Participant Onboarding Fall Fellow - Fiver Children’s Foundation
Location: Remote or NYC
Dates: September 20 - December 10, 2021
Compensation: $825/week stipend
Deadline: July 25, 2021
COVID-19 Note:
Due to COVID-19, as a fellow you can work remote, hybrid or in-person. FLIA and Fiver Children’s Foundation may move the fellowship entirely remote if there is a spike in cases.
Future Leaders in Action Overview:
FLIA cultivates leaders and strengthens youth-oriented nonprofits and organizations through a fellowship program. Fellows, individuals interested in entering the social sector, work on-site full-time at a partner nonprofit to develop or implement a pre-determined enrichment program.
Throughout the fellowship, fellows gain various professional skills including fundraising, communication, program development, in a fast-paced, hands-on learning environment.
Fiver Children’s Foundation Overview:
The Fiver Children’s Foundation is a comprehensive youth development organization that makes a 10-year commitment to children from underserved communities throughout New York City and central New York. Through character-building summer and year-round out-of-school time programs, Fiver empowers children to make ethical and healthy decisions, to become engaged citizens, and to succeed in school, careers, and life.
Position Overview and Responsibilities:
You will …
- Help improve Fiver’s new participant registration process to make it more accessible and helpful to parents and guardians
- Develop informational materials for new parent referral meetings including Camp Tour video, program overviews, presentations and questionnaires
- Actively participate in weekly FLIA professional development responsibilities including check-in calls and virtual weekly leadership workshops
- Attend leadership training retreat - hybrid of virtual and in-person with local fellows and FLIA
By the end of the fellowship, you will have …
- Completed Camp Tour video, marketing materials, and presentation
- Completed videos of kid and parent interview about their experience with Fiver [if time permits]
- New participant calendar of key dates and communications with developed content [if timing permits]
- Fundraised $500 (with guidance and support from FLIA)
- Written two blog articles
- Completed final report and video
Position Qualifications:
- Comfortable working with youth
- Commitment to continuous professional improvement and reflection
- Resourcefulness and initiative
- Passionate about the social sector
- Use patience and tolerance to address problems
- Demonstrate integrity
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and in a team
Note:
A background check is required after a conditional job offer is made.
Future Leaders in Action is an equal employment opportunity employer, and women, people of color, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people, people with disabilities, and people with unique lived experience or diverse professional or personal backgrounds and perspectives are encouraged to apply.