Service Description:

The program coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the timely completion of all Anti-gang Initiative components. This individual will play a key role in developing the youth-centered component for the City Manager’s Gang Task Force.

Specific Responsibilities

• Develop a youth-centered component for the City Manager’s Gang Advisory Task Force in collaboration with a coalition of youth agencies
• Coordinate an annual City wide Gang Prevention Summit and a Youth Summit, including securing expert speakers to participate on the panel
• Design and implement a series of events aimed at best enhancing relations between youth and police officers in Lowell
• Coordinate research materials and data collection to produce Task Force’s annual plan and yearly outcomes report
• Ensure that clear lines of communication are open between agencies and organizations providing staff to the Anti-Gang project
• Enhance the projects’ media outreach strategies.
• Provide training and education on the Anti-Gang project to the community including police, civic groups, businesses, and others.
• Responsible for all reporting requirements related to the OJJDP grant.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual much be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required, Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelors Degree preferred. Relevant experience can substitute;
• Strong leadership skills, organization, facilitation, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience working with diverse communities
• Bi-lingual/bi-cultural a plus
• Comfortable with writing skills
• Computer experience in the following software is required:
Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Access


LANGUAGE SKILLS
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of supervisors, partners, and the general public.
• Ability to read and interpret documents and financial reports

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to create databases and conduct statistical evaluations.

REASONING ABILITY
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

WORK ENVIROMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The City of Lowell is a smoke and drug free employer and requires a physical with drug screen, and CORI check post offer.

Application Procedure :

It is preferred that all candidates both email resumes/cover letter to JuanCarlos Rivera, UTEC Streetworker Director, at juan@utec-lowell.org in addition to sending a hardcopy to: JuanCarlos Rivera, UTEC, 34 Hurd St., Lowell, MA, 01852.

In order to expedite the internal sorting and reviewing process, please write "resume" and the position you are applying for as the only contents in the subject line of your e-mail (i.e. Resume - Office Administrator).

Application deadline is listed as September 1, 2008 but we will fill the position before then if we receive a qualified application. So...send your resume in ASAP