FHG is Hiring a Community Champion (Asheville, NC) for the O.U.R. Asheville Community Engagement Academy
Findlay House Global is recruiting a part-time Community Champion for a City of Asheville-funded project—Organizing and Uniting to Re-Power (O.U.R.) Asheville Community Engagement Academy.
The objective of the academy is to build community capacity in the area of public participation in city-government decision-making.
ROLE SUMMARY
Deadline for applications, cover letters and resumes: 5 February 2024
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Estimated Assignment Start Date: February 2024
Assignment Type: (temporary, part-time, estimated at 5-8 hours a week, available M-F and some weekends, estimated at 3-5 months)
Level: Experienced (Mid-Level)
Compensation: $27.39 - $31.00/hour
The Community Champion is a key O.U.R. Asheville Academy, Findlay House Global project team member.
The Community Champion supports the implementation of Findlay House Global’s Re-Power Development® approach to community engagement and participation by helping to establish rapport with Asheville residents who have historically been underrepresented (BIPOC, Younger Adults, People with Disabilities, LGBTQ+).
The Community Champion will work as part of the FHG Project Team to identify the needs and necessary resources to move engagement forward so that local community members are aware of the academy program and have the opportunity to apply to one of two cohorts if they are interested in being a part of the academy.
The Community Champion will represent FHG externally (“in the field”) but will represent and reflect the perspectives of citizens internally (“at the office”).
Community Champion Responsibilities:
1) Engagement and Participation: Leads community engagement and participation.
Assist with coordination and facilitation of academy workshop sessions across two cohorts
Build awareness of the O.U.R. Asheville Academy
Engage LOCAL Asheville residents to ensure they are aware of and engaged in all aspects of project activities to support FHG in meeting its mission and project goals
Conduct one-on-one and intercept interviews
Ensures that engagement and participation activities are aligned with FHG’s commitment to ethics and excellence
2) Relationship Building and Communication: Establishes relationships and maintains communication with community stakeholders
Leverage personal network of Asheville residents (to include associations, schools, places of worship, businesses, and other groups etc.)
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with KEY community members through relationship building and communication, including: local residents, business leaders in the community, etc.
3) Reporting: Inputs information including stakeholder information as well as data, statistics, analytics, and metrics related to community member and stakeholder engagement
Collect, organize and analyze qualitative (observable) and quantitative (numerical) data
Complete reports on engagement activities (i.e. attendance reports, interview summaries, etc.)
Database maintenance (ensures relevant information is included and up-to-date, for example name, email, and phone number)
4) Support Stakeholder Analysis and Content Creation: Leverages the voice and feedback of residents and community members to inform content creation.
Assist and prioritize aligning community members’ priorities to stated project objectives
YOUR EXPERIENCE (QUALIFICATIONS)
Asheville Resident
Large network in Asheville that includes Asheville residents, neighborhood associations, school contacts, contacts for places of worship, business contacts, etc.)
Deep connections in/to one or more of Asheville’s historically underrepresented groups (BIPOC, Younger Adults, People with Disabilities, LGBTQ+).
2+ years or more demonstrable experience in coordinating and facilitating meetings, trainings, workshops, etc.
Experience in cold calls/interviewing people
Reliable transportation
Excellent communications and presentation skills
Data entry skills
(Preferred) Experience working with Google Drive
(Preferred) Bachelor’s Degree
All candidates should demonstrate a willingness to learn and be coached, and have leadership and relationship management experience.
This is a part-time position,.
Interested applicants should submit a one-page cover letter and resume by 5 February 2024, using the form below.
We encourage people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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ABOUT FINDLAY HOUSE GLOBAL
Findlay House Global (FHG) is a small business that provides Development and Communications consulting to governments, international non-governmental organizations (iNGOs) and non-profits, and the private sector.
Powered by our vision of impacted and underserved people leading the discussion on development, FHG collaborates with community members to assist them in providing community solutions. Using our people-centered, Re-Power Development® approach, we mobilize people in targeted communities and countries towards ownership of development processes, thereby increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of development projects, programmes, and services.
All applicants to posted positions are subject to stringent vetting and background checks.
FHG is Hiring a Community Champion (Kent County, Maryland) for the "Beyond Your Mental" Program
Findlay House Global is recruiting a part-time Community Champion for a Kent County Local Management Board (KCLMB) funded project—the student-led and designed behavioral health intervention peer mentoring program known as “Beyond Your Mental.”
The objective of the program is to address the “mentality” that currently drives high-risk behavior among Kent County 8th and 9th Graders.
ROLE SUMMARY
Deadline for applications, cover letters and resumes: 3 February 2024
Location: Kent County, Maryland
Estimated Assignment Start Date: February 2024
Assignment Type: (temporary, part-time, estimated at 3-5 months)
Level: Experienced (Mid-Level)
The Community Champion is a key Findlay House Global project team member.
The Community Champion supports the implementation of Findlay House Global’s Re-Power Development® approach to community engagement and participation by helping to establish rapport with Kent County High School students, administration, Kent County Middle School students and administration, parents, and community stakeholders including KCLMB and Kent County Public School.
The Community Champion will work as part of the FHG Project Team to identify the needs and necessary resources to move implementation of the student-led and designed “Beyond Your Mental” (BYM) peer-to-peer mentoring program forward so that KCHS and KCMS students, parents, staff, as well as local community members are aware of the program; and KCHS and KCMS students have the opportunity to apply to the program if they are interested—particularly, students who have historically been underrepresented (BIPOC, English as a Second Language (ESL), LGBTQ+, Students with Disabilities, and middle students who have a history of needing behavioral health interventions).
