Alliance of Local Service Organizations/Youth Organizer position

The Alliance of Local Service Organizations (ALSO) is currently seeking to fill the
position of Youth Organizer. This is a part-time position (20 hrs/week).

ALSO’s Story
Incorporated in 1998, ALSO was created to coordinate services for youth
and families in the Logan Square community on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
Becoming aware of the devastating impact of community violence on those
families ALSO began to take action by implementing prevention programs to end
street violence.

However, violence is pervasive and spans beyond the streets. In 2007, ALSO
expanded its violence prevention and intervention efforts to include intimate
partner violence. By working to end violence more broadly, ALSO began to see
connections between violence on the streets and violence in the home.

Today, ALSO works both locally and nationally to end violence. By expanding
its reach, ALSO informs its national work from a local perspective and brings
knowledge and best practices from around the country to our neighborhoods in
Chicago.

ALSO’s Mission:
To end violence in the homes and streets of communities nationwide.

Position: Youth Organizer

The Youth Organizer will:

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Recruit at least 15 youth from a variety of local youth programs to
join the Local Youth Leadership Council
Support a local Youth Leadership Council in developing and
implementing at least one concrete violence prevention project in
their community.
Implement and manage the project. Ensure goals and work plan
are developed and managed. Report on results.
Attend Statewide Youth Leadership Council.

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o Must recruit at least two youth to join, attend, etc.
o The Statewide Youth Leadership Council will meet quarterly
§ Two in person meetings in the Chicago area
§ Two via video conference
§ Attend mandatory youth leadership training
§ Assist in Logan Square Safety Committee meetings
and statewide event

To apply, please send a resume to also@also-chicago.org or fax it (attn: HR) to
(773) 235-5747. No phone calls, please.