Project Coordinator

Position Summary:

The Project Coordinator will fill a .5 FTE position to provide leadership to the Transformational Youth Hub including conducting regional needs assessments, identifying resources across a variety of areas of need (e.g., fundamental needs [housing, food, clothing], mental health resources, civic engagement opportunities, and connecting with natural forms of support) and working with community partners to establish a network of resource for youth at risk for entering the criminal justice systems. and deploying the resources of the specialists, under the direction of NYSED Office of Special Education, as well as overseeing the peer mentor program.

Key Responsibilities

• Systems Change Facilitator
• Respond to directives of the NYS Department of Justice.
• Ensure all work of the Youth Transformation Hub is in alignment with Department of Justice’s priorities.
• Organize several professional development opportunities to inform school personnel, personnel from recreation/sports centers, family members, and clergy.
• Overseeing the peer mentoring program including assistance in recruiting mentors, creating procedures, schedules, and evaluation activities.
• Participate in regional planning in collaboration with the Department of Justice.
• Organize and implement evaluation procedures for all aspects of the project.
• Facilitating quarterly meeting with the advisory board (i.e., set agenda, record feedback, ensure feedback is integrated into the project).
• Providing staffing updates during the RLT monthly meetings as well as submitting staffing change documents to the OSE mailbox.
• Work in concert with the project’s partners to ensure streamlining of resources, distribution of funds, and accountability reports.
• Conduct a needs assessment with identified community baed organizations to determine high need areas for the delivery of support.
• Prepare quarterly logs and expenditure reports within 30 days of the end of the quarter (September, December, March, and June).

• Expertise in systems change using principles of implementation science
• Experience providing professional development and/or technical assistance 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and computer literacy
• Strong presentation skills 
• Strong interpersonal skills that support interacting with families, school/agency personnel as well as NYS Department of Justice personnel 

• Minimum of a Master’s degree

• Typical office setting with privacy
• Required regular travel to various locations throughout New York City
• Occasional work hours will be required during nights and weekends.  

• Computer, copier, scanner, wireless access, phone and fax. 

LIU Post campus is a scenic, historic, and scholarly campus that offers a small-school environment with the access and resources of a major metropolitan university. The University's 350+ acre campus is located on the estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 27 miles east of New York City on Long Island's Gold Coast. The campus houses the Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine, the first professional School of Accountancy, an AACSB-accredited Business School, and an award-winning theater program. LIU is home to the world-renowned Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the Shark Stadium, where supporters gather to cheer on the Sharks’ Division I athletic program.

LIU is an equal opportunity employer. LIU is committed to extending equal opportunity in employment to all qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. LIU encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.