JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS
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Open Positions
Administrative Positions:
Executive Assistant
YWCA Richmond is seeking an Executive Assistant to serve as a strategic administrative partner, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. The Executive Assistant will provide executive support in a one-on-one working relationship, coordinate executive outreach, and oversee special projects. The nature of the work requires someone who can adapt when changes or priorities shift and is comfortable being available as needed.
Executive Assistant Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Data Outcome Evaluation Manager
This position will support the team at the YWCA Richmond with data analysis, outcomes, and evaluation of programs. The position will play a critical role in supporting the agency with analytics that will drive program direction and funding opportunities based on trends and data presented through data.
This role provide support to the Director of Operations, Sr. Director of Domestic & Sexual Violence Services, Sr. Director of Sprout Schools, Sr. Director of Philanthropy, and other key staff for functional tasks.
Data Outcome Evaluation Manager Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Outreach and Prevention Positions:
Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Positions:
Part-Time Hotline Specialist
This position directs telephone crisis response and systems of support and referral for victims/survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence by answering the EmpowerNet Hotline. Establishes and maintains effective and efficient communication strategies to ensure superior client service. Establishes care and understanding by exercising the willingness to listen carefully to each caller.
Part-Time Hotline Position Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
This position directs telephone crisis response and systems of support and referral for victims/survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence by answering the EmpowerNet Hotline. Establishes and maintains effective and efficient communication strategies to ensure superior client service. Establishes care and understanding by exercising the willingness to listen carefully to each caller.
Part-Time Hotline Position Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Sprout School Positions:
Center Director
The role of the Center Director is to manage the day-to day operations of the specific Sprout School for which they are responsible. The Center Director will be the primary contact with the staff and families at the school.
Sprout School Center Director Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Sprout School Cook
Salary: $15.00 – $18.00/hr
The Sprout School Cook will manage the Child Nutrition and CACFP programs to provide reimbursable meals that meet the nutritional needs of all enrolled children.
Sprout School Cook Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Lead Teacher – Sprout School (Bilingual – Spanish encouraged to apply)
Salary Range: $41,000-$43,500
Creative growth is encouraged by designing a curriculum that allows each child to contribute in his or her unique way. Children, parents, teachers, and the environment form a complete circle of learning inspiring all to join in the process. The role of the Lead Teacher is to establish and maintain a safe learning environment that is cognitively stimulating, aesthetically pleasing, and fosters a child’s emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth using a Reggio Emilia inspired approach to a child’s learning.
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Full or Part-Time Teacher Assistant – Sprout School (Bilingual – Spanish encouraged to apply) / Assistente al maestro, (bilingüe preferido)
Salary Range: $17.75-$20.00/hour
Creative growth is encouraged by designing a curriculum that allows each child to contribute in his or her unique way. Children, parents, teachers, and the environment form a complete circle of learning inspiring all to join in the process. The purpose of the Teacher Assistant is to support the Lead Teacher in establishing and maintainingis to establish and maintain a safe learning environment that is cognitively stimulating, aesthetically pleasing, and fosters a child’s emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth using a Reggio Emilia inspired approach to a child’s learning.
Teacher Assistant Job Description
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Full or Part-Time Teacher Aide – Sprout School (Bilingual – Spanish encouraged to apply) / Ayudante al maestro (bilingüe preferido)
Salary Starting at $15.00/hour
Creative growth is encouraged by designing a curriculum that allows each child to contribute in his or her unique way. Children, parents, teachers, and the environment form a complete circle of learning, inspiring all to join in the process. The role of the Teacher Aide is to support the Lead Teacher in establishing and maintaining a safe learning environment that is cognitively stimulating, aesthetically pleasing, and fosters a child’s emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth using a Reggio Emilia inspired approach to a child’s learning.
All applicants should email their resume, the employment application, and cover letter to jobs@ywcarichmond.or
Internships
YWCA Richmond’s Internship Program’s mission is to maintain expertise in the field of sexual and domestic violence, nonprofit management, and child development by engaging interns in cutting-edge theory and interventions.
YWCA Richmond's Internship Program
Internship applications are open.
Court Advocate Intern
The Court Advocate Intern will assist clients petitioning for protective orders. The position functions on site at the Oliver Hill Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court and the YWCA Richmond downtown office. The position also serves as a resource to staff and agencies for individual case consultation.
Case Management Intern
To provide case management and support services within a best-practice model to families who are victims of sexual and domestic violence within the residential and community systems.
Crisis Response Intern
To provide theoretically based advocacy services and crisis support to victims of sexual and domestic violence through the EmpowerNet Hotline. In this position, interns will provide effective crisis de-escalation and emotional support to individuals calling the 24 Hour EmpowerNet Hotline.
Application Deadlines:
YWCA Richmond’s Internship Applications are now open. Please check back in Late Spring 2024 for more information on open placements and to receive information on our internship application process.
For reference, we generally accept students that are able to complete at least two consecutive semesters and/or a summer block placement.
Mail or Email Applications to:
YWCA Richmond
c/o: Internship Program
6 N. 5th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Email: internships@ywcarichmond.org
Equal Opportunity Employer
YWCA Richmond is an equal opportunity employer and conducts all business activities, including hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions, without regard to the employee’s or applicant’s race, color, creed, religion/religious affiliation, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, age, sex (to include sexual orientation, transgender status or gender identity), disability, pregnancy, maternity/paternity status, marital status or civil partnership, genetic information, military/veteran status, victims of domestic violence or crimes, or other legally protected class.