RAPP Community Organizer - Urban Resource Institute

URI’s work is grounded in survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care. In addition to emergency and transitional housing, URI delivers a robust continuum of Justice Initiatives—including economic empowerment, legal education and advocacy, prevention and youth programming, and abusive partner intervention—designed to break cycles of violence, instability, and poverty. URI also develops permanent affordable and supportive housing, advancing long-term pathways to safety, healing, and stability for families and communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Community Organizer provides direct support to middle and high school youth within the RAPP program with a $1.9M operating budget within the Justice Initiatives Department. The programs include ENDGBV-funded Relationship Abuse Prevention Program (RAPP), which now includes both Early and Teen. RAPP is a school-based program that focuses on serving middle and high school students throughout NYC to reduce experiences of violence and prevent further harm over a child’s lifetime. 

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Must posses a High School Diploma or GED from an accredited school.
• Support the buildout of the new borough specific RAPP Hub model specifically for middle school youth and summer program within the first year of starting this position.
• Support in building partnerships with at least 15 up to 30 middle schools throughout the fiscal year and visit each site on a regular basis.
• Build and engage community partnerships to better serve youth in the RAPP program.
• Responsible for creating and facilitating workshops to 8-12 middles schools, high schools and community settings throughout NYC primarily to middle students around healthy relationships, youth leadership, restorative practices, and community safety.
• Support youth leaders in hub spaces via mentorship and oversight.
• Aid in the design of peer leader driven community action projects.
• Represent URI’s RAPP in community gatherings, funder meetings, speaking events, press and media opportunities, and other external events.
• Ensure URI’s RAPP is consistently informed by community participation by soliciting, capturing, analyzing, and incorporating feedback by individuals with lived experience and diverse stakeholders.

Program and Fiscal Management:

• Develop and achieve annual program level goals in alignment with identified KPIs, logic models, as well as funder deliverables and in support of the mission and agency-wide strategic plan.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant federal, state and local regulations as well as agency and program policies, and compliance in meeting performance measures based on organizational and funder targets.

Data & Equity Analysis:

• Ensure that RAPP staff are entering all data accurately and in a timely manner.
• Evaluate data to ensure that teams are serving clients from an equity standpoint .
• Work proactively to create new data tracking methods that show the important work and success of the programs.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:

• High school diploma or GED required.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Passion for URI’s mission, vision and core values with the ability to communicate this passion to others.
• 1 year+ experience of facilitation, curriculum development and youth expertise.
• Experience providing transformational and inclusive leadership with an investment in team via leadership and professional development activities.
• Experience integrating trauma-informed care within programming and team development.
• Strong commitment to equity and social justice including a focus on self-awareness and engagement of continuous learning around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion; high level of Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
• Strong project management skills and experience, especially in projects requiring significant resources and cross-functional involvement.
• Exceptional interpersonal and flexible communications skills, and the ability to develop positive and productive relationships with a dispersed and diverse team.

SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Will be required to read printed and handwritten materials.
• Will be required to manipulate the computer mouse and keyboard.
• Will be required to read information on computer screen.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to enter information in digital forms and spreadsheets.
• Must be able to travel to program sites located across all five boroughs and Westchester.
• Work schedule includes three days working in the office or across URI program sites and two days working from home; flexibility is required to meet on-site demands throughout the week.

Salary: $26.9231/hr - $32.9670/hr

Urban Resource Institute provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.