Job Opportunities at Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and promoting policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health. Since 1980, Advocates has provided information, training, and advocacy to youth, youth-serving organizations, policy-makers, and the media in the U.S. and internationally.
Advocates
for Youth relies on dedicated staff to accomplish its mission.
Below are current job openings.
Press Secretary
Program Description:
The goals of Advocates’ communications strategy are to enhance the visibility of the organization with sexual and reproductive health professionals, youth activists, policy makers, funders, and the general public; to promote the Rights.Respect.Responsibility.® (3Rs) vision; and to reframe the media and public debate on adolescent reproductive and sexual health issues.
General Description:
As part of Advocates for Youth’s communications strategy, the Press Secretary provides day-to-day media outreach and response, with an emphasis on print, broadcast, and online media coverage. Working with the Vice President, Policy, Communications, and Marketing, the Press Secretary will implement strategies to enhance the visibility of the organization at the national and state levels on a variety of adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Vice President, Policy, Communications, and Marketing to develop effective vehicles for the dissemination of Advocates’ message, including op-eds, press statements, briefings, editorial board meetings, internet strategies, etc.
- Work closely with the Vice President, Policy, Communications, and Marketing to place positive stories and manage negative news coverage in national and state media outlets.
- Serve as primary media contact for incoming media inquiries from newspapers, television, radio, and blogs.
- Conduct daily media searches to identify articles related to Advocates’ issues in state news outlets with particular focus on Advocates’ current targeted states.
- Each morning, research, assemble, and distribute “Today’s News” - a compilation of all the daily media coverage on adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues.
- Track media coverage on adolescent sexual health issues at the state and national levels to determine developing trends.
- Assist the Vice President, Policy, Communications, and Marketing to identify strategies to respond effectively to trends identified through the analysis, including helping to craft appropriate talking points and identify appropriate messengers.
- Update and maintain Advocates’ talking points and organizational collateral for media events and outreach.
- Manage, expand, and maintain certain Communications Department systems, including a national and state-by-state media databases within the organization that will allow Advocates to raise its profile with the media.
- Maintain media clips file for dissemination to Board members, funders, and colleague organizations.
- Help write and issue press releases, media advisories, blog entries, and other external communications, sometimes in “rapid response” to breaking news.
- Pitch story ideas to select reporters, columnists, assignment editors, and editorial writers.
- Assist in the media training of colleagues and youth activists to respond to media inquiries.
- Identify and maintain appropriate Advocates’ materials to send to journalists and columnists in response to articles and editorials they have written.
- Produce monthly reports on media coverage, including media inquiries, outreach, and coverage as needed to support grant writing and reporting.
Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Communications or related field and at least three years of communications or public relations experience is required. Must have good writing skills, including knowledge of AP style. Exceptional ability to handle multiple tasks while demonstrating attention to detail a must. Ability to work in a team environment with minimal supervision. Knowledge of and experience with reproductive health issues desirable.
Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.
To Apply:
Interested parties should send the following items via email to marcela@advocatesforyouth.org or via fax to (202) 419-1448, attention: Vice President, Policy, Communications, and Marketing.
- Cover letter with salary history and requirements
- Resume
- 2 writing samples
- 3 references
No phone calls please.
Program Manager, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Project Description:
Through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advocates provides intensive organizational capacity-building technical assistance (TA) to nine state teen pregnancy prevention organizations, four Title X Family Planning Regional Training centers, and other state organizations in various stages of growth and development. Within the framework and structure of Advocates’ National Support Center for State Teen Pregnancy Prevention Organizations, the technical assistance strategy includes leadership coaching, phone and email TA, on-site consultation, national leadership meetings and roundtables, training, and publications development. The TA is frequently focused on board development; staff and organizational development; organizational vision; sustainability; resource and Website development; and promoting science-based approaches and programs while minimizing conflict and controversy in the field.
Position Description:
Under the supervision of the Program Director, the Program Manager implements and manages the work plan for Advocates’ CDC-funded Promoting Science-Based Approaches (PSBA) Cooperative Agreement. The Program Manager will oversee and coordinate all aspects of major annual meetings and the technical assistance and training offered by Advocates’ expert consultants, trainers, and specialists.
Responsibilities:
The Program Manager collaborates with the Program Director for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Department to draft and market proposals; complete foundation and government reports; manage budgets; develop and review resources and publications; conduct needs assessment surveys, evaluate program effectiveness; and manage the day-to-day operations of the project. In addition, the Program Manager provides technical assistance to project partners via email and phone; supervises program interns; and conducts all other activities as directed.
