Program Leader for Youth Advocacy & Health

About Us

Girls Inc. of Alameda County’s mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Since our founding in 1958, our programs have supported the unique needs of girls. In the 1990s, we began to design and deliver programs focusing on girls within San Francisco Bay Area communities that have the least access to opportunity. Through a transitional kindergarten through early career Program Continuum, we empower youth by equipping them with the resources, skills, and access needed to build confidence, visualize and pursue their dreams, and grow into healthy, educated, and independent adults. All programs are developmentally appropriate, supporting the changing needs of youth as they grow. From literacy interventions in elementary school and exciting hands-on STEAM projects in middle school to building leadership skills, taking on paid internships, and college readiness in high school, and college persistence and early career supports, including workforce development, Girls Inc. provides the support and opportunities young people need to thrive at no cost to participants and their families.

Girls Inc. of Alameda County delivers daily after-school programming in 1) 10 schools and 2) our downtown Oakland center where girls from more than 15 middle schools and 45 high schools converge. As well we deliver summer programming in two Oakland locations as well as Hayward, and an earn-and-learn workforce development program for young adults who earn wages with Girls Inc. and receive free college courses towards their AA degree. In all, Girls Inc. of Alameda County provided robust programming to nearly 1750 youth in 2023-24.

About the Role

The Community Program Leader position includes the facilitation of the Achieving Change Together (ACT)/Teen Advocacy Program (TAC) Program, HEART program, and Healthy Evolving Relationships (HER) program. The Community Program Leader is a part-time dynamic professional who has youth programming and group facilitation experience with a passion for social justice/advocacy, reproductive health/sexuality education and working with adolescent girls of color using a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach.

This program leader position is a hands-on position that focuses on:

1. The Community Program Leader will be able to commit to work during the 2026-2027 academic school year.

2. Program leader includes weekly team meetings, leadership workshops and training, youth-led conversations, community events, guest speakers, and intentional field trips all either in person or electronically.

3. The Community Program Leader will be a team player, will prepare lesson plans and facilitate conversations and presentations on various sensitive topics with a group of girl-identified and gender-expansive youth.

4. Training youth in an interactive gender-specific program that includes comprehensive reproductive health and sex education, STI/HIV prevention and early intervention services aimed at positive female development, learning about gender and sexual identity and human sexuality as well as participation in sisterhood activities, field trips and youth-led civic engagement/project.

5. Training girl-identified and gender-expansive youth in community, advocacy, social justice issues, and systems of oppression impacting young people in Bay Area communities and beyond.

6. Along with facilitating and navigating conversations on how to have a healthy relationship mentally, emotionally, and physically with yourself and others.

7. Assisting girls and gender-expansive youth to identify, research, gather data and assess as well as implement community advocacy projects through interactive and intentional learning activities and opportunities to support youth with developing knowledge and skills in advocacy, leadership, public speaking, and project planning.

Job Summary

• Implement and facilitate curriculum/lesson plans for all programs during weekly sessions, in person, with groups of 10-20 high school girl-identified and gender-expansive youth at our office in Downtown Oakland.

• Facilitate workshops on topics such as community engagement, advocacy, social justice education, leadership skill development, and healthy relationships, health and sexuality, sexual and gender identity.

• Implement and facilitate additional advocacy and health grant-based curricula/programs as assigned.

• Create and decorate the cultural table in the main lobby each month to educate and accurately display cultural diversity that unites people from different backgrounds.

• Assist the Community Programs Coordinator and High School Programs Manager with implementing programming, events, field trips, guest speakers, etc.

• Effectively utilize prep time to prepare for lesson plans, programs, activities, and events.

• Facilitate the implementation of activities, trips, events, and youth-led presentations in a youth development framework and philosophy.

• Assist the program coordinator with conducting recruitment and outreach strategies such as presentations at schools, health fairs, community events, etc.

• Provide timely entry of all necessary data into the database.

• Submit well-written end-of-the-month program reflections to the coordinator for monthly reports.

• Create and foster a safe, respectful, inclusive, and collaborative learning environment with the girls and gender-expansive youth, with other Girls Inc. coworkers, programs, departments, and volunteers in addition to community, school, and agency partners.

• Work as a positive team member of the Community Programs Department and participate in mandatory weekly supervision, staff development, consultation, agency and community programs department training, and team meetings.

• Work on occasional evenings and weekends as needed for events.

• Support adult and teen volunteers and interns when applicable.

• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

About You

• Commitment to work for the 2026-2027 academic school year.

• Ability to work 26 hours per week, 1:00pm-7:00pm M-TH; 10am-2pm Fri

• Ability to work some days remotely and attend meetings via Zoom

• Experience working with or volunteering with high school-aged youth

• Ability to effectively facilitate positive discussions on a variety of very sensitive topics

• Experience working with girls and families representing diverse cultures, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations.

• Strong understanding of gender issues affecting girls and young women of color and a commitment to girl-centered programs.

• Experience with addressing a wide variety of issues including poverty, abuse, addiction, immigration, unhoused, and acknowledging native land, health, sexuality, identity, and health relationships.

• Comfortability regarding conversations such as identity, mental health, healthy relationships, domestic violence, and providing a safe space for youth to have conversations about these heavy topics.

• Strong group facilitation, behavioral management, and conflict resolution skills gained in working with adolescent youth.

• Ability to motivate, excite, and spark curiosity and self-discovery among young women toward social justice advocacy and civic engagement.

• Ability to work cross-culturally with families, co-workers, girls, partners, and/or volunteers.

• Ability to create and maintain an inclusive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, safe, and supportive space.

• Collaborative, resourceful, self-motivating, creative, organized, and flexible with a growth mindset.

• Knowledge of Excel Outlook and/or other database applications.

• Ability to bend, lift, and move up to 15 lbs.

• Background clearance from the Department of Justice.

• Must be able to work occasional evenings and weekends as needed for events.

• Bilingual Spanish/English is desired but not mandatory. 

What We Offer

• Compensation: Base $20.00 to $21.50 per hour at 26 hours per week

• Medical benefits (Employer pays standard medical plan)

• Voluntary Dental

• Voluntary Vision

• Retirement benefit 403b

• Flex spending accounts

• Life Insurance benefits

• Long term disability benefits

• 13 Paid Holidays

• Vacation time off

• Sick time off

• Employee Assistance Program

• Professional development/training

Equal Opportunity Employment State

Girls Inc. of Alameda County is committed to upholding an inclusive work community that reflects the rich diversity of our girls, their families and caregivers, the community members we serve, and our geographic region. We prioritize using an equity lens to: provide culturally responsive programming and resources to those with the least access, and value culture and difference in the office, our programs, and in the community. Through discussion, awareness, and practice, we commit to continuous improvement with the goal of every person in our community knowing the value of this commitment, embodying it, and bringing it to life.

Girls Inc. of Alameda County is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, political belief, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other factor not related to ability to successfully fulfill the requirements of the position.

For more information about Girls Inc. of Alameda County, please view our website at www.girlsinc-alameda.org