program stages, from recruitment to program design, to defining roles and positions, to

crafting and implementing campaigns that weave together racial justice, school justice,

environmental justice, health justice.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Support in conducting outreach to recruit and attract dynamic and diverse team

of youth leaders and adult leaders

and outreach materials

Utilize positive youth development and youth-adult partnership principles to guide

the work

With support from Program Manager, co-facilitate 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

Employ social media tools as a method to organize youth base

Keep accurate, current records of participant demographics

Scan local and state list serves and websites

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS