Outreach Coordinator, Richmond Hill H.S

Organization Description

South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) is an inclusive, South Asian-focused 501(c)3 youth development organization. Through our innovative, holistic approach, we work toward educational equity by providing opportunities and resources to less privileged New York City youth, ensuring they are empowered academically, emotionally, and socially to become engaged community members.

Established in 1996, SAYA provides valuable life skills and holistic, impactful programming to underserved New York City youth. As one of the first South Asian organizations created in the United States, SAYA is the only organization of its kind in the NYC metropolitan area providing inclusive and secular comprehensive youth development services while centering our community’s experiences. Today, SAYA provides programming at eight elementary, middle, and high schools in Queens and Brooklyn, along with our Elmhurst-based community center - serving a growing number of youth across all sites each year.

A key tenet of our work is cultivating vital social and emotional learning (SEL) skills such as belonging, confidence, and self-efficacy through intentionally designed, research-based curricula. Across our organization, services tailored for different age groups include leadership and identity development, academic support that bridges learning gaps, comprehensive college preparation, and activities that nurture creativity and build positive peer connections.

Position Summary

Supervisor: Community School Director

Key Responsibilities:

Outreach with Families

• Collaborate with RHHS admissions team to onboard newly arrived students with SEL check-ins and resource sharing
• Take lead on referrals and work with students on engaging with community resources, including direct assistance, immigration, housing, and other resources as needed.
• Research and visit transfer/alternative schools, CBOs, and agencies with students and families
• Coordinate transitions to transfer/alternative schools in collaboration with RHHS counselors, admissions team, and other support staff
• Facilitate outreach and meetings with students, families and staff regarding progress of attendance and academics, program recruitment, and coordination of resource distribution
• Provide occasional on-site support to families for supply distribution, such as food pantry items, coats, glasses, and other items as needed (10-15 times a year)
• Provide verbal and written translation of school-based materials and community resources.

• Assist in researching, creating and updating community resource documentation and materials

• Develop and facilitate lesson plans on leadership, identity, community, and culturally relevant workshops, activities and trips during in-school and after-school programming

• Actively recruit, support growth, and facilitate training of program participants and student leaders

• Support planning, facilitation, and outreach of school-wide events and Community School Initiatives, including vision & health screenings, trainings, community forums, immigration legal support clinics, events to build positive attendance and school culture, and other initiatives as assigned.

• Chaperone trips which may be held during school day, after-school, evenings, weekends, and summer.

• Assist team with developing content for social media

• Collect and enter attendance of programmatic information into databases.
• Support food, supply, and equipment purchases, pick-ups, and deliveries during in-school and after-school hours, including transfer of items at alternative locations.
• Participate in meetings & trainings held by SAYA, Office of Community Schools, DOE, and other agencies.

• Support with purchase orders and expense documentation

• Bilingual Spanish proficiency highly preferred; proficiency in Punjabi helpful;
• Bachelor degree in relevant fields (Education, Social Work, Youth Development);
• Experience working with CBOs, transfer schools, and/or city agencies required;
• Experience and knowledge with mentoring, workshop facilitation and engagement with NYC public school system required;
• Outreach, verbal and written communications skills
• Comfort supporting Multi- Language Learner (MLL) population;
• Experience developing curriculum incorporating social-emotional learning (SEL), social justice and positive youth development;
• Highly flexible and openness to feedback, with ability to organize and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced setting;
• Willingness to support larger SAYA and SAYA RHHS team with various tasks as is needed, must be open to and contribute to supportive team culture across programs;
• Excels with contingency planning for events, workshops, and flexibility in addressing changing program needs;
• Excellent proficiency in Google Suite, including Google Spreadsheet, Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Forms, MS-Excel;
• Must be comfortable with public speaking in leading events and initiatives

Additional Information

• This position is in-person
• While we value work/life balance, due to the nature of this position, this role will sometimes require work on evenings and weekends. Must be able to work occasional early mornings, evenings, and weekends about 30 days in the school year, from Nov - June 30th
• Must be available from the hours of 8am-4pm at least 4 days a week during the school year; schedule is subject to change depending on program needs during summer
• Must be available and comfortable traveling with students and/or families from school location to other schools/organizations as needed
• Must be comfortable with periodic commute and occasional transfer of items between school and SAYA central office, and other designated locations as assigned or as is needed

SAYA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Employer.