# Youth Outreach Specialist

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Oakland, CA
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $26-$27/hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The Youth Outreach Specialist leads community-based outreach, recruitment, and eligibility intake for the IRC's Out-of-School Youth (OSY) program in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

**Major Responsibilities:**

- Conduct sustained, community-based outreach and recruitment to identify eligible out-of-school youth

- Build and maintain referral relationships with school districts and alternative education providers, the foster care and juvenile justice systems, homeless service providers and community-based organizations

- Determine OSY eligibility, collect and verify required documentation, and complete eligibility files

- Enter and maintain accurate, timely participant data in the required state case management system and IRC program databases

- Develop and distribute outreach and recruitment materials in accessible, culturally and linguistically appropriate formats

- Conduct phone outreach, and in-person meetings with youth and families to explain program services, eligibility requirements, and the enrollment process

- Track outreach activity, referral sources, and enrollment numbers against program recruitment targets and performance goals

- Represent the IRC at community events, resource fairs, school functions, and partner meetings to promote the OSY program and maintain IRC's visibility as a youth service provider

**Key Working Relationships:**

- Position Reports to: Workforce Development Supervisor

- Internal Contacts: Economic Empowerment team, IRC Oakland team

- External Contacts: Local Workforce Development Board staff, school districts and alternative education programs, foster care and juvenile justice agencies, homeless service providers, and community-based organizations

**Job Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in social work, education, human services, or a related field preferred

- At least 1–2 years of experience in outreach, recruitment, case management, or youth-serving work

- Knowledge of Out-of-School Youth eligibility criteria or ability to learn program regulations and local workforce board policy quickly

- Demonstrated ability to build trust and rapport with youth facing barriers and with their families and caregivers as well as external partners

- Strong attention to detail for eligibility documentation, case file compliance, and data entry into state and program case management systems

- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

- Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with a state workforce case management system (e.g. CalJOBS) a plus

- Fluency in English required; proficiency in one or more languages spoken by the local client population strongly preferred (e.g. Spanish, Dari)

- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and ability to travel locally to conduct outreach, recruitment, and home visits

**Compensation:** ($26-$27/hour)

**Benefits:**

- 10 paid sick leave

- 10 U.S. holidays

- 20-25 generous paid time off based on role and tenure

- Medical insurance starting at $163/month

- Dental starting at $6.50/month

- Vision starting at $5/month

- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, and commuter)

- A 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match (immediate vesting) along with a non-elective employer contribution based on age and years of service (3-year vesting)

- Disability and life insurance

- An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential counseling and support services for employees and their families

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Office
- case management
- outreach
- recruitment
- youth serving work
- English fluency

### Nice to have
- state workforce case management system
- CalJOBS
- Spanish
- Dari

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