High School and College Program Senior Manager
North Carolina Asian Americans Together
- Raleigh, NC
- $76,500-81,000 per year
- Training
- Full-time
- Own and oversee all of NCAAT/IA’s Youth Engagement Program
- Engage often with high school and college youth at events
- Build strong working relationships with high school and college staff and faculty
- Manage and direct a robust youth program where youth feel empowered and nurtured
- Oversee NCAAT's youth policy priorities including creating politics-oriented workshops and mobilizations
- Build relationships with partner organizations for collaboration
- Manage Youth Engagement Staff and Policies
- Provide proper oversight and controls for staff managing youth volunteers, YAMS, and interns/fellows
- Provide feedback, and performance improvement plans as needed in constant communication with Program Director
- Create, manage, and consistently adapt NCAAT's Youth program protocols, such as youth onboarding policies, safeguarding policies and best practices
- Monitor changes in other organization’s youth policies and national trends
- Create an annual youth engagement plan for NCAAT/IA
- Oversee and approve all plans put forth by Youth team members, with feedback and input from department director
- Create and manage creative and innovative engagement, voter outreach, and education programs for students
- Create and implement short-term and long-term strategic youth engagement plans, proposing new ideas and strategies for feedback to supervisor as applicable
- Hire and supervise youth engagement staff
- Manage our yearly Youth Leadership Institute and Youth Leadership Summit
- Plan the summer Youth Leadership Institute, creating a full 3-day program for high-school students with workshops, speakers and enriching activities
- Work with youth engagement coordinator to plan and execute a 1-day Youth Leadership Summit with workshops, speakers and create relevant, engaging content
- Lead the youth engagement team in implementing both leadership programs by overseeing the vision, guiding collaboration, delegating tasks and ensuring timely completion
- Own and manage our Asian Student Organizing Network (ASON) program
- Recruit Asian student-led organizations to apply to our ASON program aimed to increase Asian student organzing, dialogue and opportunity sharing through mini-grants, civic engagement opportunities and youth support
- Lead the ASON application process, determining appropriate criteria for acceptance
- Oversee contracts and relationships each ASON group member, supporting each group to ensure completion of their commitments and disbursement of stipends
- Facilitate ASON group meetings and educational workshops
- Own and manage our internal internship and fellowship programs
- Recruit, interview, and hire part-time interns and fellow
- Serve as our fellow and interns’ direct supervisor including providing weekly 1:1s, and delegating work, while providing feedback and being comfortable offering mentorship
- Create and lead weekly internship and fellowship check-ins and programming to foster an inclusive and enriching learning environment for cohorts
- Support intern personal projects, offering guidance throughout the planning and implementation process
- Strategic planning in partnership with the Programs Director
- Serve as a thought partner to our Programs Director, helping plan and execute one-year visions for the youth work
- Help develop the 2025 Youth Engagement plan
- Support and act as a representative to funders, partners, and allied organizations and at conferences on behalf of our youth work
- Supervise and manage members of the Youth Engagement Team
- Supervisees include the Youth Engagement Coordinator and all our youth engagement interns or potential youth fellows
- Provide and receive constructive feedback in weekly check-ins and oversee the day-to-day progress of supervisees
- Help facilitate professional development opportunities for team members
- Lead by example, setting high standards for communication strategies, creativity, and project execution within the team
- Cultivate an inclusive and culturally competent team environment
- Support and guide the Youth Engagement Coordinator throughout the planning and implementation of the spring Youth Leadership Summit, Youth HOPE, Youth Ambassador program, and any other projects they own
- Oversee Youth Engagement team to implement youth AAPI voter registration drives to fulfill goals as assigned by the Voter Engagement team
- Recruit and coordinate with ASON members to host voter registration drives and class raps
- Support the Youth Engagement coordinator with outreach and coordination
- Attend youth AAPI voter registration drives
- Recruit AAPI youth to participate in NVRD and other voter engagement activities throughout the year
- Experience working directly with students and student advocacy
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice and equity
- Supervisory experience and ability to lead a small team
- Experience with voter engagement work, ideally with youth
- Experience with voter outreach methods and organizing tools such as VAN, phone banking, texting, relational organizing, etc.
- Detail-oriented and able to adapt to new work styles and environments
- Strong team management experience
- Willingness to work non-traditional hours including weekends and evenings during election season
- Driver’s license and reliable access to a car
- Demonstrated interest in political and civic engagement
- Nice to have - Basic skills in any Asian language