Program Assistant (Undo Poverty: Flushing Collaborative)

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION

Founded in 1965, the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. (CPC) aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities. Today, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services agency and offers more than 50 programs at over 35 sites throughout New York City, including early childhood education, school-age care, youth services, workforce development, community services, and senior services. CPC strives to be the premier social service and leadership development organization. In 2017, CPC launched Advancing Our CommUNITY, its organization-wide strategy to expand services to address persistent needs and emerging trends and to improve leadership skills among staff and community members. In 2022, our core programs and emergency services reached 200,000 people living in all five boroughs and all 51 city council districts. In the summer of 2022, CPC was recognized as the number one Chinese American organization in New York City to recommend to a Chinese immigrant looking for in-language and culturally competent resources according to a recent survey. This accomplishment is a testament to the incredible work and dedication of our staff. (For more information, please visit: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/)

PROGRAM SUMMARY

The Undo Poverty: Flushing (UP:F) Collaborative represents Flushing, Queens and creates community-centered solutions and opportunities that lift Flushing families and individuals out of poverty. The program focuses on empowering and enabling communities to develop solutions that holistically address economic success, power, autonomy, and belonging. The main goal of this collaborative project is to understand what the Flushing community needs to move up the economic ladder through a community-based, collective-impact approach. We aim to achieve this through resource sharing in the community, applying existing research to programming, challenging existing narratives and stereotypes of poverty, and encouraging, training, and supporting participants to advocate for the community. Click here to learn more about our work.

JOB SUMMARY            

Currently, the work focuses on narrative change and creating policy recommendations with our Community Advisory Group (CAG), which is comprised of individuals who work and/or live and Flushing. CPC will be hosting multilingual screenings of The Cost of Living documentary to further community conversations around poverty. At the same time, CPC will be working with CAG members to turn learnings from these screenings into concrete policy recommendations to bring to local elected officials.

Reporting to the Program Director and Coordinator, the Program Assistant will support the Community Advisory Group’s activities and execute 3 community screenings of The Cost of Living documentary. This is a part-time temporary position, which would support the program until the end of June 2025.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support creation and execution of programming for the Community Advisory Group (CAG).
• Prepare meeting agendas, develop policy recommendations, email elected officials, and other advocacy related work.
• Coordinate CAG participation in advocacy actions and events.
• Support coordination and execution of 3 community events.
• Provide in-person support on the day of the events.
• Prepare and review event materials (flyers, discussion guides, etc.) in multiple languages.
• Attend weekly meetings with the program director and coordinator.
• Work with project stakeholders (CPC staff, co-leads, consultants, media, funder)
• Other tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• High school degree or equivalent required

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Ability to complete work in a timely manner
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Fluency in Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi, or Urdu preferred
• Knowledge of Flushing, Queens preferred

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS OVERVIEW

• $17.50 - $17.50 per hour; 14 hours per week until the end of June 2025; remote hours may be possible
• CPC offers eligible temporary staff members mandatory benefits, including paid New York State sick time

HOW TO APPLY

Interested individuals should submit their resume, along with a cover letter addressed to Mitch Wu, when applying online via CPC’s website: https://www.cpc-nyc.org/jobs or selected online job boards. All documents should be submitted as one single file. Applicants may reach out to careers@cpc-nyc.org with any questions or further inquiries.

CPC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CPC values a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages women, BIPOC, immigrants, LGBTQ , individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply

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