Harlem RBI

Family Coordinator

Harlem RBI is seeking a dynamic, motivated individual to serve as a full-time Family Coordinator for an innovative youth development organization in East Harlem, New York.

Duties:

• Develops and implement family involvement programs and initiatives
• Manages a team of volunteer parents selected to represent Harlem RBI team
• Leads outreach efforts to connect community resources to Harlem RBI families
• Serves as a liaison between parent community and Harlem RBI staff including supporting parents and staff to resolve problems and concerns
• Plans, advertises, and implements both program and general Harlem RBI events and workshops
• Encourages and support staff initiatives to improve family involvement and communication at Harlem RBI
• Maintain documentation (contact, stats, progress notes)
• Attends community wide events, activities, and meetings
• Ability to work two Saturdays a month
• Advocates for families around educational, legal, medical, and entitlement issues

Experience/Education:

• BSW or higher with 2 years experience working with families (Or an equivalent degree with 4 years experience working with families)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
• Experience working with urban families
• Experience in a youth-friendly environment preferred, including direct service work with youth as staff or in a volunteer capacity.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal skills, both in support of team building responsibilities and in support of needs of the overall organization.
• Strong communication skills, including writing and editing ability
• Public speaking and group facilitation experiences
• Program development experience
• Proficiency in technology (excel, word, outlook)

Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience.

Harlem RBI is an equal opportunity employer. Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to: Harlem RBI, Attn: Teen Life Center Director, 333 East 100th, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10029 Fax: 212-722-1862, Email: kabrown@harlemrbi.org. No phone calls please. For more information about Harlem RBI visit www.harlemrbi.org.

Community Voices Heard

Welfare & Workforce Community Organizer

Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a 14 year-old membership organization of low-income people working together to influence policy change around issues that impact low-income families’ lives. Our main office is located in East Harlem/ El Barrio of New York City, and we have additional organizing projects in three other small cities in New York State – Yonkers (Westchester County), Newburgh (Orange County), and Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County).

Job Description

CVH is seeking an experienced community organizer to build and direct the organization’s work around poverty, welfare, and workforce development issues. The position will work to maintain and expand the work of our long-standing primary campaign – both in New York City and through collaboration with our other chapters across New York State.

CVH’s /Welfare & Workforce Campaign/ has long been a cornerstone of the organization – focusing over the years on various campaigns to create jobs, improve employment services programs, and expand access to education & training for low-income individuals. In NYC, the campaign currently organizes with the goals of ending the Work Experience Program (WEP) - an unpaid mandated work program for welfare recipients in NYC - expanding the paid transitional jobs program that our organization successfully won in 2001, and improving mandated employment services programs (job readiness/ job search). We have won over 20,000 paid transitional jobs for welfare recipients in New York City and over $70 million in resources for similar state programs.

The responsibilities of the position will include:

• Base Building & Mobilization: Conducting base building activities (both individual outreach and teach-ins) at welfare/ job centers, social service agencies, employment services programs, food pantries, soup kitchens, etc.; moving individuals met to participate in meetings, trainings, actions, etc.
• Campaign Development, Planning & Implementation: Developing the next phase of the NYC welfare/ workforce campaign with membership and facilitating issue identification and the process of narrowing in on campaign goals, demands, strategies and tactics for a statewide campaign; facilitating campaign planning process and subsequent implementation.
• Campaign Research: Conducting background research on topics and targets pertinent to the campaign and supporting grassroots-driven research projects on existent programs.
• Committee Development: Staffing and expanding the organizing committee of welfare leaders to make ongoing decisions regarding the campaign’s direction; providing critical background information to leadership team so as to facilitate strategic decision-making.
• Leadership Development: Building the skills of active membership to understand the political underpinnings of the campaign (i.e. legal & policy context, power analysis, etc.) and to take on more and more roles in the campaign (i.e. giving testimony, facilitating meetings, conducting outreach, etc.) through both one-on-one development and workshops.
• Media & Strategic Communications: Working with members to craft message of campaign, developing corresponding campaign materials, crafting appropriate press advisories & releases and pitching stories to press.
• Coalition & Stakeholder Work: Working with ally organizations and networks in New York City and State to move forward campaign goals and demands.

This is a full-time position that can begin immediately upon hiring. The campaign is well underway and we are looking for someone to hit the ground running! The Welfare & Workforce Community Organizer will work as part of a staff team that includes the Organizing Director/ Voter Project Director, Policy & Research Coordinator, and the Executive Director.

Qualifications

Applicants must be committed to ideology of building community power & share our commitment to membership grassroots decision-making, radical politics & our theory of social change.

• Minimum 2 years community organizing, union organizing, political organizing, or legislative issue advocacy.
• Experience in base building, door knocking, one-on-ones, leadership development, mobilization, and strategy development essential.
• Ability to work independently, yet take direction, according to goals of the organization.
• Strong commitment to relational membership/community led organizing and ability to identify non-traditional and community-based leaders and people who want to be community leaders.
• Spanish language skills are strongly desired, but not required.

To Apply: Please send resume and cover letter to Sondra Youdelman, Executive Director, Community Voices Heard, 115 East 106^th Street, 3^rd Floor, New York, NY 10029 or email them to sondra@CVHaction.org. If emailing, make sure to put “Welfare & Workforce Community Organizer” in the subject line. CVH is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, GLBT individuals, and people with experience on public assistance are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information please check out our web page at: www.CVHaction.org. Resumes will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews will be done on a rolling basis.

Salary/ Benefits: Depends on experience (DOE). Excellent benefits include health insurance, sabbatical, 403(b) retirement program, generous vacation leave, and holiday time off.

Hope Community, Inc.

Activities Coordinator

East Harlem-based non-profit organization seeks Programs Coordinator to link tenants with services and community resources and to organize youth activities and programs. Excellent interpersonal skills required; experience working with youth and in non-profit settings desirable. Must be bilingual; knowledge of or residency in East Harlem preferred. Applicants should email resume and cover letter to HR3@hopeci.org.

East Harlem Cafe

Assistant Manager

We are a neighborhood café located in East Harlem which offers gourmet beverages, fresh baked products, sandwiches, delicious soups and salads.  We provide a warm ambiance for our guest and our employees.  We are currently looking to hire an Assistant Manager for our Grand Opening in May 2008.

Assist the Manager in the following areas
-Meeting monthly goals and objectives.
-Operate a variety of food service equipment.
-Compliance with Health Department Regulations.
-Creating marketing ideas.

Responsible for the following:
-Prepare weekly work plan.
-Supervising, scheduling and training of employees.
-Assume responsibility in absence of Café Manager.
-Lead, develop and motivate staff into high-performing teams.
-Build sales and guest counts through leadership of team and being involved in the community
-Meet with vendors and salespeople.
-Create ways to delight guests to deliver an excellent guest experience.
-Ensure product quality.
-Purchase and track inventory.
-Control Costs.
-Cleaning and general maintenance of the facility and equipment.
-Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
-3-5 years experience and at least 1 year in a supervisory role in a restaurant/café.
-Must possess a positive and friendly attitude.
-Must possess a basic knowledge of accounting and mathematics.
-Must possess the ability to work under pressure.
-Must possess the ability to manage resources effectively.
-Knowledge of customer service techniques.
-Excellent communication skills.
-Excellent organizational skills.
-Ability to multi-task.
-Bilingual.
-High School Diploma.

Benefits
-Career advancement.
-Eligible for monthly bonus program.
-Paid vacation

If you are interested please submit a resume and cover letter to ohitsmichelle@aol.com.