Faculty Lead Job Description:

Anytown℠ Faculty Leads fulfill a variety of roles at Anytown. They facilitate experiential exercises and various types of dialogue groups.  Faculty Leads work one-on-one with participants, serve as social justice role models, facilitate and train participants on curriculum components, supervise the participants, and perform other duties that support the challenging work the participants are engaged in during the Institute.  See further in this application for more detailed Faculty Lead job descriptions.


Qualifications

Anyone who has experience working with youth, and has been through proper training to build skills for facilitating and training around social justice/anti-oppression topics can apply to be a Faculty Lead at Anytown. NCCJ St. Louis encourages people of all racial, religious, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, class, cultural, physical ability, and other identity groups to apply. Anti-oppression work from NCCJ St. Louis Institutes or equivalent required.

Compensation

NCCJ values the time and expertise of the staff who help bring its programs to life. Anytown Faculty Leads gain training (valued at over $2,500), as well as practical experience leading a team to conduct a celebrated program that addresses diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice.

As a small nonprofit, NCCJ also works hard to tangibly express that value through meaningful compensation for its consulting staff. Faculty Leads will receive a stipend of $2400.00, as well as lodging, food, and mileage for duration of their service onsite.

 Selection Process

If you are interested, please complete this application via Google Forms. Once all sections are complete, make a copy of the application for your own records and hit "submit".



NCCJ St. Louis staff will reach out to qualified applicants for in-person and/or phone interviews in mid-March, with decision to follow soon after. If you want to ensure your application has been received, email Ro Kicker at ro@nccjstl.org, or call the office at (314) 432-2525 ext 103.

Important Information

The Anytown Youth Leadership Institute℠, a program of NCCJ St. Louis, is a unique residential program for high school age youth.  Anytown’s goal is to prepare youth to become skilled change agents who will promote social justice and inclusive communities.  Youth participate in experiential learning activities and dialogue sessions designed to increase their understanding of human relations issues and of their own responsibility to create a community based on inclusion, trust, and mutual respect.  

* Anytown will enroll up to 50 students and take place on SIUE's campus from July 26th - August 1st, 2020

* All Anytown Faculty Leads are required to attend training on July 10th, then return for the second round of staff training the two days prior to Anytown, on July 24th.

Many factors that go into the selection of Faculty Leads.  Among them is your experience with anti-oppression work both in and outside of Anytown℠, the identities that you hold, as well as the number of applicants that apply with your same identities.

It is important to remember that we receive many more applications than there are positions available, so please apply again for a future Anytown℠ role if for any reason you are not chosen to serve in this role.