Program Facilitator - Part Time

The Opportunity Alliance • Portland, ME

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Program Facilitator supports statewide and local youth engagement programs and initiatives that build young people’s resilience and strengthen youth leadership on issues of public health, social justice, youth employment, and restorative practices. Responsible for supporting the planning and facilitation of youth-led programming initiatives, attending & co-facilitating content and skill-based training with youth, and supporting group development. This position may involve opportunities to support the design of new curricula, co-facilitate trainings with youth and/or adults, and collaborate with other program staff as needed. The Program facilitator will research emerging practices and support curricula development related to positive youth development, group facilitation, restorative practices, and social capital development. This role will contribute to the content shared directly with youth, young adults, and adults in virtual networking platforms.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Equivalency
• 1-2 years’ experience with positive youth development, leadership development, and/or workshop facilitation with adolescent and/or near-peer learners.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in interpersonal communication.
• Experience working with diverse populations, including engaging geographically isolated youth, indigenous youth, LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and/or youth living in poverty.
• Experience working in a team environment with people of different cultural or linguistic identities and life experiences.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with young people and adults, including online and on social media.
• Basic software skills and Internet research abilities.
• Competent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background, child protective service check & sex offender check.
• Must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
• Must be able to exert moderate physical effort with frequent physically active trainings and meetings with youth and adults, driving, typing and occasionally lifting material weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Deep familiarity with Maine’s youth communities; strongly preferred ties to communities doing racial justice, public health, social justice work including people of color, LGBTQ, rural and immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking communities.
• Preferred experience with group facilitation, group dialogue, and event planning in some combination.

Responsibilities

• Support statewide and local youth engagement programs and initiatives.
• Build young people’s resilience and strengthen youth leadership on issues of public health, social justice, youth employment, and restorative practices.
• Support the planning and facilitation of youth-led programming initiatives.
• Attend and co-facilitate content and skill-based training with youth.
• Support group development.
• Support the design of new curricula.
• Co-facilitate trainings with youth and/or adults.
• Collaborate with other program staff as needed.
• Research emerging practices and support curricula development related to positive youth development, group facilitation, restorative practices, and social capital development.
• Contribute to the content shared directly with youth, young adults, and adults in virtual networking platforms.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off accrual
• 9 paid holidays per calendar year and up to 3 floating holidays per calendar year
• Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost
• Dental and Vision insurance options
• Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances
• 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match (all employees are eligible)
• Tuition Reimbursement – offered once per year through an application process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED