What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth Justice Director position at Coleman Advocates For Children and Youth?
Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth is a member-led, multiracial, intergenerational community organization focused on creating a city of hope, justice, and opportunity for children and families in San Francisco. We organize low-income and working-class BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) youth and families—primarily Black, Latinx, and Pacific Islanders—to build power in their schools, communities, and lives.
Coleman Advocates seeks an experienced and talented S.F. Youth Justice Director who can overview an initiative, multitask, prioritize partnerships, and remain flexible. This position requires a highly skilled, highly organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and proactive person.
Job Summary : The SF Youth Justice Initiative is a strategic initiative designed to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline for San Francisco middle-school students by supporting them with wrap-around services in their schools. This program supports students navigating their way out of the juvenile system.
This initiative includes a collaborative partnership with Huckleberry Youth Programs, Young Community Developers (YCD), Legal Services for Children, Disability Rights California, and Youth Law Center.
The role of the Director is to ensure that the overall initiative is meeting or exceeding its programmatic goals while providing direct supervision to the CMAC program at Coleman. The Director must be able to work within a collaborative process, work directly with SFUSD, community groups, students and their families as they successfully navigate middle school.
Application Procedure : Email a cover letter, resume, and two references to our hiring committee at hiring@colemanadvocates.org . References will be checked post-interview.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Track partner initiative progress and data to ensure the goals of the initiative are met
- Manage communication between stakeholders and partners
- Join, support, and engage the Coleman Leadership Team
- Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder meetings
- Support internal and external task management
- Oversee initiative goals and responsibilities
- Hold positive relationships with school sites and administrators
- Hold regular updates with the Executive Director
- Supervise, research, support, and lead work supporting the CMAC program
- Other duties as assigned
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