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Roles and Responsibilities

Membership
The role of YWU members is to identify community issues that impact young women of color and our families and organize for solutions that improve the quality of life for young women of color.  YWU members take leadership roles in carrying out decisions made collectively by the entire membership and shape YWU program and issue campaign priorities. Members fundraise for the organization and play an active role in recruiting other members to YWU.

Board
The role of the Board is to ensure that YWU stays true to its mission.  The Board represents the membership in programmatic decisions, fiduciary (financial and fundraising) responsibilities and represents YWU in the community.  Board members are developed through the membership, with two seats available for non members but with limited voting power.  Board leads an annual evaluation process for the Director of the organization to ensure there is a balance of power throughout the organization.
 Board members often lead programs, which we see as the most valued role a Board member can play, increasing the capacity of the organization, the leadership of young women of color and boosting our organizing efforts.

Staff

Director
The role of the Director is to ensure YWU remains Membership Driven. The Director holds the rhythm of the organization through feedback processes developed with Movement Strategy Center to ensurecollaborative decision-making throughout all levels of the organization. This position is responsible for making sure that decisions made by the board and membership are carried out by the staff with staff input.

• Fundraising
• Org Development – develops relationships with key organizations and individuals
• Staff Development
• Staff management-
• Board Development
• Membership Development- develops relationships with members, ID’s leaders/ helps develop leaders

Program Coordinator  
The role of the program coordinator is to lead the implementation of programs and campaigns prioritized by YWU’s Board and Membership and aligned with YWU’s funding. This position ensures that committed goals and outcomes are met. The program coordinator oversees all programs and manages  projects and campaigns. 

Currently the COS organizer position is the only funded program position and its primary focus is the COS programs and campaigns.   

The programs we currently have running are Circle Of Strength, Circle Of Fire, Sister Education Trainings, Panocha Platicas,  and Revolutionary Motherhood.  

• Leads/Manages Programs
• Trainer
• Organizer
• Does Member/Leadership Development

Community Organizer

Program Responsibilities with Circle of Strength

• Facilitate youth-led decision-making for direct action campaigns
• Implement youth-led organizing strategies
• Plan and coordinate meetings and activities
• Document meetings and activities
• Facilitate the evaluation of meetings, activities and organizing work
• Create youth-centered, gender-specific, culturally appropriate trainings that build political analysis, strengthen leadership skills and develop organizing skills
• Facilitate youth-centered, gender-specific, culturally appropriate trainings that build political analysis, strengthen leadership skills and develop organizing skills
• Recruit teenage women
• Retain teenage women
• Develop and maintain relationships with strategic organizations and individuals

Other Program Responsibilities

• Provide support for other organizing efforts within the organization

Administrative Responsibilities

• Share administrative responsibilities with other staff
• Ensure smooth operations in the office (supplies, equipment)

Managerial Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic planning processes (weekly staff meetings, three month planning, etc.)
• Document strategic planning processes
• Conduct regular self-evaluations
• Be transparent in work and open with information
• Ensure fiscal responsibility of organization (admin? bookkeeper? super? staff?)
• Report regularly to organization’s decision-making body

Fundraising Responsibilities

• Coordinate grassroots fundraising efforts with the Circle of Strength
• Provide support for fundraising efforts within the organization
  

Office and Communications Coordinator (COC)
The primary role of this position is to create and manage office operations and systems to ensure sound financial management, personnel and human resource management.

• Manages office and phone systems.
• Develops and maintains financial systems (maintains budgets and tracks income and expenses).
• Personnel- maintain records and sets up systems including evaluations, org policy, staff meetings, benefits etc.
• Develops IT/Database Systems
• Develops e-organizing- website, e-news, member/ally communications