Youth Leadership Specialist

Youth Leadership Specialist Job Description

New York City

Global Kids (GK) educates, inspires, and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future. Global Kids, Inc. is seeking individuals passionate about leadership and development to join our team dedicated to education, social action, and the advancement of human rights. We are looking for individuals who are eager to create and implement interactive human rights, global education, and leadership development curriculum in high schools across New York City.

Successful candidates will be working with various Global Kids partner schools.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the education sector and inspire the next generation of leaders. If you possess a strong commitment to education, a desire to promote social change, and the skills to engage and motivate young minds, we encourage you to apply.

• Coordinate, develop, and co-facilitate interactive, experiential workshops and special activities for GK's programs.
• Collaborate with GK staff and youth to generate new program ideas focusing on global/local issues and meeting the goals of the contracted initiatives.
• Develop relevant content and curriculum on global issues, 21st-century skills, while supporting social and emotional learning.
• Work with other staff and students to implement the annual Global Kids Youth Conference and other special projects.
• Lead occasional training sessions for other youth, educators, and Global Kids staff.
• Implement student outreach, recruitment, and retention strategies throughout the year.
• Help to support the partner school’s goals and functions.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with multiple stakeholders such as students, families, school personnel, policymakers, and other community members.
• Occasional evenings, weekends, and overnights with long-distance travel required (annual overnight or multi-night youth retreat, college trips, GK events).

• Collaborate with school personnel on logistics for program implementation (e.g., space, security needs, permits, trip forms/permission slips).
• Collect, input, and review attendance, evaluation, and other data related to projects and student progress.
• Maintain necessary documentation/case files, as well as program data entry and records.
• Complete administrative tasks related to maintaining assigned GK equipment, fiscal procedures (fund requests and expense reports) and other tasks.

• Understanding of, and willingness to learn about, a wide array of NYC social service resources for youth and families.
• Experience using interactive experiential learning strategies, counseling and conflict resolution skills, and youth development/leadership strategies with middle school and/or high school-age youth.
• Experience and enthusiasm for designing and leading educational workshops that build on each other.
• Commitment to and understanding of working in culturally diverse settings and using antiracist pedagogical practices.
• Experience working in or closely with NYC public schools in schools a plus.
• Knowledge of and passion for global issues, political science, history, education and social justice, and human rights.
• Excellent facilitation, consensus-building, and interpersonal skills.
• Initiative, creativity, willingness to learn, and ability to manage multiple tasks independently.
• Strong communication, writing, organizational, and technology skills (Microsoft Suite, Google Suite, Zoom).
• International experience is a plus.
• Fluency in other languages is a plus (particularly Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, and South Asian languages).

This full-time position comes with an annual salary of $45,000 – $47,000. GK also offers affordable medical benefits, dental, and life insurance, as well as paid holidays, vacation time off, personal days, sick time, and possibilities for travel. GK staff also have access to retail discounts through our Professional Employer Organization (PEO).

Global Kids, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity and do not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment based on race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, citizenship, mental or physical handicap or disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

We continue to support and promote equal employment opportunity, human dignity, and diversity in all forms.