Description:This opening offers an excellent opportunity to work with a NYC non-profit organization that serves Muslim women and families by addressing domestic violence through crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, advocacy, outreach, education and training. Turning Point is committed to helping Muslim women empower themselves and live a life with dignity and free of violence. It also works with young Muslim women and girls, provides peer support and helps them acquire leadership and interpersonal skills.Responsibilities:
- Train, supervise and monitor Youth Leaders' performance and conduct annual evaluations
- Prepare and plan a schedule of events to ensure maximum results
- Prepare reports for internal use and funders
- Evaluate program activities to ensure goals are being met in a timely manner
- Maintain professional relationships with community partners, city departments and various agencies
- Organize all program events including ARISE NY! Anti-Bullying Workshops and Summit and Mecca to Manhattan: Muslim Women Moving Mountains to ensure maximum turnout and participation
- Outreach to teenage girls and young women (high school and college level) to recruit new members for our weekly youth group and our annual Young Women's Leadership Program known as the Mecca to Manhattan: Muslim Women Moving Mountains workshop series in Manhattan
- Be available on weekends and evenings when needed, especially Saturdays for M2M leadership series and annual ARISE NY! Summit
- Actively participate in community events and youth-related activities.
- Implement additional youth-related projects as they arise
- Provide administrative support and other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications & Experience:The ideal candidate will hold a bachelor's degree, with at least 2 years of experience working with young people, community organizing, and/or in a social service setting. Proficiency in English and excellent written/oral communication skills are required. The candidate must be comfortable working within New York City's Muslim community and have a good understanding of the unique and complex needs of Muslim women and girls. The candidate is required to have very good social media skills A demonstrated commitment to working with underprivileged Muslim young women and girls and a deep desire to effect social change is highly desirable. The candidate must be a team player, flexible, organized, creative, energetic, and willing to learn and grow. Benefits:Paid vacation, sick time, personal days, health insurance benefits including dental and vision.Compensation: $45,000.00 - $48,000.00 per year Our MissionTurning Point for Women and Families' mission is to help Muslim women and girls affected by domestic violence to empower themselves and transform their own lives as well as those of their families. Turning Point provides a diversified range of culturally competent services focused on safety and self-sufficiency through direct services, advocacy and referrals.Deeply rooted in the Muslim community, Turning Point believes that social change can be effected by raising awareness about the prevalence and effects of domestic violence, addressing it directly and offering safe spaces and opportunities for youth development.Our VisionTurning Point believes that every woman and girl deserves to live a life with dignity and free of violence.