Youth Empowerment Specialist

Located in North Carolina's third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal - helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University's 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships ( CYFCP) builds the capacity of families, service providers, researchers, teachers, and communities to promote the well-being of children and youth. In partnership with colleagues from across the university and the community, the center carries out basic, applied, and action research; translates research into effective programs and practice; infuses community perspectives into university research and teaching; facilitates strategic problem-solving processes; and promotes programs, practices, and policies that yield positive outcomes for children and their families.

The Youth Empowerment Specialist position will provide leadership and coordination for the development and implementation of a team of young adults with lived experience to provide interim youth voice to interested local system of care collaboratives and work with those collaboratives to identify strategies for increasing local youth participation through targeted awareness and engagement campaigns. The Youth Empowerment Specialist will provide guidance to the young adult leaders, to provide support to local SOC Collaboratives, to provide local youth engagement training, and to provide local youth leadership and advocacy training. The Youth Empowerment Specialist will work with their program team members to develop the trainings and certifications, and the trainings and certifications developed by the program staff for local and State partners will be in line with national certification and training standards (e.g., the National Federation of Families' National Family Peer Specialist Certification).