Massachusetts Promise Fellows deliver the resources that young people need to be successful in life by mobilizing and organizing community activity, creating and leading powerful initiatives, and training and inspiring citizen volunteers.
The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship achieves this by placing Fellows with non-profit organizations and state/local government agencies that focus on fulfilling the needs of our youth by providing; a caring adult, a safe place, a healthy start, a marketable skill, and an opportunity to give back.
As a Promise Fellowship site, YWCA Boston is seeking a top-notch Youth Outreach Fellow to enhance its mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. Specifically, the organization seeks to expand community-based programs to increase Boston's civic engagement on race and ethnic relations and to further its efforts to reduce health disparities among low-income women and girls of color.
During the one year fellowship, the Youth Outreach Fellow recruits and enrolls youth for YWCA Boston programs. Fellow will be responsible for coordinating, planning and implementing Youth/Police Dialogues and will lead participants in planning and implementation of community action steps after the completion of the dialogue. Fellow will support youth recruitment for health programs. Fellow will cultivate prospective community partners, manage existing partnerships, develop and implement short and long-term strategies for building youth participation in YWCA Boston's public safety, anti-racism and health initiatives.
At a minimum, interested candidates must have a bachelor's degree in related, human services, social science and/or criminal justice field. Fluency in Spanish a plus. Additionally, final candidates will need to: ably demonstrate ability and desire to work within community, institutional and corporate environments and produce specific evidence-based outcomes; possess superior written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated project management and/or community-building experience. Enthusiasm, positive sense of humor and can-do attitude are required.
All candidates must have the passion and drive to be part of a multi-cultural, fast-paced, disciplined, efforts-to-outcomes-oriented team. Principals only. No phone calls, please. This position is funded through the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship; visit masspromisefellows.org for detailed program information and to apply.
YWCA Boston is an equal opportunity employer. Diverse candidates strongly encouraged to apply.