Organizational Profile
In 1993, Juma Ventures (www.juma.org) became the first nonprofit organization to own and operate a commercial franchise—a single Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop that provided a handful of jobs to homeless youth in San Francisco. Since then, Juma has grown from a job-training and placement program serving 25 youth to a nationally-recognized youth development organization operating seven social enterprises in three cities. Juma has employed more than 2,800 young people who have earned $3 million in wages and saved more than $2 million for higher education. Juma has received numerous awards for its work including the National Youth Employment Coalition’s PEPNet Award and a Community Achievement Award as the national organization of the year from the Social Enterprise Alliance.
Juma owns and operates seven social enterprises in three cities (San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego), and serves youth through partnership programs in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. In 2012, Juma received a grant to expand its programming in San Francisco to serve middle school-age youth, with the Aspire program.
Historically, Juma has recruited students at the end of their sophomore year of high school—the age at which they’re eligible to work at Juma’s social enterprises—and supported them through completion of a four-year college degree. With Aspire, Juma will pilot a new program for an initial cohort of 45 rising 9th graders attending Mission High School.
Our employees enjoy a casual and results-oriented environment. We value and seek diverse team members who are passionate, innovative, collaborative, professional and fun.
Role Overview
The youth development coordinator (YDC) works within a generalist framework to provide community, support, engagement and other interventions to a cohort of youth to help them realize their goals towards post secondary graduation. Generalists will utilize research, information about best practices, collaborate with a team of adult staff, engage parents, and gain youth feedback and other data to help refine and improve the effectiveness of the program.
Aspire youth development coordinators will play a key role in developing and implementing this pilot program. The generalists programmatic responsibilities will include participation in recruitment, asset assessments, coordination of resources for youth including referrals to social services, and financial and academic coaching. Aspire-specific programming will include administration of new literacy, math and workforce development curricula (GAIN and WorkSkills), coordination of tutoring and adult mentor relationships, and facilitation of job exposure and project-based learning during an intensive summer program. This grant-funded two-year position reports to a Program Manager and has a start date of January 1, 2013.
Primary Responsibilities
- Builds positive, trusting, and respectful interactions with a caseload of 25-30 youth in order to encourage and support youth towards the achievement of their goals;
- Utilizes youth development principles in conduct, interventions, and collaboration with young people and in the management of a safe youth space;
- Continually evaluates using data, youth input, and best practices to monitor progress, initiate improvement, celebrate success and evaluate effectiveness;
- Utilizes Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) to document and interpret observations and interactions with young people in adherence to Juma policy;
- Mobilizes referrals, family, community, adults and community resources towards achieving youth outcomes;
- Will utilize expertise in education, youth development or asset-building to support program team and collaborative efforts with youth;
- Collaborates with other program and evaluation staff to establish program guidelines, processes and program improvements;
- Participates fully in ongoing professional development and collaborations with program team to update, align, improve and deepen activities and tools towards ensuring youth success;
- Other duties as assigned
Key Experience & Strengths:
Required:
- At least three years experience working with youth of color, working class and low income youth and vulnerable populations in a strengths-based and social justice methodology
- Experience in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment preferred
- Flexibility and initiative, as well as the ability to work independently and take accountability, combined with the skills for thriving in a team environment to achieve shared goals
- Ability to be supportive and provide guidance in a non-judgmental manner; demonstrated respect and interest in youth leadership and youth culture; strong relationship-building and communication
- High professional and ethical standards for handling confidential information
- Ability to plan, organize and complete multiple tasks simultaneously with close attention to detail and prioritization to meet deadlines
- Ability to work collaboratively with Development staff to coordinate volunteer tutors, mentors and summer corporate job exposure
- Ability to use research and data to evaluate program effectiveness
- Computer proficiency in MS Office Suite, web media and other commonly used software
- Ability to work nights (until 8pm) and frequent weekend work
- Be fingerprinted and pass a criminal background check
- LGBTQ, bicultural, women and minority applicants especially encouraged to apply
Job Details
Reports to: Program Manager
Job Location: San Francisco
Starting Salary: $32 – 34k, depending on experience
Classification: Full-Time/Nonexempt
Hours/Week: 40 hrs/week
Education: Bachelors
Years of Experience: 3
Benefits Include: Health Insurance. Dental/Vision. Paid vacation and sick days, and generous holiday schedule.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to Brian Sauer, brians@jumaventures.org.
