Youth Community Intervention Intern

Description

Application Deadline: September 25th, 2026  

Summary

Under the supervision of the Ibero Project RISE Youth Ambassador Supervisor(s), the Ibero Project RISE Youth Ambassadors (PRYA) play a vital role in providing youth voice, choice, and perspective to the youth empowerment initiative under Ibero American Action League’s Project RISE initiative. The vision of the Project RISE Youth Ambassadors is to carry out the Project RISE mission through youth engagement efforts that empower the community, promote social-emotional learning, and cultivate dynamic Community Engagement.

Essential Functions

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reports to the Project RISE Empowerment coordinator.
• Engage youth who live and/or learn in communities heavily impacted by gun violence, or have been impacted by gun violence, in pro-social programming, positive youth development, intergenerational mentoring, and restorative response efforts.
• Provide access to information regarding positive, social events and activities, in the Greater Rochester Area and beyond
• Support the Ibero PRYA Supervisor(s) in developing and implementing programming centered around pro-social programming, positive youth development, intergenerational mentoring, and restorative response efforts that amplifies protective factors and/or reduce risk factors of being impacted or involved in gun violence
• Support existing efforts involving youth with the aim to amplify protective factors and/or reduce risk factors of being impacted or involved in gun violence.
• Support connecting youth and families to caring community members for the purposes of creating and maintaining healthy and rewarding relationships intergenerationally within the community
• Train in restorative practices and provide restorative services to community, collaborating with existing restorative teams within Ibero when appropriate.
• Some evenings and weekends are required
• Any other duties assigned deemed pertinent by Ibero-American Action League's President & CEO or designee.

Requirements

Requirements

Position Qualifications

• Currently enrolled high school students (at least 14 y/o)
• A passion for community engagement
• Work Permit at the time of start date
• Reliable transportation
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (preferred, not required)

Position Competencies

The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies:

Teamwork

• Relates well with all kinds of people, inside and outside the organization
• Builds constructive and effective relationships
• Willing to participate in brave conversations
• Has the patience to hear people out
• Practices attentive and active listening

Conflict Resolution

• Willing to participate in brave conversations
• Can accurately restate the opinions of others even when he/she disagrees
• Be impeccable with your word: Say what you mean and mean what you say; Willing to say what needs to be said; Faces up to people problems on any person or situation quickly and directly
• Is sensitive to and patient with the interpersonal anxieties of others

Growth Potential

• Demonstrates ability to adapt and adjust to new ideas and procedures
• Practices attentive and active listening
• Searches out or makes themselves available to opportunities for learning
• Easy to challenge and eager to be developed
• Acts on learning; follows through; looks for ways to apply knowledge

Passion

• Pursues everything with energy and drive
• Willing to participate in brave conversations
• Communicates a compelling and inspired sense of core purpose
• Talks beyond today. Creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind vision
• Is optimistic

Professionalism

• Effectively manages tasks and deliverables you are responsible for
• Reliable and able to follow-through on commitments
• Makes meetings and work obligations on time and fulfill their work schedule

Leadership and Followership skills

• Self-Motivated
• Self-Aware: Knows personal strengths, motivators, weaknesses, opportunities and limits
• Learns from mistakes
• Searches out or makes themselves available to opportunities for learning
• Easy to challenge and eager to be developed
• Acts on learning; follows through; looks for ways to apply knowledge

Physical Demands

The position does require occasional standing, squatting, lifting of up to approximately 10 lbs. And frequent sitting