Program Manager - San Francisco

Description

The Position:

The Program Manager at Young Women's Freedom Center Site is responsible for ensuring

that YWFC’s programs are consistently meeting their goals and objectives. This position provides

consistent training and learning opportunities so that staff can achieve organizational and programmatic

goals and objectives, implement programs and activities, and creates & maintains safe and pro-active

spaces where cis and trans women and girls, trans men and boys and gender expansive youth* of color

that have grown up in poverty can teach and learn from one another while simultaneously building

community. This position plays a key role in the developing and maintaining strong ties to YWFC’s youth

base in the community, building the leadership and organizing skills of all youth, developing and

implementing strategies for engagement through building partnerships to advance local campaign work.

Using YWFC’s Theory of Change and core methodologies, the Program Manager ensures that the team

moves from a place of harm reduction, education as a practice of freedom, and progressive youth

development theory, ensuring they are present in all program components and activities. The Program

Manager oversees all program operations, thus maintaining all data and administrative systems related to

the delivery of effective service and programmatic functions, including overseeing all reporting

requirements and supervision of program staff.

Salary: 68,000 to 72,000 annually

General Duties:

● Maintain and develop relationships with Probation Officers, Judges, the District Attorney,

Deputies, and other key personnel overseeing facilities and or judicial services that directly

impact the lives of the young women we work with.

● Develop and maintain relationships with organizations, service providers, stakeholders, etc. that

work with and or support young women in Detention programs and ensure all Detention

Programs staff are aware of program partners.

● Attend key meetings hosted by facilities staff and other collaborating agencies to ensure case

coordination, advocacy plans for young women, and coordinated services.

● Lead efforts in revising and updating trainings, curriculums, forms, intakes, and program-related

documents in partnership with the Director and Oversee and direct assigned programs, ensuring programs are of the highest quality and in

alignment with YWFC Theory of Change, meeting the needs of the young people they serve,

following YWFC’s guidelines, and meeting all contractual requirements.

● Ensure the facilitation of weekly healing and connective circles with young women and trans

youth of all genders post-release. On an annual basis update the 12-week curriculum to ensure

it's relevant to the young women in the group including the county that the group is located in.

The curriculum should reflect; barriers to reentry, life skills, job skills, healing and political

education, leadership development, and Self-determination.

● Oversee advocacy efforts, provide feedback and supportive training to any other organization

staff person or volunteer working directly with young women and trans youth of all genders.

● Co-manage program budgets and conduct expense control and variance analysis on a monthly

basis in partnership with Site Director

● Oversee and implement an annual curriculum development process for each program using

person centered participatory approach, YWFC Theory of Change, and YWFC Leadership Rubric

in partnership with Site Director and Site Team

● Develop and update annual work plans in partnership with Program Staff and Site Director

● Work with youth to increase their ability to advocate for themselves and navigate the systems and

service providers they are involved with.

● Support in the development of local and statewide campaigns providing research, review,

resources, and campaign evaluations methodology

● Actively participate in building a campaigns that centers the leadership and power of young

people that have been directly impacted by gender based violence, incarceration, foster care, and

the juvenile justice system

● Ensure youth are well-informed of YWFC’s movement, policy, and local campaign work on an

ongoing basis including and ensure interns are participating in strategy and strategy related

meetings as necessary, participating in work to advance local campaigns, and participate in

coalitions and other community based work as approved/ requested by supervisor

● Participate in YWFC’s movement, policy, and local campaign work on an ongoing basis including;

participating in strategy and strategy related meetings as necessary, participatin