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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.

Cara-Marie Findlay 1/19/24 Cara-Marie Findlay 1/19/24

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.

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ABOUT FINDLAY HOUSE GLOBAL

All applicants to posted positions are subject to stringent vetting and background checks.

Cara-Marie Findlay 8/15/21 Cara-Marie Findlay 8/15/21

In The News: Earthquake in Haiti

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, 14 August 2021. The earthquake comes just more than a decade after the island was devastated by another earthquake in 2010. The cities of Les Cayes and Jeremie— which were already still recovering from 2016’s Hurricane Matthew—were the hardest hit by the earthquake.

And Tropical Storm Grace battered the country with up to 10 inches of rain on Monday, 16 August 2021. The death toll has already topped 1,400 people, and rescue efforts have been made all the more difficult with the rain.

In our line of work we see how easy it can be to reduce people to a data point—a number. And so we consider it to be of critical importance to take a moment to let the lives that are connected to that number 1,400 sink in. That is 1,400 births, with a great amount being to parents who likely welcomed their arrival with joy. That is 1,400 people with stories, histories, a real presence, who will now be missed by loved ones, and whose love in return will also be absent. We can rightly assume that the vast majority of those 1,400 people had hopes, and dreams, and were doing the best they could to survive the best they knew how, holding on to even a sliver of belief that the future held the possibility of something better. And all of that was ripped away in one unexpected moment. We hope that you feel the weight of such a devastating loss. Because these are real people with names, families, histories and loved ones.

If you are moved to help, we recommend seeking out those organizations that have representation on their staff and board, as well as those who will prove that 100% or close to 100% of donations will go directly to critical assistance in the country.

The earthquake has only added to the nation’s fragile state, as early last month President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. Billions of dollars in aid (including $2.3 billion from the U.S. Agency for International Development since 2010) have been sent to the Caribbean island yet the country continues to find itself in a cycle of despair. It’s not a lack of resources, but a lack of responsiveness to the needs of the people. When Haitian nationals who have solutions and ideas to help their community are not brought in and consulted but instead are ignored, it leads to a misuse of funds and resources.

This is why re-powering development is so important, and why impacted peoples should be at the forefront, leading development activities.