The following is an excerpt from newhaven.craigslist.org/npo/1643988275.html

Youth Rights Media, a New Haven, CT-based nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering youth, seeks an Executive Director.

Youth Rights Media (YRM) builds youth power and leadership by engaging young people in video production and community organizing, equipping youth with the tools, skills and strategies to know, protect, and advance their rights for the purpose of affecting change within themselves and their communities.

For eight years, YRM’s youth media has produced award-winning films that have been distributed nationally. Members of YRM’s organizing initiatives have then used these films locally to launch awareness and action campaigns that have resulted in tangible changes in Connecticut’s justice and education systems. YRM currently has four full-time staff members who work with a core group of approximately 50 youth annually.

The Executive Director must be a visionary and engaging leader, an experienced manager, and deeply committed to young people’s growth and development. YRM is a small, lean organization where all staff play a direct, hands-on role. The Executive Director must excel at balancing multiple tasks, including internal management of the staff and programs, external relationships with key stakeholders, collaborators, and allies, and the demands of working in a fluid, fast-paced youth-centered environment. The Executive Director will be responsible for ensuring that the organization is fiscally and programmatically sound, and must work to strategically advance YRM’s purpose and goals. The Executive Director position is a full-time, salaried position with benefits.

The ideal candidate will posses business and financial management skills; youth development, criminal justice and education policy expertise; and experience leading and managing staff. The ideal candidate will also have a demonstrated commitment to social justice efforts. In addition, the ideal candidate will be:

• Familiar with youth media production, specifically as it relates to issues impacting young people in urban settings;
• Experienced in managing, developing, and leading youth programs that integrate youth development theory, and principles of youth organizing.