JOB TITLE: Program Coordinator & Facilitator
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time
REPORTS TO: Young Adult Youth Program (YAYP) Manager
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY & Queens, NY
ABOUT AAFSC:
The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC)?is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization established in 1994 to provide culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed social services. Our mission is to empower immigrants and refugees with the tools they need to?successfully?acclimate to the world around them and become active participants in their communities.?While our doors are open to all, with 36 languages represented across staff, AAFSC has developed cultural and?linguistic expertise serving members of NYC’s Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, Muslim, and South Asian (AMENAMSA) immigrant and refugee communities.
AAFSC works across four key priority areas – Promote, Prevent, Get Ready, and Communicate –?in order to?achieve our ultimate goal of strengthening families. We promote mental and physical well-being and community power. We ensure families are knowledgeable about their rights and equipped to participate in civic society with confidence and security. We strengthen families, prevent child abuse, and work to end domestic and gender-based violence. We provide the tools for learners of every age to succeed. Finally, we uplift the voices and needs of under-represented communities and champion gender, racial, restorative, and immigrant justice.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Program Coordinator & Facilitator organizes programming & provides direct academic, life transitions, and post-secondary support for youth and young adults via virtual platforms or at our AAFSC locations. Depending on need, the Program Coordinator & Facilitator may also lead one of our core offerings, including, but not limited to the Audacious Young Women of Action (AYWA) program, the Funny Girls program, or MENar program. AYWA programming is geared towards girls and young women of color (GYWOC) with an emphasis on creating a space for Arab, Middle Eastern, North African Muslim, and South Asian (AMENAMSA) GYWOC to heal, grow, and thrive. Funny Girls teaches leadership skills through improv, building the skills of confidence, self-awareness, learning agility, collaboration, empathy, and resiliency. Finally, MENar programming is geared towards boys and young men of color (BYMOC) with an emphasis on creating a space for AMENAMSA BYMOC to heal, grow, and thrive.
This role works directly with participants in one-on-one and in group settings. Individuals in this role should be passionate about working with students from diverse backgrounds, including first generation college students. A successful person in this role will display strong academic achievement, be highly organized, possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills and effectively work independently as well as in teams. A commitment to immigrant, refugee, and low-income communities is essential for success in this role. The schedule for this position will be a set schedule of 20-25 hours per week within the 1pm-7pm time range Mondays through Fridays.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Academic and Pathways Support
Serve as academic mentor and coach for youth participants.
Facilitate 1:1 program sessions with participants, including reading coaching, STEM coaching, preparation for exams, college & career connections, and academic tutoring.
Provide homework help and other designated academic enrichment activities aimed at supporting individual learning and academic goals. Academic/homework help is conducted in a manner that builds confidence, supports independent problem solving and decision-making abilities.
Facilitate sessions that focus on academic success, academic and career pathways, leadership development, and personal development.
Support participants with ACT/SAT test preparation, Regents preparation, and work with students on an individual basis providing subject specific assistance.
Guide participants as they complete the college application process including essay writing, applications for admission, scholarships, and the FAFSA.
In partnership with the rest of the team, arrange for outside speakers or programming to expose students to college and career options, as well as strengthen life skills and support life transitions students are experiencing.
Connect interested students with AAFSC mentorship program, and encourage youth relationship building with mentors.
Lead activities that afford youth the opportunity to take responsibility, lead, and develop leadership skills. For example, activities that develop students’:
Ability to articulate one’s personal values
Awareness of how one’s personal actions impact the larger communities
Ability to engage in the community in a positive manner
Respect and caring for oneself and others
Sense of responsibility of self and others
Integrity
Awareness of and appreciation of cultural differences among peers and within the larger community
High expectations for self and community
Sense of purpose in goals and activities
Ability to follow the lead of others when appropriate
Support and strengthen individual learning, academic goals, and critical thinking skills by monitoring small group work, and providing one-on-one assistance.
Leadership Support
Conduct holistic outreach and recruitment for AYWA, MENar and Funny Girls.
Use insights gained from conversations, focus groups, and meetings with young people and their families, allies, and community members to design, facilitate, and continuously refine a culturally responsive and trauma-informed program.
Work with colleagues to implement our unique, culturally responsive Healthy Relationships curriculum to support and promote a holistic and informed understanding of personal identity and interpersonal relationships.
Coordinate and facilitate MENar, AYWA and Funny Girls sessions as assigned.
Build and maintain active repository of curricula that is made accessible and available on organizational servers.
Continually seek to improve quality of program and ensure that it meets the needs of community youth by seeking out, maintaining, and developing opportunities for partnerships, events, projects, etc.
Other duties and responsibilities
Participate in AAFSC meetings and internal and external trainings as assigned.
Assist in preparation for site visits and external visitors.
Organize, collect, and showcase student work and maintain individual participant plans.
Ensure program maintains compliance through detailed documentation and collaboration with other AAFSC team members.
Develop relationships with students based on respect and trust.
Be a positive role model; engage and inspire students.
Adhere to all organizational and program policies and procedures.
Take attendance on daily basis and make follow-up phone calls, and school outreach visits as necessary.
Enter all participants and necessary participant information on internal database software and any required external databases.
Perform other duties as assigned.
BACKGROUND AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's degree required.
Two years of experience working with youth or young adults in an academic or coaching capacity preferred.
Strong writing and communication skills required.
Experience working with immigrant or low-income youth, or experience working with students in school or community-based settings, preferred.
Excellent organizational, time-management, follow-up, and administrative skills with attention to detail.
Self-starter with the ability to work independently, and as a part of a team.
Bilingual fluency in English as well as one of the following languages is a plus: Arabic, Urdu, Bangla/Bengali, or another language.
Computer skills in Microsoft Office suite and excellent writing skills are required
Job contingent on pre-employment background check and fingerprint clearance
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