Youth Engagement Specialist - Detroit

About the position

buildOn seeks someone who is experienced, passionate, and committed to working with youth and giving back to their community through service and education.

Responsibilities

• Represent buildOn as the sole buildOn staff at one designated partner high school
• Recruit students to serve with buildOn in their communities
• Tabling, service-centered activities, and/or flyer sharing during student lunchtime
• Setting up a buildOn table at school-wide student fairs
• Introduce buildOn to students through in-class presentations
• Connect with students and recruit them to join buildOn in-between classes
• Recruit students to build a school in one of our partner countries
• Plan, organize, and lead students in meaningful service learning projects with community organizations
• Collaborate with teachers to facilitate up to 6 In-class service learning lessons per month
• Host program meetings to build relationships with students and provide space for students to voice interests, ideas, and concerns
• Establish a student leadership team to support, grow and enhance the programmatic experience at your designated buildOn school
• Use Salesforce platform to enter student engagement each week
• Write monthly engagement logs and use monitoring reports to innovate and pivot to improve programs and meet goals
• Forward plan your service projects/activities for the month ahead
• Conduct a service kickoff to introduce and engage your school community in buildOn service
• Organize large-scale service events bringing together students from all schools within a region
• End of school year award ceremony for students
• Build authentic relationships with students and establish partnerships with school advisors, counselors, and local community partners
• Provide outreach to parents/guardians and gain their support for engaging their child/children in service learning
• Support collaboration with other departments to meet organizational goals

Requirements

• A passion for service
• Energy & Enthusiasm
• Solution Oriented
• Highly Collaborative Team Player
• Self-Motivated
• Demonstrated skills as a teacher/facilitator or experience working side-by-side with teachers/facilitators
• Knowledge of the systemic issues that inhibit the growth of communities
• 2+ years of engaging youth in the classroom or extra-curricular programming
• Understanding of Google Suite, Salesforce or other data platform experience a plus
• Ambition - A deep commitment toward achieving goals on an ongoing basis

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• 403b match (retirement)
• 39 paid days off (10 days of vacation, 10 days of company shut down, 7 personal days, 5 sick days, 7 holidays)
• 100% insurance premium paid for medical, dental, and vision, along with subsidized deductibles
• 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match up to 4%
• $50 cell phone reimbursement
• Performance-based merit increases up to 6% annually