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We’re looking for someone to join the team as the VOYCE Program Site Coordinator! Apply by August 12, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact rhummanee@aypal.org.


VOYCE Program Site Coordinator

Job Description

POSITION: Site Coordinator, 75% FTE (Approx. 30 hours per week)

STARTING DATE: August/September 2022

COMPENSATION: Hourly rate $26.74 Plus medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Act as supervisor to a youth Leadership Team of 6-8 Youth Interns (VOYCE).

  • Work with your Youth Leadership Team to recruit and retain 20-30+ young people to form a Youth Leadership Organization (YLO) for your general membership site (VOYCE).

  • Train Youth Leaders and YLO members in leadership, community organizing and analytical skills.  Including facilitation, workshop development, coalition building, participation and training for convenings.

  • Facilitation of workshops for youth leaders in addition to working in partnership with Youth interns to facilitate program meetings and workshops.

  • Maintain two spaces, youth internship site and a YLO programming base

  • Act as an advisor and ensure positive group dynamics for the YLO membership that meets weekly.  

  • Work with Youth Leaders and adult staff to plan and implement AYPAL’s current campaign(s) and statewide initiatives.

  • Work with Youth Leaders and YLO Members to implement YLO arts activism and service-based projects.

  • Document and keep accurate records of participation for each individual member of the YLO. In addition to operational tasks e.g producing youth and outside contractor contracts, scheduling, reimbursements, budgeting, etc.

  • Work with adult staff to plan, implement and evaluate AYPAL’s political education curriculum and organization-wide social change initiatives.  

  • Represent AYPAL and play a key leadership role for AYPAL’s coalition and collaborative campaign activities (ie. PR work, speaking with youth at actions, participating on panels). 

Qualifications:

  • Experience with youth development and community organizing practices and principles 

  • Experience (volunteer or paid) working with API communities and knowledge of their issues 

  • Commitment to the empowerment of historically underrepresented constituents, including young people, people of color, poor people, immigrants and refugees, women, and queer/trans communities.

  • Proficient administrative skills

  • Adept oral and written communications skills with youth and adults

  • Able to work flexible hours (some Saturdays and evenings)

Nice to haves:

  • Bilingual and bicultural in English and another API language/culture a plus, but not required

  • Experience with mental support of youth and families

  • Academic support and college career readiness skills

  • Connections to local artists and organizing networks

AYPAL is a collaborative project of Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN).

Rhummanee Hang