Youth Council Moderator
Position: Hybrid Paid Youth Council Moderator
Employer: The Giving Spirit – ------------
Location: 11845 W Olympic Blvd Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Job Description:
In this paid part-time role, you’ll be given real-life impactful assignments that will put your skills and education to practice.
You will combine classroom experience and real-life business situations to provide value-added work to the mission and programs of The Giving Spirit. Specifically, you will be creating, leading, and growing the structure of Youth Council meetings. The Giving Spirit Youth Council is a group of about 10 high school students from across LA school districts, united in their shared passion for social impact. As the moderator, you will be in charge of guiding their learning in weekly meetings and developing their curriculum outside meeting times.
The Spring 2024 semester will be spent shadowing our current Youth Council moderator and acting as an Operations Assistant. We then expect you to take on full role responsibilities in the 2024-25 academic year. The length of this role therefore extends to August 2024-May 2025.
You will also get the chance to provide valuable research, plan & participate in upcoming events, and assist with ongoing programs or engage with organizational strategy,
Qualified Candidates must:
• Demonstrate leadership abilities
• Work effectively in a team environment
• Show an interest in planning events and helping others in the community
• Be knowledgeable and adept with online platforms like Zoom
• Express ideas and information in a clear and concise manner
• Recognize and respond effectively to unexpected situations and tight deadlines
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changing task priorities and work situations
Hours of Work
Monday-Friday, part-time (hours flexible). Hybrid (virtual and in-office)..
Preferred Qualifications
• Freshman or Sophomore standing
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Authorization to work in the US now, or the future, without company sponsorship
• Proven leadership experience and excellent oral and written communication skills
• Technology proficiencies - MS Office, all Social Media platforms, Canva, and Adobe Suite would be a plus.
Who We Are
Founded in 1999, The Giving Spirit has been tackling the “first mile” of care and learning to our unhoused neighbors in Greater Los Angeles through a twofold mission: meaningful aid and educational empowerment. We provide:
• First mile of care: we provide immediate, tangible aid to unhoused individuals and families by procuring, assembling, and directly providing uniquely curated “survival kits” containing dozens of essential life-sustaining items packed into durable, weatherproof multi-use duffel bags, backpacks or knapsacks.
• First mile of learning: we engage and educate communities on the human face of homelessness, myths and realities surrounding the homeless experience, and our theory of change: that workable solutions to end homelessness arise from direct community engagement, first-person lived experience storytelling, powerful relevant data, and our common humanity.