Youth Funding Youth Ideas is Offering 10 Jobs for Young Applicants

Youth Funding Youth Ideas

**DEADLINE: MON. JUNE 1, 2009 at 5PM**
Work 8-20 hours/week on a flexible schedule that includes some nights, weekends, and holidays.
No prior experience necessary.  Youth Funding Youth Ideas will train you.
Trainings may continue through summer and the beginning of fall semester of school.
Applicants must be 14-17 years old, as of July 11, 2009 and live in San Francisco.
Pay rate is $10.00/hr.
We are hiring 10 youth for two positions: 6 Program Officers and 4 Youth Evaluators

Position One: Youth Funding Youth Ideas Program Officer
Position Description: Program Officers are responsible for reading and reviewing grant applications, making funding decisions and providing support to young people who apply for a grant or who get funded. Participate in paid training on topics, such as, public speaking, diversity, philanthropy, communication, teamwork and safety.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Attend ongoing training and meetings
2. Public Speaking  – Present information about YFYI
3. Facilitate meetings and workshops
4. Assist with the designing and scheduling of YFYI presentations and workshops
5. Assist young people in developing their project ideas
6. Work with fellow Program Officers and Youth Evaluators to make funding decisions
7. Conduct site visits and collect data to monitor projects
8. Interview applicants
9. General office work
10. Other duties as assigned

Position Two: Youth Funding Youth Ideas Youth Evaluator
Position Description: Youth Evaluators are responsible for reading and reviewing grant applications, maintaining information, evaluating outcomes, making funding decisions and providing support to young people who apply for a grant or who get funded. Participate in paid training on topics, such as, public speaking, diversity, philanthropy, communication, teamwork and safety.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Attend ongoing training and meetings
2. Constant update of data in to the computer
3. Use data to document outcomes in effort to improve YFYI
4. Create forms and systems for collecting data and providing feedback
5. Conduct site visits and collect data to monitor projects
6. Use data gathered to document project activities and progress
7. Read and review grant applications
8. Interview applicants
9. General office work
10. Other duties as assigned

YFYI
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is YFYI? 
YFYI is a youth-led program that seeks to foster young San Franciscans with the opportunity to expand on their leadership goals by funding their project ideas.

Who runs YFYI?        
 Youth Funding Youth Ideas (YFYI) is a project of CHALK, Communities in Harmony Advocating for Learning and Kids.  CHALK provides a range of youth services with a specific focus on transformative youth development and employment. CHALK specializes in providing leadership opportunities, job training and meaningful employment to youth with high-risk characteristics.

If I worked for YFYI what would I do?
Youth, ages 14-17, who work for YFYI, are responsible for deciding on who gets money (grants) to run youth led projects that focus on helping the community. YFYI youth staff also help young people apply for the money. The youth staff are also responsible for figuring out how well the youth led projects are growing and how well the youth are growing as they run their youth-led projects.
 
What if I don’t know how to do this job?
That won’t matter because if you were hired you would get trained to do the job. The training is paid too!

Youth Funding Youth Ideas
Steps to Completing the Application

Step 1: Complete the Application
Be sure to answer all questions completely and thoroughly. Feel free to use extra sheet(s) of paper it needed when answer questions. Please try to complete and turn in the application as soon as possible. 
 
Step 2: Mail, drop off, fax or email the completed application to Youth Funding Youth Ideas

Mail or drop off your application to:
CHALK/YFYI
c/o Catherine Porchia
965 Mission, Suite 520
San Francisco, CA 94103

Or
Fax your application to:
Fax# 415-977-6950

Or
Email the application to: cporchia@chalk.org

If emailing your application, only attach the application as a Microsoft Word Document.

DO NOT scan your application.
DO NOT copy and paste the application into the body of the email.

If you have further questions on how to properly send an application as an attachment, call Catherine.

Application Deadline: Monday, June 1st at 5:00pm 

Questions?

Call Catherine at our office at 415-977-6949
Call between 10:30am and 4:30pm
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

An application can also be found at www.chalk.org.