Liberation Program Coordinator & Lead Organizer

Job Description

Job Description

About The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis): 

The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis) is a social justice youth development organization that since 1995 has been a place where Black and Latinx youth claim the power of their history, identity, and community to build the future they want to see. By educating, organizing, and training, we challenge inequity and create opportunity for all. 

BroSis provides holistic and long-term support services to youth between the ages of eight and twenty-two. BroSis offers wrap-around evidence-based programming such as four-six year rites of passage programming, thorough five-day-a-week after-school care, school and home counseling, summer camps, job training, college preparation, employment opportunities, community organizing training, and month-long international study programs to Africa and Latin America. Based in Harlem, NY, but with a national reach, we publish assorted curricula and collections of our members’ writings; train educators nationwide on our approach; and organize and advocate for social change. BroSis has earned national recognition for our evidence-based model, receiving an array of awards and funding from a host of national funders, including Marlene Nathan Meyerson Foundation, Charles Hayden Foundation, NBA Foundation, Kraft Heinz, New York Community Trust, Comic Relief/Red Nose Day, William Stamps Farish Foundation, and more. 

The organization has over 50 full-time staff, serves thousands throughout New York City, and has a $11 million dollar operating budget. In addition, we have moved into our new building - a 22,000 square foot state-of-the-art beacon for youth development. It is an exciting period of organizational growth and increased impact in our community and beyond.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Director of Arts & Organizing and working closely with the Associate Executive Director of Programming, the Liberation Program (LP) Coordinator & Leader Organizer provides daily hands-on leadership and support for the Liberation Program, members and facilitators. The LP Coordinator is a vital link between Directors and the frontline staff of the organization. The LP Coordinator & Lead Organizer is responsible for managing and ensuring the success of the Liberation Program, and working collectively with other Coordinators and Directors to support the organization’s overall programmatic vision. 

The successful candidate possesses strong people management and organizational skills coupled with an extensive youth development and organizing focused program background. They ensure overall program goals are met while taking time to manage, coach and develop program staff. The LP Coordinator & Lead Organizer proactively builds internal and external relationships and cultivates a positive supportive growth oriented team environment. 

The LP Coordinator & Lead Organizer holds space for youth leaders to emerge as social justice change agents, activists, and community organizers. They guide in training members to co-facilitate workshops, develop and manage organizing campaigns, and coordinate related actions. They coordinate with other staff and partner organizations to support members in advancing member efforts to create a more just world. 

Moreover, as an organizer, they coach members and LP staff to facilitate, catalyze, and advance internal campaigns and activism projects while representing BroSis in longstanding coalitions and partnerships. Working closely with and alongside both our youth and larger organizing team, they will engage and develop youth and community to achieve the overall success of the program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Management: 

• Collaborate with Director to develop program plans, budgets and programmatic objectives
• Lead staff in the fulfillment of program objectives and ensure program success
• Proactively identify program challenges and facilitate resolutions
• Provide coaching, guidance and daily programmatic support to Liberation staff members 
• Working closely with Liberation staff, take the lead to plan programs from start to completion including recruitment, retreats, college trips, parent meetings, and other activities 
• Create, enhance, and expand the programming curriculum, guiding and developing team
• Monitor staff performance, provide feedback and determine needed improvements and create tailored development plans
• Collaborate with Directors and Coordinators to ensure organizational policies and protocols are followed
• Work collaboratively with other Coordinators and Directors to set annual programmatic calendar, establish programmatic policies, integrate programs, and support overall organizational success
• Review evaluations and program reports to determine progress, challenges and future plan
• Ensure program data, programmatic reports, program evaluations and all deliverables are completed by the established deadline

Facilitator: 

• Collaboratively develop individual programmatic objectives, fulfill program objectives, and ensure program success
• Provide members with holistic and comprehensive socio-emotional support - collectively, along with fellow staff, available 24/7 to members
• Co-Facilitate weekly programmatic youth sessions and staff team meetings
• Build out the published curriculum with the curriculum development team 

Organizer: 

• Collaborates with Directors and team to guide the current campaign and adjust organizing and policy/legislative strategies to meet changing demands; consistently monitor progress to goals 
• Develop and maintain relationships with a broad coalition of partners — especially our current social justice organizational collaborators; develop cross-movement strategies and coalitions for all BroSis campaigns 
• Engage youth, community members, and other stakeholders in campaign work and power-building efforts

EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS, & SKILL SET:

• Prepared to make at least a 4-year commitment to BroSis
• 10+ years of youth development and organizing experience and 4+ years of managing people – including coordinating youth organizing efforts; developing curricula for social justice leadership training; creating dynamic programming; and participating in citywide organizing efforts
• An affinity for youth and established experience engaging youth in both social justice education and organizing
• Comprehension of existing local and national issues related to education justice, decarceration, criminal justice reform, drug policy reform, and/or immigration reform 
• A profound analysis of the ways gender, sexuality, class, ethno-racial identity, and immigration status intersect with the aforementioned social justice issues
• Experience in and/or knowledge of social work and counseling realities and practices within the Department of Education
• Deep-rooted knowledge of African Diasporic and Latinx socio-political history, culture, and social movements
• Dynamic team and people leader who excels in fast pace environments
• A strong writer and oral communicator 
• Demonstrated success in operationalizing innovative programs
• Experience working with a high-performing, collaborative, and constructive peer group
• Expansive and intersectional solutions-oriented approach
• Available some weekends for retreats and college trips
• Bilingual/Multilingual is a plus
• College degree in related areas is a plus
• Licensed driver is a plus

BENEFITS:

At The Brotherhood Sister Sol, we offer competitive salaries with a comprehensive benefits package including, employer funded health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 3% employer contribution to 403(b) retirement account. Staff are entitled to four weeks' vacation; as well as quarterly personal days; and office closure during Winter Break that is approximately 8 vacation days in addition to Christmas and New Year's Day as well as 9 additional paid holidays and 8 sick days; equating to about 10 weeks of PTO per annum.

BroSis offers a competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience with the potential for an annual performance-based increase. The incoming salary range for this position is $82,000 to $90,000 per year. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. All staff are eligible for annual performance-based increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges. 

APPLY:

Email resume and detailed cover letter to brotherhoodsistersol.bamboohr.com/careers