"Assistant Director of Youth Initiatives"

Job Details

Posting Details

Title Information

Security Sensitive Position?
Yes

Hours of Work
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

Position Details

Position Information

Posting Number
TSU203559

Official TSU Title
Assistant Director of Youth Initiatives

Grant Title
yes

Job Description Summary / TWC Summary

JOB SUMMARY:
The Earl Carl Institute is looking for a qualified candidate to fill the role of the Assistant Director of Youth Initiatives. This person will provide day-to-day support on advocacy initiatives, and facilitation of the Safe and Supportive Schools Collaborative (SSSC).

This is a Grant Funded position.

Essential Duties Summary

Working with community partners:

• Attending events and meetings with community partners who work in youth justice, school reform, and criminal justice spaces
• Building and maintaining relationships with community partners.
• Coordinating research and other activities with partners to minimize redundancies and to align strategies and actions, including conducting individual outreach and education as needed;
• Working with Executive Director to coordinate with other related projects and coalitions to maintain a full understanding of the current landscape of local and regional activities, and integrating their work into Steering Committee and workgroup processes;

Strategic coherence:

• Developing, maintaining, and monitoring set of pending and potential policy priorities from the SSSC Strategic Plan, to support development of annual legislative agenda, policy and funding recommendations;
• Provide support to partner organizations in aligning their work to the Strategic Plan (e.g., identifying opportunities for program work to support specific goals);
• Coordinating advocacy supporting activities of partners.

Communicating with Outside Partners:

• Facilitating ongoing communication between partners by arranging regular conference calls, in-person meetings, or coordinating regular email updates to ensure alignment of activity;
• Creating or managing creation of yearly summary reports of Safe and Supportive Schools progress for and external audiences;
  and
• The following duties may be done in coordination with a communications consultant:
  • Developing communications materials as evolves, potentially including summary documents, brochures, FAQs, and other items;
  • Web and social media postings
  • Compiling and maintaining list of press clippings; and Creating press strategy, including drafting press releases, coordinating with media outlets.

Fund development and management:

• Identify potential funding sources to support Safe and Supportive School’s goals and priorities as well as other youth related initiatives:
• Writing grants, as needed, or coordinating with grant writer
• Working with implementing agencies to provide information to support their grant applications
• Coordinating Safe and Supportive Schools grant reporting to funders as required
• Track funding and other grant compliance, including allocated funds from partner organizations

Data collection, analysis, and reporting:

• Coordinating indicator refinement with workgroups and partners;
• Coordinating communication so partners are aware of targets and indicators;
• Creating or managing creation of yearly summary reports of progress

Legal Representation:

• Handling all aspects of school disciplinary hearings and juvenile court cases, from intake to full representation
• Drafting Public Information Requests, OCR Complaints, and other support for potential impact litigation

% FTE
1.0

Hiring Range
$64,197.37-$81,851.64

Education
JD Degree or Graduate degree in Education, Business, Criminology, Sociology, Psychology.

Required Licensing/Certification
Preferred:
State Bar of Texas

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• Policies, procedures, and practices related to reform.
• Advocating for Youth Justice
• School disciplinary practices and juvenile law

Skill in:

• Verbal and written communication
• Effective customer service
• Multi-task and time management
• Strong organizational skills
• Detail-oriented
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Proper grammar for both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

• Prepare detailed reports.
• Work independently.
• Manage time wisely
• Be a team player and work collaboratively.
• Communicate effectively.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings
• Focus on execution, problem solving and improving processes.

Work Experience
Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience.

Working/Environmental Conditions

• Limited standing and/or walking.
• Handling light weight objects.
• Using or carrying equipment.
• Stoop, bend or lift.