Remote Youth Justice Programs Associate

The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing; Beaverton (OR); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401K with employer contribution

Paid time off

Adoption Assistance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) seeks a highly organized Program Associate to support expanded programming, with emphasis on Healthy Communities and Youth CORE initiatives. The PA will also assist with communications, grants management, and program evaluation.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the PA will coordinate logistics for national events, webinars, and field convenings, while collaborating with program staff, grantees, and contractors in a remote-friendly,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of social justice work with a solid understanding of the youth organizing landscape nationally, including experience with youth organizing groups.
• Experience in fields related to current program initiatives (community organizing, youth development, youth civic engagement, food justice, school wellness, and public health) strongly desired.
• Experience in developing campaign strategies, tactics and messages.
• Strong communications skills including excellent writing, editing and critical reading, preparing and delivering presentations, and strong oral communication skills; comfortable presenting information at meetings and conferences, and representing FCYO in the broader community.
• Strong social justice analysis and understanding of movement building strategy across multiple social justice issues.
• An ability to thrive in an organization that is remote and flexible but also has in person events that require an ability to work at a fast pace.
• Experience in event logistics planning and event management.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and communicate effectively and professionally with a diverse range of people.
• Outstanding creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of Word Press a plus.
• Some experience with grant writing and understanding of foundation fundraising desired.

Responsibilities

• Support Healthy Communities initiative including planning convenings and webinars.
• Coordinate Youth CORE activities including webinars and field convenings.
• Provide overall FCYO support and logistics including event management and grant-writing support.
• Assist with communications and grants management as part of broader program execution and evaluation.

Skills

Organization

Event planning

Grant writing

Social justice

Communication

Public speaking

MS Office

Google Docs

Remote work

Team collaboration

WordPress

Tools

WordPress

Job description

The Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) seeks a highly organized Program Associate to support expanded programming, with emphasis on Healthy Communities and Youth CORE initiatives. The PA will also assist with communications, grants management, and program evaluation.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the PA will coordinate logistics for national events, webinars, and field convenings, while collaborating with program staff, grantees, and contractors in a remote-friendly,