What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Educator (Youth Specialist) position at HopeWorks of Howard County Inc?
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Description
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Position Title: Community Educator (Youth Specialist) Supervisor: Director of Community Engagement FLSA Status: Exempt |
Employment Status: Full Time (40 hours per week) Department: Community Engagement Compensation: $45,000 |
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HopeWorks’ Community Engagement staff is invested and engaged in altering the systems and imbalances of power that maintain the status quo and that are root causes of sexual and intimate partner violence - including racism, transphobia, poverty, homophobia, inequities/disparities, and xenophobia. The Community Educator is responsible for coordinating and implementing community engagement projects on virtual platforms and in settings such as, but not limited to, community centers, businesses, faith communities, schools and human service agencies. This Community Educator is tasked with the coordination of the Youth Leadership Project, facilitation of youth and adult educational programs, training for professionals, and collaboration with community partners for racial, economic, and gender justice. The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in liberal arts or social-science fields such as Psychology, Sociology, Women’s and/or Gender Studies, Public Health, Ethnic Studies.
- Experience working in sexual and/or intimate partner violence prevention.
- A deep understanding of violence prevention, as well as gender equity, transformative justice, public health and/or empowerment theories.
- Excellent public speaking and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in workshop facilitation.
- Excellent attention to detail and follow-through.
- Experience and/or training in program coordination preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal skills along with computer proficiency.
- Skilled in the use of social media, and platforms such as Canva, Constant Contact, Zoom, and Mentimeter.
- Be a creative, self-motivated, responsible team player with a sense of humor.
- Proficiency in at least one language other than English (encouraged to apply but not required).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversight of The Youth Leadership Project, including training Youth Specialist, planning, promotion, facilitation, program evaluation, curriculum, and program materials. Track and compile monthly statistics and assist with the creation of grant reports.
- Conduct educational workshops, trainings, and outreach (virtual platforms and in-person) to organizations such as, but not limited to educational institutions, community agencies, faith communities, local businesses, and human service agencies in Howard County.
- Coordinate and facilitate community-wide events with local organizations to build or strengthen community partnerships and engage local leaders and stakeholders.
- Planning and assisting with awareness events, Step 1 Trainings and other special events.
- Attend training and professional development regarding the prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence, project management, community organizing and leadership skills.
- Additional assignments and tasks as required.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position.
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Commitment to Social Change |
Willing and able to engage in community-based activities and efforts that focus on changing social norms, attitudes, and behaviors. |
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Excellent Communication Skills |
Speak comfortably to a diverse array of individuals and groups. Read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public. |
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Judgment |
Display willingness to make decisions; exhibit sound and accurate judgment; and make timely decisions. |
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Reasoning Ability |
Solve practical problems and deal with variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. |
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Planning and Organization |
Prioritize and plan work activities; use time efficiently; and develop realistic action plans. |
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Mathematical Skills |
Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs. |
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Physical Demands |
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, walk, communicate, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. |
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Conflict Resolution or Facilitation Skills |
Relative comfort and confidence in managing exchanges or dialogues where conflicting opinions or beliefs are involved. Able to highlight strengths and common goals of each perspective and find ways to collectively compromise for the larger goal. |
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Creativity |
When faced with a challenge or potential barrier, the applicant can brainstorm new ways to address or circumvent obstacles. Additionally, applicants can think of innovative strategies to connect intimate partner and sexual violence prevention to everyday experiences |
Note: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
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Applicants must complete an online application and submit a resume and letter of interest. Incomplete online applications, and applications submitted without a cover letter and resume will not be reviewed. The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. No phone calls will be accepted.
Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we will only respond to applicants whose candidacy is being considered.
Phone calls will not be accepted.
HopeWorks is an Equal Opportunity employer. Personnel are chosen on the basis of ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, marital status or sexual orientation, in accordance with federal and state law.
Qualifications
Salary : $45,000