Indigenous Youth Program Coordinator

Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) seeks a Co-Program Coordinator to lead the Tequio Youth Group across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, sharing program management responsibilities. The role emphasizes anti-racist Indigenous rights and collaborative leadership within a multilingual team.

The position supports development and implementation of advocacy agendas, strengthens grassroots leadership, and builds coalitions with community partners while guiding youth organizers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of community organizing experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish; Indigenous language skills such as Mixteco, Zapoteco or Triqui are highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Serve on the leadership team by participating in the organizational development process at MICOP.
• Oversee and facilitate the development of action campaigns including: developing effective campaign plans, coordination of campaign activities and actions, and recruiting coalition allies.
• Lead Tequio Youth group substance abuse prevention efforts.
• Implement Tequio Youth suicide prevention outreach and media efforts.
• Identify policy research and advocacy opportunities in alignment with the vision, mission, and core values of MICOP; remain current in research trends, policies, regulations, and best practices.
• Serve as liaison with local and regional gender justice and economic justice advocacy collaborations, community allies, policy makers, and organizational stakeholders.
• Identify and build coalitions with key community partners.
• Represent MICOP/Tequio Youth Group: at community gatherings; at workshops, training, and presentations; to community, political, and government leaders; to other community-based organizations; and in the media.
• Support in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of advocacy and organizing policies and procedures.
• Oversee the development, tracking, and reporting of advocacy and organizing program goals, outcomes, and performance metrics.
• Effectively align program staff support and operations with long-term agency goals and expectations.
• Coordinate and support Young Leaders with their applications to conference presentations and schools.
• Use the MICOP community organizing model to work with youth or parents.
• Monitor and evaluate community organizing programs, practices, and initiatives to ensure quality and effectiveness; make recommendations for improvement.
• Understand how to create, and carry out, logic models, work plans, and evaluations.
• Spearhead the training and professional development of youth organizers and program staff to engage in community organizing and mobilization.
• Use a strengths-based or coaching approach to support team members, interns, and volunteers.
• Hold accountable and support team members, interns, and volunteers in program planning, project and time management, meeting facilitation, and sustainable work practice. Foster a team-oriented environment.
• Mobilizes the MICOP’s Tequio Youth Group team and community members to participate in organizing efforts.
• Organize youth around community issues to create social, systematic change for an improved quality of life for indigenous youth on California's Central Coast.
• Motivate and inspire indigenous youth to fight for their dreams, to strengthen their skills Indigenous leadership and identity.
• Make reminder calls to youth.
• Coordinate guest presenters at Tequio club meetings in schools.
• Organize and coordinate university visit trips.

Skills

Community organizing

Leadership

Time management

Project management

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) seeks a Co-Program Coordinator to lead the Tequio Youth Group across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, sharing program management responsibilities. The role emphasizes anti-racist Indigenous rights and collaborative leadership within a multilingual team.

The position supports development and implementation of advocacy agendas, strengthens grassroots leadership, and builds coalitions with community partners while guiding youth organizers