Youth Programs Associate

Literary Arts • Portland, OR

109d • $31 - $31

About The Position

Literary Arts is a community-based nonprofit arts organization, located in Portland, with a 40-year history of serving the state's readers and writers. Our programs include Portland Arts & Lectures, one of the country's largest lecture series; Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, which celebrates Oregon's writers and independent publishers; and Youth Programs, including WITS, which hires professional writers to teach semester-long creative writing workshops in Portland's public high schools. We also guide discussion groups around great works of literature through a program called Delve. For more information about Literary Arts, visit www.literary-arts.org. Youth Programs reach 4,000 students annually. Our program includes: Writers in the Schools (WITS), which sends professional writers into public high school classrooms for creative writing residencies; Students to the Schnitz, which provides tickets and transportation for youth to literary events; the College Essay Exchange, pairing students working on college applications with volunteer mentors; and a suite of slam poetry programming, including Verselandia, the city-wide youth poetry slam championship. Literary Arts seeks a Youth Programs Associate with excellent organization and time-management skills, experience working with youth and/or in education, administrative experience, and a passion for literature to assist with Youth Programs. This role will be a crucial part of the Youth Programs team, largely attending to offsite events and programming needs. This is a part-time, seasonal role that will work through the Youth Programs events season from September through the last day of school in June. This role will work largely outside the office in our partner schools, attending workshops and events. Reliable transportation is required.

Requirements

• Experience as a teaching artist and/or as a classroom teacher is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with contractors, especially in an arts capacity, is a plus.
• Knowledge of Portland-area high schools and/or arts education is a plus.
• Excellent time management and organizational abilities.
• Ability to be self-directed and prioritize program needs.
• Excellent and consistent communication skills.
• Experience working with diverse communities.
• Impeccable attention to detail.
• Fluency with Mac, Microsoft business applications, Google Suite, Survey Monkey and/or MailChimp is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support College Essay Exchange sessions, including materials set up, volunteer engagement, and presentation.
• Support Writers in the Schools residencies (planning meetings, observations, readings, and residency help if needed) at 2-4 assigned schools each semester.
• Support WITS general admin (contracts and scopes of work, matrices, etc.) as needed.
• Support programming at organizational and program events, including but not limited to Portland Book Festival, Portland Arts & Lectures events and author visits, Bookmark, end-of-year celebrations, and Verselandia.
• Support planning and coordination for slam poetry programming, including scheduling workshops.
• Support Youth Programs blog coordination.
• Photograph and record data for program events.
• General support of YP Director as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k) program with employer match.
• Accrue sick leave consistent with Oregon Sick Leave Law.
• Qualifies for public service loan forgiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Educational Services