The Community Champion will represent FHG externally (“in the field”) but will represent and reflect the perspectives of students and families internally (“at the office”).
Community Champion Responsibilities:
1) Engagement and Participation: Leads community engagement and participation.
Assist with coordination and facilitation of BYM mentoring sessions
Build awareness of the BYM peer mentoring program
Engage KCPS schools particularly KCHS and KCMS to ensure they are aware of and engaged in all aspects of project activities to support FHG in meeting its mission and project goals
Ensures that engagement and participation activities are aligned with FHG’s commitment to ethics and excellence
2) Relationship Building and Communication: Establishes relationships and maintains communication with community stakeholders
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with KEY community stakeholders through relationship building and communication, including: parents, school administration, resource leaders in the community, etc.
3) Reporting: Inputs information including stakeholder information as well as data, statistics, analytics, and metrics related to student and stakeholder engagement
Collect, organize and analyze qualitative (observable) and quantitative (numerical) data
Complete reports on engagement activities (i.e. attendance reports, interview summaries, etc.)
Database maintenance (ensures relevant information is included, up-to-date, and on file for each student participant - example name, email, and phone number)
4) Support Stakeholder Analysis and Content Creation: Leverages the voice and feedback of students to inform content creation.
Assist and prioritize aligning students’ priorities to stated project objectives
YOUR EXPERIENCE (QUALIFICATIONS)
Large network in Kent County that includes families, KCPS school contacts, contacts for community-based organizations, business contacts, etc.)
Deep connections in/to one or more of Kent County’s historically underrepresented student groups (Black students, English as a Second Language (ESL) students, LGBTQ+ students, Students with Disabilities, and students who have a history of needing behavioral health interventions).
2+ years or more demonstrable experience in coordinating and facilitating meetings, trainings, workshops, etc.
Experience in cold calls/interviewing people
Reliable transportation
Excellent communications and presentation skills
Data entry skills
(Preferred) Experience working with Google Drive
(Preferred) Bachelor’s Degree
All candidates should demonstrate a willingness to learn and be coached, and have leadership and relationship management experience.
This is a part-time position,.
Interested applicants should submit a one-page cover letter and resume by 3 February 2023, using the form below.
We encourage people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Apply For This Position
ABOUT FINDLAY HOUSE GLOBAL
Findlay House Global (FHG) is a small business that provides Development and Communications consulting to governments, international non-governmental organizations (iNGOs) and non-profits, and the private sector.
Powered by our vision of impacted and underserved people leading the discussion on development, FHG collaborates with community members to assist them in providing community solutions. Using our people-centered, Re-Power Development® approach, we mobilize people in targeted communities and countries towards ownership of development processes, thereby increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of development projects, programmes, and services.
All applicants to posted positions are subject to stringent vetting and background checks.
FHG's 2022 Re-Power Report
Thanks to our team, community collaborators, clients, and other supporters, 2022 was a great year!
Overview
In 2022, we decided to go deep rather than wide, we rooted ourselves within Kent County High School for the 2022-2023 school year, and collaborated with 35 students in the Kent County, Maryland community.
We conducted 15 surveys and received 250+ community responses!
We launched our Y.O.U.R. Development program and hosted another Art Works™ summit in collaboration with the Kent Local Management the in the city of Chestertown, Maryland.
FHG received the gold standard WBENC certification and became MBE certified!
Our Principal Consultant, Cara-Marie, received her Master of Arts in Communication for Development from Malmö University (Sweden) and published her Master’s Thesis “Towards Decolonisation: Afro-Caribbean Philosophy and Development in Jamaica”
FHG was one of 6 finalists invited to submit a proposal for Jamaica’s Nation Brand Project.
Listening + Amplifying by Reporting Out
We used several methods to LISTEN and capture youth voices, including using 15 surveys that garnered 264 responses.
We offered a platform for amplification of those voices by writing a final report that we shared not only with our funding partner, the Kent County Local Management Board, but also with other community stakeholders including students, and parents.
ART WORKS™ KENT COUNTY
We brought our ART WORKS™ program to Kent County where it served as the culminating event for our time of collaboration with Kent County Youth.
Percentages based on results of live polling during the summit.
What We Heard
About the Re-Power Report.
The Re-Power Report is an FHG annual report that gives a brief overview of our activities related to our work of collaborating with communities and assisting greater numbers of underserved peoples in responding and leading the discussion on development at different levels, but especially locally.
Why publish an annual report?
At Findlay House Global, we advocate for accountability at all levels, and that cannot happen without transparency. But our advocacy goes beyond simply talking the talk because we are committed to leading by example.
We have decided to publish our version of an annual report for the same reasons a nonprofit organization would:
To build trust
To shed light on our vision:
To inspire others to join our mission:
and to thank all our supporters (collaborators, clients, and cheerleaders!)
Why not call it an impact report?
At FHG, it’s about having the right perspective. We see our roles as helping to facilitate impact, but we do not pretend we can presume impact upon the people with whom we work. Instead, we choose to center their experiences, stories, and voices.
In the community development space, a lot of organizations are eager to demonstrate their impact in the form of evaluating predefined goals against quantifiable outcomes. While predefined goals can make many things easier in terms of monitoring, there are limitations, and even downsides, to relying on these goals to assess true impact.
Our work with communities has taught us that:
collaboration is an open-ended process.
Entering any community with predefined goals negates any opportunity for the community to define success for themselves.
Predefined goals and preset targets ignore, or at best underestimate, the broader and more complex dynamics associated with collaboration, which include: productive synergies, intangible change processes, and reinforcing longer-term outcomes.