Social Justice Program Manager

UTEC, Inc•Lowell, MA

2d•$65,000

About The Position

The Social Justice Program Manager will be responsible for facilitating engaging learning experiences and opportunities for young adults to develop transferable skills, as well as foundational concepts of Social Justice and Organizing. In this phase of programming young adults will explore social justice related topics that impact their communities and begin to formulate their identity as a part of their community. The Social Justice Program Manager will also oversee projects like the youth-led candidate forums, community responses to violence, and will act as UTEC’s liaison to local and statewide coalitions like the Mayor’s Youth Council and more.

Requirements

Special interest in building power among low-income people of color to fight for social, economic and racial justice.
Strong knowledge of organizing methods and approaches
Comfort with social media and digital communication
Project management
Facilitation
Positive youth development
Curriculum and agenda development
Coaching and coachability
The ability to laugh at one’s self is a must
Ability to thrive and be productive in a high-energy and youthful environment
Two or more years of experience of direct service work with youth
Advanced understanding of restorative justice and transformative justice practices
Excellent oral and written skills
Facilitation skills
Advanced level of curriculum writing and implementation

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Lived experience relative to the young adults at UTEC is a plus
Previous experience organizing youth led movements and groups

Responsibilities

Self & Community Awareness (My Story Matters, My Community is worth learning about, I have experiences that connect me to justice work.)
Support young adults in their transition from Transformational Beginnings to Workforce programming by building community and culture
Create opportunities for young adults to learn and grow transferable skills, specifically the UTEC Emotional Intelligence Competencies
Support young adults in their identity development and understanding their strengths and areas of growth
Exposure to real community role models, organizers, youth leaders, stories to help youth connect their own lived experiences to larger social issues, and expand the sense of what they can become.
Understanding family & cultural identity through storytelling and community history
Leading and Problem Solving
Support young adults in their identity development as someone who can help their community not just observe it.
Help young adults build skills in facilitation, advocacy, & organizing to show them they can lead.
Support young adults in identifying and choosing community issues to address and create a plan of action.
Support young people in the implementation of plans of action.
Foster an environment and culture of showing up for each other.
Changemakers with Power
Significant understanding of politics, government, and nuance of social justice topics
Participate and support UTEC organizing and advocacy events such as speaking in support of policies and bills, attending site visits and speaking to legislature
Support young people in identifying areas or organizing that meet their interest
Support young people in project management and following through on action plans
In partnership with Policy Manager & Senior Director of Policy, co-organize annual candidate forums
Create and maintain strong partnerships with organizations engaging in organizing work
Identify and train organizations that are able to provide an internship opportunity for Enterprise level young adults
Uphold UTEC’s Standards of Accountability and restorative practices to support young adults in growing social emotional and positive decision making skills
Track and report attendance via weekly attendance
Consistently log all data required by program and grants
Report to grant and funders progress and barriers of Organizing program
Participate in UTEC’s activities and celebrations such as, Friday Workshops, Circles and House Meal
Willing to travel to UTEC’s 3 locations, Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill to lead workshops and programming.
Willingness to flex hours for weekends and evenings as organizing and State House events arise.