Youth Navigator

Why work with YWCA Seattle King Snohomish?

YWCA SKS is the regions largest non-profit organization with a 120 year legacy, focused on the needs of women, with programs serving 7,000 people each year. When you work with YWCA, you make a difference.

Were women and BIPOC-led, family-centered, and supportive of employees. As a full-time YWCA employee (30 hours), youll enjoy a benefits package including medical insurance, generous vacation, holiday, sick leave plans, and an outstanding retirement plan. Put your passion for racial equity and social justice to work — apply today!

What Youll Do

As the Youth Navigator at YWCA, the youth development program is designed to close the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) achievement and employment gap by creating multiple STEM education and career opportunities for female identified BIPOC residents of Seattle and King County.

Femme2STEM engages female-identified BIPOC residents age 16 — 24 with a demonstrated desire to pursue STEM careers and limited opportunity to do so due to institutional barriers and historic exclusion of BIPOC women from these industries. Offering STEM career exploration, paid project-based internships in STEM disciplines, and college and career navigation and coaching support. The goal of Femme2STEM is to provide culturally relevant, racial equity-informed career and college navigation assistance to help participants overcome racial, gender, and economic barriers to obtaining in-demand vocational training and unsubsidized employment in STEM fields. 

### Responsibilities

– Work with youth to identify areas of passion, skill development, and career interests in order to create customized Individual Career and Educational Plans that will guide their efforts to obtain post-secondary education and employment. 
– Organize tours and site visits to STEM companies, laboratories, science and research centers, aquariums, and museums.
– Provide STEM-focused college and career readiness curricula that promotes racial equity, personal discovery, positive identity development, leadership development, and racial/cultural pride.
– Assist participants to navigate racist and sexist workplaces and educational environments, overcome “imposter syndrome”, and access culturally and racially relevant self-care supports. 
– Incorporate the YWCAs Social Justice Initiative by understanding how racism, sexism, classism and other oppressions intersect that are embedded in institutions. 

### Requirements

(3) years experience in youth career and educational development and/or youth case management.

Knowledge of STEM and STEM based educational curricula. 

Valid Washington State drivers license, reliable transportation, and insurance required. Candidate must be able to travel independently between multiple work sites 

Demonstrated ability to interact with people of different cultures, races, ethnicities, nationalities, genders, and other backgrounds. 

Demonstrated understanding of how to center participants furthest away from oppor