Lead Program Coordinator

Full job description Young People in Recovery - Chapter Lead & Program Coordinator MUST BE LOCATED IN Morgan County, CO Part-Time; 20 hours per week, $20/hour THIS POSITION IS NOT FULLY REMOTE, IN PERSON IS REQUIRED
Organization Overview: YPR is a national, peer-led organization that serves youth and young adults in recovery from substance use disorder. YPR aims to improve access to resources such as housing, education and employment that sustain long-term recovery.

Vision: Young People in Recovery envisions a world where all young people have the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Mission: YPR's mission is to provide the life skills and peer supports to help people recover from substance use disorder and reach their full potential.

Chapter Vision and Overview: Young People in Recovery Chapters support people in or seeking recovery by providing community-based recovery support services. Chapters also advocate on the local and state levels for more access to these services and other effective recovery resources. This peer-based network relies on quarterly workshops, monthly pro-social events, and regular all-recovery meetings.

YPR actively seeks to expand Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within our organization and through our work. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply.

Essential Responsibilities: Note: This position is PART-TIME; $20/hour 20 hours/week

General Responsibilities: All communications from any YPR Employee must be responded to within 24 business hours unless extenuating circumstances regarding schedules are agreed upon in advance between you and your supervisor. This includes text, phone, email, slack, etc.
Celebrating large and small victories while also evaluating for bottlenecks and barriers the chapter is experiencing.
Comply with all YPR reporting procedures, notably ADP time-tracking, Concur expense reporting, Salesforce/Community, and census reports.
Communicate regularly with the supervisor to ensure data collection is executed with fidelity, EPIC site implementation is running smoothly, and troubleshoot any problems or challenges.
Syncing team members across all chapter projects, including social media marketing, community outreach, communications, finance reporting, and advocacy.

Chapter Lead: Complete YPR's online, interactive orientation and study YPR Leadership Handbook.
Employee will be responsible for community outreach tracking and reporting of outreach.
Chapter Leads are responsible to bring all Chapter members together, foster an environment where they can learn from each other, and feel they are improving as a skill/domain-focused group.
Oversee all contractual Chapter events and operations, including all-recovery meetings, prosocial events, chapter workshops, and advocacy events.
Communicate weekly with the National Chapter Coordinator.
Engage in grassroots community outreach via emails, phone calls, and face-to-face meetings.
Register Chapter leaders, members, and supporters through the appropriate platforms (YPR Community/YPR website)
Secure free or inexpensive venue space for Chapter meetings and events at community centers, libraries, etc.
Collaborate with other YPR Chapter Leads for statewide joint events and advocacy efforts.
Support and encourage the many pathways of recovery.
Employee will utilize RCI and the appropriate chapter-specific keywords at all chapter events and to engage and communicate with participants.
Employee will host, at minimum, one virtual National All Recovery Meeting each calendar year.
Employee will attend and participate in one monthly All Chapter Call.
Employee will attend or view the recording of one All Team/All Staff Meeting each quarter.
Employee will meet with the National Chapter Coordinator after 12 months to discuss and review establishing a Chapter Advisory Board.
Employee will utilize social media to promote the chapter and its events, national fundraising campaigns, and initiatives with the support of the marketing team as needed.
Employee will host (at minimum) public All Recovery Meetings, YPR-approved Workshops, and ProSocial Events in accordance with the set grant deliverables.

Program Coordinator: Attend training sessions with the supervisor to become proficient with the YPR program, develop communication and small group leadership skills, and establish best practices for peer support.
Facilitate 10 life-skills curriculum modules on a weekly (or otherwise regular) basis. Responsible for set-up and welcoming participants to each session
Prepare for each life-skills curriculum module by reviewing slides, reviewing engagement activities, and reviewing the facilitator guide prior to implementation.
Complete all necessary PHI certifications if applicable to program or grant requirements.
Utilizing RCI for program participant data collection, including Recovery Capital Index surveys.
Maintain positive and productive relationships with partner sites by communicating with partner sites' points of contact on a regular basis.
Act as primary liaison between life-skills curriculum program and local YPR chapter community; Invite and encourage program participants to engage in chapter activities.
Must complete Mental Health First Aid Training within the first 6 months of hiring.

Organizational Commitments Work collaboratively to support and implement YPR's strategic plan and to support and encourage the many pathways of recovery.
Enthusiastically promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.
Work to continuously improve personal performance and organizational excellence.
Utilize data to improve outcomes and inform organizational development.
Marginal/incidental functions and other related tasks, as assigned.

Location: Morgan County, CO
Official Title: Chapter Lead & Program Coordinator
Job Type: Part-Time, 20 hours per week
Compensation: $20 per hour
Cultural Principles: Community: YPR Values community by creating welcoming spaces for people in or seeking recovery and their allies
Caring: YPR values caring by meeting all people where they are in their recovery journeys, and by supporting all pathways of recovery.
Respect: YPR values respect by listening to others to understand and by operating with a spirit of intellectual curiosity.
Inclusion: YPR values inclusion by building diverse teams of employees and by leveraging data to better support underserved populations.

Commitment: YPR values commitment by showing up every day and holding ourselves accountable to our processes for each other, our clients, our stakeholders, and our communities.

Experience and Background: Understanding of substance use prevention and recovery
Positive and supportive attitude toward all pathways of recovery
Sensitivity and awareness of the unique needs and stigmas associated with underserved populations
Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills

Preferred qualifications: Personal experience in recovery
Experience working successfully with young adults
Experience working successfully with people with substance use disorders
Experience working successfully with diverse communities
Previous training and certification in trauma-informed response, cultural competency, and peer education
Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Technology/computer/virtual meeting experience required
Google Suite experience preferred

Physical demands and work environment :
Occasionally required to stand
Occasionally required to walk
Occasionally required to sit
Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
Continually required to talk or hear
The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 10 pounds

Learn more about YPR YPR website:
Facebook:
Instagram:@yngpplrecovery

Background Check Statement: Young People in Recovery is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our clients, employees, volunteers, and members. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background investigations. If your position requires additional pre-employment criteria, such as a driver's examination, a background investigation and/ or a pre-employment drug test and if you have been offered employment before any such investigation or test is completed, your employment is contingent upon a satisfactory result on all required tests.
ADA Statement: Young People in Recovery will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the employment application process. To request an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Human Resources Coordinator at .

People in recovery, YPR chapter members/leaders, and those with lived experience of the criminal justice system are encouraged to apply.
Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
YPR is an equal-opportunity employer. We will not discriminate, and we will take affirmative
action to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for
employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of
employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, nation or
origin, age, religion, creed, disability, recovery status, veteran's status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or gender expression.

YPR is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and embeds those principles into the practices of its work, and organizational culture. YPR is determined to be an employer of choice and believes that the best organizational performance will come from a safe, diverse, and inclusive work environment. People of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

People with lived recovery experience, and YPR chapter members/leaders are also strongly encouraged to apply.