Greater Boston Youth Development Manager Root Crew - Dorchester, United States - The Food Project

Description

• Root Crew plays an integral role in implementing and developing The Food Project's youth engagement model. They provide primary leadership for The Food Project's Root Crew during the summer and academic sessions. The Youth Development Manager also contributes significantly to the organization's youth crew development and evaluation.

• Summer Season (May-Aug) and Academic year (Sep-May) 80% _
• Summer Recruitment and Setup: Overseeing and being the overall point person for Root Crew summer recruitment, interviews, and selections. Work with Operations Associate to coordinate logistics around calendars, transportation, MBTA tickets, and workshop supplies.
• Summer Program: Implement daily sessions with the Root Crew in accordance with stated schedule, design and learning objectives, focusing on building deeper knowledge of social justice and food justice issues and skills in communication and relationship building across social barriers, farmer and community engagement.
• Summer Supervision: Coach, mentor, and supervise academic peer leader and assistant Root Crew Supervisor to ensure a smooth, highimpact experience for Crew Workers throughout the summer (leader meeting).
• Academic Year Recruitment: Overseeing and being overall point person for Root Crew academic year recruitment, interviews, selection.
• Academic Program: Implement weekly group sessions with Root Crew throughout the academic season in accordance with stated learning objectives, focusing on building youths' knowledge of social justice and food justice issues and their skills in community engagement, and performing rigorous work in sustainable agriculture.
• Academic Year Supervision: Coach, mentor, and supervise academic peer leader and assistant Root Crew Supervisor to ensure a smooth, highimpact experience for Crew Workers throughout the academic year (leader meeting)

• Community of Practice & Engagement (Team): Work with Regional Team to implement a community of practice & engagement contributing to the alignment, maintenance, and further development of a strong, coordinated, multiyear program development in accordance with organizational strategy.
• Institutional Partners: Represent TFP at various strategic community and institutional gatherings and committees as needed
• Resident Engagement: Work in collaboration with the Community Programs Manager and Regional Director to research, help build up TFP's model of resident engagement in Lynn/Boston to support the strategic plan and the Lynn Grows Steering Committee and Growing Together.
• Evaluation: Participating in Root Crew overall evaluation, managing Growth Guidelines in partnership with Associate Director of Impacts and Initiatives.
• Farmers' Market: Support with staff of Lynn farmers' market on Thursdays from September through October in the fall.

• Community of Practice & Engagement (Team): Work with Regional Team to implement a community The Food Project (TFP) TFP Values Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, Equity (DIBE)
• Resident Engagement: Work in collaboration with the Community Programs Manager and Regional Director to research, help build up TFP's model of resident engagement in Lynn/Boston to support the strategic plan and the Lynn Grows Steering Committee and Growing Together.
• Evaluation: Participating in Root Crew overall evaluation, managing Growth Guidelines in partnership with Associate Director of Impacts and Initiatives.
• Farmers' Market: Support with staff of Lynn farmers' market on Thursdays from September through October in the fall.

• Supervisor Check ins: One on one check ins between supervisor and supervisee.
• Vehicle Upkeep: Manage maintenance and upkeep of 15 passenger van
• Budget: Update and Management of budget

• Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity: Training, work, affinity group space, dialogue space.
• Feedback Participation
• Active Organizational Team Member: Department/team intersectional collaboration in respective work/communication as needed and requested

• At least two to three years of experience working directly with high school youth in teaching, organizing, mentoring, and/or facilitative capacity.
• Experience facilitating discussions or training about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIBE) as well as in working with diverse groups of people.
• Experience in curriculum design, including ability to make complex information accessible to adolescent learners and understanding of how to adapt content to learning exceptionalities.
• Demonstrated skills in youth development, including setting healthy boundaries between youth and supervisors and responding effectively to