Student Employment Job Board Posting: Shasta County Chemical People, Inc., FNL Coordinator

Field/Industry Miscellaneous

Business Name Shasta County Chemical People, Inc.

Contact Name Betty Cunningham

Address P.O. Box 493777, Redding, CA 96049

Phone Number 530-241-5958

Email Address fnl@chemicalpeople.org

Website chemicalpeople.org

Job Position/Title FNL Coordinator

Rate of Pay $27000-$30,000

Days / Hours 5 days/40 hours flexible

Job Description

SHASTA COUNTY CHEMICAL PEOPLE, INC.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Friday Night Live Coordinator/Peer Mentoring Assistant

Shasta County Chemical People is a community-based non-profit organization

• Salary range $27,000.00 - $30,000.00 annually, dependent on experience
• Full-time “at will”, exempt, salaried position; 40 hours a week, must be flexible when needed
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave, no medical benefits
• Six (6) month probationary period; evaluation after 6 months and annually thereafter

Supervisor: Executive Director and Program Manager

Responsibilities: Duties and responsibilities include planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating substance abuse prevention projects and activities. The substance abuse prevention projects and activities are designed to build partnerships for positive and healthy youth development, engaging youth as active leaders and resources in their communities.

Responsible for developing, coordinating, and supervising substance abuse prevention projects and activities for elementary, junior high and high school aged youth based on the state Friday Night Live and Peer Mentoring Model.

• Oversee the implementation of the Friday Night Live and Club Live programs.
• Create working relationships and coordinate project activities with other organizations, agencies, schools, individuals, and established events/happenings.
• Assist in the planning and development of educational and awareness conferences, seminars, workshops, and in-services.
• Recruit, train, hire, supervise, motivate, and evaluate staff, adult, and youth volunteers.
• Plan, coordinate, and support events and/or community activities including alternative activities, community service opportunities, and others.
• Provide youth and adult trainings in multiple areas including leadership, communication, diversity, community action/involvement, team building, and public speaking.
• Plan and develop youth-led media campaigns.
• Assist with the preparation of progress reports and other required reports and documents.
• Assist in evaluation development and design and collect data for project evaluations.
• Assist the Project Director and volunteers to plan, develop, and implement the educational and awareness campaign and social host marketing campaign
• Train volunteers and presenters, coordinate, and support events and/or community activities; responsible for registrations for events and collecting and recording demographic data
• Provide youth and adult trainings in multiple areas including leadership, communication, diversity, community action/involvement, team building, and public speaking
• Prepare progress reports and other required reports and documents.
• Assist in evaluation and design of programs.
• Coordinate, collect and enter data from youth development survey for evaluation.
• Attend regional, state, and federal meetings and trainings, and other trainings as needed.
• Participate in monthly regional and state Friday Night Live conference calls
• Participate in monthly local coalition meetings.
• Pursue continued education/training in areas such as funding research, group facilitation and youth development issues.
• Peer Mentoring Program assists with:
• Communicating with schools and advisors
• Recruit, train and motivate mentor and mentee advisors
• Assists with creating and facilitating advisor and mentor trainings
• Works with advisors to create mentor and mentee application and screening process
• Assists advisors with meeting and session agendas
• Creates recognition and retention plan
• Completes program weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports and evaluations
• Attends all required regional, statewide, Shasta Mentoring trainings, workshops, and retreats as indicated.
• Implements curriculum models developed by funding sources
• Maintain social media technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, Survey Monkey, Google Docs, and website
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

This position requires initiative, leadership abilities and an outgoing personality. Applicant will be able to maintain confidentiality and professional work standards within a fast-paced organization. Qualifications include the ability to: develop positive relationships with youth and colleagues, prioritize and organize workloads to meet deadlines with a minimum of supervision; coordinate multiple and complex activities within varying projects; supervise volunteers and staff; handle all situations with creativity and diplomacy; work flexible hours as operations/needs dictate. Applicants should have knowledge of the youth development framework and substance abuse prevention practices and have the following knowledge/skills: excellent written and verbal communication skills; familiarity with technology including word processing and data base programs, social media, and website design; training skills.

Education:

The above qualifications are usually attained with a minimum of two years’ experience in the substance abuse prevention field and/or a B.A. or B.S. degree in social services.

Other Considerations:

A valid California driver's license is required. This position requires local travel (50% time). A fingerprint clearance is required.

Apply By

• Mail Resume
• Call for Appointment
• Email Resume

Additional Information

• For additional information and application, please call our office.