Director, YouthBuild SMART Program

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Introduction to Program In YouthBuild programs, young people with criminal records can chart a path to a productive future. YouthBuild programs have always welcomed young adults who have been convicted of crimes, as long as they show a sincere desire to work hard to achieve a positive lifestyle. Because of YouthBuild’s proven effectiveness in working with low-income court-involved young adults, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has selected YouthBuild USA through a competitive process to create a major national demonstration. DOL has granted $10M for 2.5 years for eight flagship programs to demonstrate a modified YouthBuild program called the YouthBuild SMART (“Start Making a Real Transformation”) program. Eight local programs selected through a competition will operate for two years, engage 640 young people, at least 60% of whom have been incarcerated. The program will be comprehensive, based on the classic YouthBuild combination of education, job training, community service, personal counseling, and leadership development components, but it will add several elements and include several career paths in addition to construction. YouthBuild USA is providing training, technical assistance, and data management for all participating programs as well as managing the over-all grant program and advocacy related to it. Part of this project is for YouthBuild USA to access state-level criminal justice funds for YouthBuild and other comparable programs that can serve as diversion alternatives or re-entry programs for youth offenders. By re-directing state revenue from the prison system to YouthBuild and other similar programs, YouthBuild USA aims to enable more ex-offenders to reclaim a productive and contributing role in society, while we demonstrate a pathway for state governments to save money. SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE SMART PROGRAM DIRECTOR • Manage the over-all demonstration program in order to achieve all the deliverables in YouthBuild USA’s funded proposal including providing TA and training for participating local programs that profoundly benefit their members; and developing innovative work inside the prisons • Manage the relationships with local YouthBuild sub-grantees: establish good working relationships with directors and staff, regularly communicate programmatic information, field questions and concerns, follow up on deliverables and deadlines, insure collection of all data and reports, organize participation in trainings and appropriate advocacy, work together toward achievement of all deliverables, identify and disseminate best practices and innovations • Insure that the innovations promised in this demonstration – working inside the walls and organizing community-based crime prevention coalitions – are successfully implemented • Manage relationship with the US Department of Labor and the technical assistance resources provided by DOL • Work with SVP of Public Affairs and with local programs to maximize relationships with State governments to generate state funds for YouthBuild programs in the future • Work with relevant departments and staff within YouthBuild USA, including Data Management, Academy for Transformation, Field Services, Education, Career Development, Advocacy, Fiscal, and Graduate Leadership Development teams • Manage data analysis and feedback and any research that is to be done • Help manage the process of organizing and preparing YouthBuild graduates and students to participate in criminal justice advocacy efforts • Oversee the processing of financial reimbursements for sub-grantees • Assist in fundraising for continuation of the project after its successful completion. ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS • Reports to the President of YouthBuild USA with a dotted line to the Chief Program Officer (Until another supervisor is identified) • Supervises Administrative Assistant and Innovations Coordinator • Participates in the Senior Program Team

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