Senior Director, Fresno County Programs

Youth Leadership Institute (yli) brings together young people and their adult allies to create positive community change that promotes social justice and racial equity. With community-based programs based in Fresno, San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Merced, Long Beach and the Eastern Coachella Valley, yli engages young people of color, low-income youth, and other impacted youth as advocates of social change.

yli CORE VALUES

• Inclusion: Young people are profoundly impacted by policies affecting their communities. yli brings youth to the table and works to institutionalize youth voice in the decision-making process.
• Innovation: Youth can often see a way forward where adults cannot. yli encourages youth to identify and implement their own solutions to the issues their communities face.
• Social Justice: Throughout history, young people have ignited and led social justice movements to create a better world for everyone. yli helps them to focus their attention on the root causes of injustice, and sharpen the skills they need to tackle them.
• Community: Nobody can do it alone! Through relationship and coalition-building, yli feeds the connective tissue within our communities to power our movements with the brilliance, resourcefulness, and wisdom of our partners.

We are looking for a Senior Director of Programs in Fresno County! The Senior Director will enable the organization to develop staff to support youth change agents, support staff leaders growth, and work with partner agencies to move an equity agenda in their respective communities.

With support from the Leadership team, the Senior Director is responsible for managing, scaling and evaluating programs, initiatives, and staff teams in Fresno County including cross regional efforts in Madera. These efforts are designed to create opportunities for young people to serve as community advocates, leaders and decision makers in efforts to advance policy and community change.

The Senior Director is responsible for recruiting, hiring, supervising and managing staff, typically consisting of Program Managers and Program Coordinators. They are experienced professionals with demonstrated success in management, planning and operating community-based youth organizing and engagement programs, the ability to work collaboratively and strategically toward a shared vision, and the act as a leadership steward in staff and initiative transitions.