Program Assistant, School & Community Programs

About Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI)

KAVI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) youth organization dedicated to preventing interpersonal violence among young people through advocacy peer leadership community mobilization and social justice. It promotes community wellness by running high-impact youth violence prevention and intervention programs in Brooklyn across hospital school and community settings. As a fast-growing nonprofit KAVI seeks a team of hardworking creative individuals eager to seize opportunities and think innovatively.

About Our School and Community Programs

Since our inception KAVI has operated school-based programs for youth admitted to the Emergency Department with high risk factors for violence. Our programs offer prevention and intervention services using a module pedagogy. The curriculum helps youth understand violences impact and guides them to choose alternative behaviors. Since 2022 social justice restorative practices and trauma-informed care have been integrated deepening our approach to violence and youth work.

Weve recently focused on enhancing resilience in Brooklyn by strengthening connections with the community schools and SUNY Downstate/KCH through youth development and advocacy. We also ran a 10-week program offering education leadership and psychosocial support to youth across NYC.

Position summary

The School & Community Program Assistant provides organized responsive administrative logistical and operational support to help KAVI deliver safe high-quality programs for youth families schools and community partners. Ideal candidates manage competing priorities communicate professionally and support youth development violence prevention restorative practices and community wellness. Under the Directors supervision they coordinate calendars communications attendance records event logistics materials and partner follow-up.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Program Operations & Administration: Manage calendars rosters file systems meeting agendas notes and participant/partner communications.

Data & Reporting: Track participant attendance maintain database records assist with program dashboards and support grant reporting while ensuring data privacy.

Communications & Partnerships: Serve as the primary responsive contact for school staff community partners vendors youth and families.

Event & Logistics Support: Coordinate supplies space tech transportation and registration for workshops and community events; assist with setup and breakdown.

Youth Family and Community Engagement: Support youth/family recruitment help maintain safe and welcoming spaces and uphold KAVIs trauma-informed policies.

Other Duties: Participate in staff meetings planning training and professional development. Support special projects events and cross-department other duties supporting KAVIs mission and programs.

• High School diploma or equivalent (Degree in Youth Development Social Work Education Nonprofit Management or related field preferred).
• 12 years of experience in administrative support program coordination youth development or community engagement.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Docs Sheets Drive Forms) and Zoom.
• Exceptional organizational time-management and written/verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to social justice trauma-informed care and youth violence prevention.
• Ability to learn databases scheduling tools and program-management systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to work respectfully with diverse youth families school staff community members service providers and institutional partners.
• Professionalism reliability responsiveness discretion and sound judgment.

• Experience supporting school-based community-based youth development violence prevention or restorative justice programs.
• Experience coordinating events workshops meetings enrichment activities and community engagement initiatives.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed and restorative approaches to youth and community engagement.
• Bilingual fluency in Spanish Haitian Creole or other languages spoken in KAVIs target communities.
• Experience with Canva event-registration platforms CRM systems databases or other program-management tools.

The Program Assistant will be based at KAVIs main office at 147 Prince Street in Brooklyn and will work at school sites community locations and program events.

Work Schedule/Location

Hours: M-F 40 hrs per week (some evenings and weekends required to support programs meetings and community events)

Location: The Program Assistant will be based at KAVIs main office at 147 Prince Street in Brooklyn and will work at school sites community locations and program events.

Compensation: This position is budgeted for an annual salary of $50000. KAVI offers a comprehensive employee benefits package including Dental Vision and Health Benefits as well as a 403B option.

How to Apply: Please send your resume to emailprotected and include School & Community Program Assistant in the subject line.

KAVI is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin pregnancy gender identity sexual orientation marital/civil union status ancestry place of birth age citizenship status veteran status political affiliation genetic information or disability as defined and required by state and federal laws. KAVI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.