09/14/2020
Wilkinsburg Youth Project is a work readiness program that hires local teenage youth and trains them to succeed in a professional environment. In years past, WYP has had a media team, two mentoring teams and a gardening team.
Currently, Wilkinsburg Youth Project’s school year program will begin fully remote, though we anticipate a gradual transition back to in-person work once it is safe to do so. Until that time, the youth in our program are only able to work on our media team.
The Wilkinsburg Youth Project Media Team Leader is responsible for facilitating the remote programming designed and conducted by a Wilkinsburg artist and business owner. This programming is based in the arts, with a focus on community improvement through a variety of different mediums.
The Team Leader’s role will be expected to encourage youth to participate, assist with any problems they might encounter, and ensure that the team’s youth are following the WYP Standards, a list of conduct expectations that everyone involved with WYP must follow. The team leader will be expected to write and deliver a one-page progress report for each youth on their team every two weeks, and run group discussions on a once-weekly basis.
This is a very unique, strange and frequently-difficult time for all of us in a variety of different ways. We are trying to keep our program active and fulfilling its mission to the best of our ability, but this is new ground for us and there is still a lot we just don't know. It is imperative that any job applicant be flexible, understanding, and committed to our shared goal of providing enriching, community-based programming for our youth.
This is a KEYS Americorps position