Work Activities:
The work activities of the Program Manager include but are not limited to:
- Lead and manage the planning, development, and delivery of four national program events (State Organization Leadership Academy and Roundtable [SOLAR], DC Summit, Training of Trainers Institute, and the New State Organization Institute);
- Coordinate efforts of department to develop and deliver tailored training and technical assistance; tools; resources; and publications to build the capacity of all clients and assist CDC state and regional partners to better serve their local, community-based partners and fulfill their individuals work plans;
- Coordinate research related to topics and issues being addressed by Advocates’ staff within the scope of the Cooperative Agreement and manage the flow of the editing process for publications
- Manage the data collection, analysis and reporting of a youth development survey of schools and local communities;
- Provide online, phone, and email technical assistance and training to clients and project partners
- Develop the annual CDC project continuation application, interim report, and final report;
- Oversee completion and submission of monthly technical assistance reports to the CDC;
- Provide direct supervision to project interns;
- Coordinate and facilitate the work of the HIV Program Review Panel;
- Help to integrate PSBA project activities with other Advocates’ projects;
- Coordinate efforts of the department to effectively plan, implement, and deliver all work plan activities in order to achieve project goals;
- Manage and monitor evaluation plan to assure all program activities are being appropriately evaluated in collaboration with the Project Evaluator;
- Complete other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
Masters Degree with three to five years of experience in providing technical assistance and support to individuals and partner organizations. Preference will be given to candidates with experience as an organizational leader and to candidates with a strong background in adolescent sexual health. Strong grants management, planning, organization, analytical, writing and public speaking skills required. Ability to develop “big picture” strategy while keeping track of details. Supervision and project management experience necessary; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) project management experience preferred.
Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.
To Apply:
Interested parties should send the following items via email to tom@advocatesforyouth.org or via fax to (202) 419-1448. Attention: Program Director, Teen Pregnancy Prevention
- Cover letter with salary history and requirements
- 3 references
- Resume
- 2-3 page writing sample
* Only applications received by the close of business on Friday, March 28 will be considered.
No phone calls please.
Advocates for Youth values the opportunity for interns to be a part of its work. The goal of Advocates' internship program is to provide undergraduate/graduate students with a successful and meaningful opportunity to learn about Advocates' mission and programs, contribute to the work of the organization during a limited time period, and gain meaningful professional experience.
Stipend: Advocates offers a limited number
of paid internships. Compensation will be based on the
District of Columbia's minimum wage for each hour worked.
Unpaid internships are also available to students who receive
credit for their work.
Unpaid interns will receive an expense stipend of $200 per month to cover
expenses related to their working at Advocates.
Application Procedure: Interested students should submit a resume with a cover letter via email or postal mail to the Director of Internships, Advocates for Youth, 2000 M Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036.
No phone calls, please.
These are ongoing positions and applications are accepted year-round. Please specify the internship period—Summer (approximately June to August), Fall (approximately September to December), and Spring (approximately January to May)—as well as the program/project in which you are interested in your cover letter. Also, please do not cut and paste language directly from our Web site into your cover letter.
Advocates for Youth seeks an intern to work 20 hours per week in its development department. As the development intern, the individual will provide support to the Director of Development, with a primary focus on foundation prospect research and assisting with writing initial letters of inquiry. Assistance with general office administration will be also required, including organizing files, processing thank you letters, and packaging and sending grant reports and proposals. The individual should enjoy and have strong skills in Internet research and writing, be highly detail oriented, and have the ability to work on multiple projects independently.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to learn more about fundraising and has a general interest in adolescent reproductive and sexual health issues. Advocates is highly committed to youth development, and therefore provides its interns with a flexible and supportive work environment in which each intern can find ways to pursue his or her own interests while here.
Duties:
- Prospect research, with a primary focus on foundations. Includes helping to research, summarize, and organize current foundation prospect guidelines.
- Assistance with grant writing.
- Administrative duties—including organizing files, processing thank you letters, etc.—as needed.
Qualifications:
- Desire to learn more about fundraising and grant writing, in addition to some interest in adolescent reproductive and sexual health issues.
- High level of attention to detail, solid organizational skills.
- Good to excellent writing skills.
- Some familiarity with Internet research.
- Ability to work independently.
- Sense of humor.
Application Procedure: Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three references to the Director of Development, Advocates for Youth, 2000 M Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036. No phone calls, please. This is an ongoing position and applications are accepted year-round. Please specify the internship period—Summer (June to August), Fall (September to December), and Spring (January to May)—in the cover letter.
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