Consider your spot on FosterClub's System Change team as a Project Coordinator

Who we are:

Job Summary:

Essential Functions:

• Primary role: Responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing various projects held with agency partners that supports projects and legislation centered around constituent voice. 
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings effectively to include planning, conducting, and resolving problems that arise at conclusion
• Assists with the development and preparation of technical assistance materials, newsletters, virtual presentations, blog posts, social media posts, website content, development of surveys and other written products
• Ability to lead individuals and teams of Young Leaders in service projects that contribute to the goals of projects and campaigns 
• Coordinate the placement of young leaders from foster care in a variety of service opportunities, including Young Leader recruitment, engagement, training and support
• Provide youth-friendly education (including policy briefs) for Young Leaders    
• Essential Functions Continued:
• Produce issue briefs, op-eds, calls-to-action, social media campaigns and other written materials that illuminate the issues and mobilize youth
• Work with staff and partners to organize youth perspective and effectively engage constituents in policy, practice, and public awareness initiatives
• Assist with department metrics and grant reporting 
• Work collaboratively to reduce racial and gendered outcome disparities in the child welfare system
• Organize and maintain electronic project materials for each project assigned.

Required Experience and Skills: 

Knowledge Management

• Commitment to child welfare system change- working with young people with lived experience to influence, change, and impact child welfare outcomes
• Strong knowledge of child welfare public policy, including federal legislation, recent trends and issues, understanding of key stakeholders, and relationship between the federal government, states, tribes & jurisdictions 
• Ability to review dense written content, including policy summaries, legislation, research reports, and guidance from federal agencies, and interpret how it relates to organizational policy priorities
• Willingness to support a bi-partisan approach to advocacy, with an ability to appreciate how policymakers from different parties have perspective and priorities that can contribute to improvements in the Child Welfare System
• Develop proposed content distribution strategy for managed pieces of work

Project Management

• Demonstrated project management skills, including the use of web-based platforms to manage projects in teams
• Strong data and information management skills, including use of spreadsheets and digital filing systems

Communications & Collaboration

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, such as an ability to write youth-friendly content summarizing complex legislation
• Ability to write and promote creative content for campaign websites
• Partner with key team members to brainstorm and share key content ideas
• Intermediate to expert level experience using Google Suite (Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, etc.), Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint), or similar systems
• Build and maintain relationships with key external role-players and partner organizations
• At least three to five years of professional experience working in public policy or practice improvement

Desired Experience and Skills: 

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Public Policy, Social Work, or a human service-related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience creating content, proofreading and editing written communication for youth audiences
• Knowledge of intersectionality of child welfare and other child, youth, and family-serving systems, along with an understanding of how marginalized populations are disproportionately impacted by the child welfare system
• Work experience that includes youth organizing, positive youth development, and/or trauma-informed services
• Demonstrated skills using social media, blogging, and other campaign and communications tools
• Lived experience with the Child Welfare system is preferred, but not required
• Residence in the Washington D.C. area (or willingness to relocate) is preferred, but not required
• Self-motivated and collaborative employee who wants to be part of a team bringing about real change in the child welfare system

All FosterClub Employees are expected to have:

• A commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (FosterJEDI)
• A willingness to travel. Frequent air travel may be required as part of the role
• An ability to work successfully with young people and adult stakeholders 
• An ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team 
• A commitment to ongoing personal and organizational growth development 

Expected Hours of Work

Travel