YAP Fellow

Position Description: 

The YI Texas office is looking for a Young Advocates Program (YAP) Coordinator to join our team. This is a paid fellowship lasting 1 year. Current college students and people participating in work-based learning programs are encouraged to apply. Existing experience within YI’s young advocates' program and Youth Advisory board will be critical to the role's success. This position is based in Dallas or Houston and will require travel throughout the state of Texas, particularly Dallas, Houston, Austin, and East Texas. This position pays $20/hour for 15-19 hours/week. 

The YAP Coordinator must be available during the Young Advocates Program hours, at least four consecutive hours any day Monday through Friday, 9 am- 5 pm CT, and the rest of the hours can be scheduled around the coordinator’s availability. 

The YAP Coordinator will assist the Southern Organizing Coordinator in executing the Young Advocates Program, managing organizing events, assisting with outreach, helping engage our current base of advocates, and assisting with various aspects of policy research. This position is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about nonprofits, program management, policy research, organizing, and outreach. No college degree is necessary to apply. 

Supervisor: Southern Regional Director 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Recruit participation and turnout for training and events
• Manage follow-up and continued relationships with young adults who attend our events
• Mobilize young adults to take action on our advocacy campaigns
• Conduct pre- and post-program evaluations 
• Helpcollect timesheets and other necessary paperwork from the Young Advocates in a timely manner
• Help coordinate Young Advocates’ projects to ensure they are meeting internal deadlines
• Help coordinate Young Advocates’ travel 
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Demonstrates initiative and ownership of their work
• Ability to help manage projects by setting deadlines, flagging potential issues, and creatively problem-solving with the Regional DirectorAbility to work effectively independently and with a team
• Lived experience with YI’s issue areas (ex., experience with lack of access to healthcare, high tuition cost or student debt, etc.) 
• Ability to work remotely
• Creative, energetic, and possessing a great attitude
• Professional and mature in all settings
• Experience and comfort working with diverse communities
• Excellent communication skills: can communicate effectively with their supervisor(s) as well as young adults and external partners
• Experience with YI’s young adult engagement programs 
• A passion for Young Invincibles’ mission.

The following are a plus but not requirements:

• Experience with the Texas Legislature 
• Experience with facilitating presentations and/or group discussions
• Experience working with Canva or other design platforms
• Comfortable working with social media
• Ability to speak, write, and translate materials into Spanish 

APPLY:

Please email your résumé and writing exercise to texas.advocate@younginvincibles.org, stating “TX YAP Coordinator” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Writing Exercise:

Provide a response to this exercise prompt: Job Simulation YAP Internship. There is no set template -- just be as clear and concise as possible. We want to get a sense of how you think strategically about YI’s work. We're not looking for fancy formatting or a polished final document. Please submit materials in Google Docs format.

About Young Invincibles:

Young Invincibles (“YI”) is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization working to expand economic opportunity for young people ages 18 to 34 and to amplify their voices in the national political conversation and policy arena. Founded by and for young adults in the summer of 2009 during the debate over health care reform, YI has quickly grown into a leading voice for young people on the issues of health care, higher education, pathways to jobs/workforce and civic engagement. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

YI is an equal employment opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. YI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, medical condition including genetic characteristics, mental or physical disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, (including transgender status), weight, height, linguistic characteristics (such as accent and limited English proficiency, where not substantially job-related), citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.