Youth Leadership Program Facilitator

**Mission**: **Empowering Teen Parents to Succeed**

**Vision**: **Teen Parent Families Thrive and Enrich our Community**

**Job ID**: **22-021TERRA**

**Youth Leadership Program Facilitator**

**Job Overview**:
Reporting to the Supervisor, Services for Educational Achievement (SEA) the Youth Leadership Program Facilitator is responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the Youth Leadership program. The Youth leadership program primary goal is to work with young parents to strengthen their leadership skills, enhance their sense of identity and belonging, and support their engagement with the wider community. The program includes delivery of the Peers-Educating-Peers program in junior and senior high schools across Edmonton with young parents as co-facilitators, developing and delivering group programming, and connecting participants with volunteer opportunities in the community.

**Job Conditions**:
This is a full-time position working 35 hours/week primarily between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, however hours of work will vary based on the needs of the position and agency. This may include working occasional evenings and weekends. The position will be working out of the Braemar School location (9359 67a Street NW), however regular travel to our West Office and Brentwood location will be required.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Create a Youth Leadership plan with each participant that reflects their goals and identifies which components of the Youth Leadership program best supports their goal.
- Develop and deliver group and 1:1 programming to increase leadership skills in participants with a focus on communication, public speaking, self-awareness, self-regulation, and boundaries
- Support participants with their volunteer activities within and outside of Terra this includes working with other units to coordinate scheduling, providing training, and day-of support.
- Receive, respond, prioritize, and track incoming Peers-Educating-Peers for speaking engagements.
- Develop program delivery goals and objectives and document program delivery and outcomes, annual reports, and funding reports.
- Participate effectively in community and inter-agency functions as a Terra representative.
- Actively seeks community connections that are appropriate for program delivery

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Services, Education, or Special Education
- Minimum of three (3) years’ direct experience working with adolescents in a community-based service
- Understanding and knowledge of the issues young people face when pregnant and parenting
- Experience in public speaking, employment readiness training and group facilitation
- Ability to work with families from diverse cultural backgrounds and develop positive, effective, professional rapport and relationships with youth

**Other requirements**:

- A valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle with 2 million liability insurance
- Current clear Drivers Abstract
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Clear Criminal Record Check and Child Intervention Check that are dated within 90 Days of the start date
- Current Suicide Prevention/Intervention Training Certificate

**Core Behavioral Competencies**

Terra values are core to the organization. We strive to hire individuals who possess these behavioral competencies at all levels of the organization.
- **Personal Leadership**: Practices inclusion, communicates openly and effectively, demonstrates self-awareness 
- **Productive Relationships**: Develops networks, collaborates, develops self and others 
- **Results Focus**: Applies outcomes-based problem solving and systems thinking, demonstrates evidence-informed decision making  
- **Service Excellence:  **Practices innovation, facilitates a culture of learning, demonstrates continuous improvement  
- **Program Planning; **design, plan, coordinate, facilitation of groups
- **Finance; **manage allocated financial resources for program delivery 
- **Communication skills; **excellent both written and oral; evidenced in grant writing and reporting to funders
- **Community Relations; **well developed engagement skills, strong networking

**Diversity**

Fifty one percent of the young parents served by Terra are Indigenous. The agency promotes and expects staff to invest in building knowledge and skills to be culturally competent in serving this population and all Black Indigenous and People of Colour. Engaging in ceremony and cultural activities is stressed to promote experiential learning. The Strategic Plan includes intentional actions to advance the agency efforts related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

As an agency we are working to build a foundation of knowledge and skills to be an antiracist organization, to understand and respond to systemic racism that creates barriers and inequality in the workplace and in society.

No person will be denied employment opportunities or benefits for reasons