Hiring: Youth Development Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Practice peer supervision with Youth Programs Coordinator.
• Supervise, evaluate, and support the professional development and growth of the Youth Programs Alumni Services Fellow.
• Plan and facilitate regular team meetings with Youth Programs Team.
• Act as Youth Programs Team liaison, by reporting regularly to Executive Director about program results and needs.
• In collaboration with Youth Programs Coordinator, recruit, hire, train, supervise, evaluate and support the professional development and growth of youth staff (10-13 during the school year, 20-25 during the summer).
• Ensure that volunteer and intern needs are met for all youth programs.
• Oversee and ensure timely data entry for Youth Programs in the CiviCRM database through management of interns, volunteers and Alumni Services Fellow.
• Develop annual budget for youth programs and monitor expenses.

• Implement two Girls in Action (GIA) sessions per year (6-8 weeks each), with the help and support of GIA intern.
• Facilitate outreach and enrollment of Girls in Action.
• Identify volunteer and intern staffing needs for Girls in Action. Manage volunteers and interns.

• Manage ongoing development of youth program curricula to ensure programs are best fulfilling and strengthening the organization’s mission of youth development, environmental stewardship, and social justice.
• In collaboration with Youth Programs Team, develop annual goals and objectives for youth programs, and develop and implement tools for effective program evaluation.
• Co-design, implement, and evaluate a strategy to increase youth organizing and advocacy among the Youth Instructor team.
• Facilitate exchange and interaction between Youth Programs and other BNB departments.
• Plan and coordinate periodic Youth Programs events to further youth development and build the BNB youth community.
• Build BNB's collaborations with other organizations, including Boston area schools and community centers, connecting cycling and mechanics to students' academic success, physical and emotional fitness, and sense of civic engagement.
• Represent Bikes Not Bombs to funders, allied organizations, parents, and the general public in collaboration with development and youth program staff.
• Work with fellow community organizations to host events that further youth empowerment and overall BNB mission.

• With the Executive Director, identify new grant opportunities, draft proposals and reports, and help to maintain yearly grants calendar.
• Track and report youth programs data (numbers, improvements and anecdotes) for resource development purposes.

• Ability to be both a creative, strategic visionary and a practical thinker
• Self-motivated, highly organized, systems oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills (one-on-one and in a group format), cultural competency, strong listening skills
• Experience in program management and staff/volunteer supervision, with the ability to mentor, motivate, prioritize, and set clear expectations
• Experience with and interest in developing youth organizing component of programming
• 2+ years experience working directly with 10-18 year olds
• Knowledge of Boston neighborhoods, schools, and resources, including the dynamics of the neighborhoods surrounding BNB
• Understanding of and commitment to positive youth development
• Strong bike mechanics skills and knowledge of safe urban riding
• Demonstrated commitment to inspiring environmental stewardship and social justice
• Facility with Macintosh computers, and experience using MS Word and Excel
• Experience developing and managing budgets
• Strong collaborator, able to work with a team and adapt quickly to changing situations
• Skills in program evaluation and curriculum development
• Must be willing and able to work after-school program schedule and some Saturdays
• Multilingual/Bilingual (Spanish, English, Haitian Creole and/or Cape Verdean Creole) candidates highly preferred
• Must love bikes!