TAY SOC Advisory Board Coordinator

Position Overview

This is an exciting time to be part of a city-wide collaboration with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) Behavioral Health Services Division’s Transitional Age Youth System of Care (TAY SOC), to lift the leadership skills of Transitional Age Youth (TAY, ages 17-25+). The TAY SOC Advisory Board (TAYAB) Coordinator role will be responsible for managing and coordinating a newly launched TAY Advisory Board for the Behavioral Health TAY SOC with support from the TAY SOC leadership team. This role is a great opportunity for someone interested in growing further professionally, developing leadership skills of TAY, collaborating with diverse partners, creating and testing new ideas, and making a positive impact with TAY for their communities!

Please Note: SFDPH has partnered with RAMS RAMS, Inc. to manage recruitment, hiring, and to provide administrative and peer support for this position. See last two sections for additional info.**

Position: TAY SOC Advisory Board (TAYAB) Coordinator

Full Time: 32-40 hours per week

Location: San Francisco, CA

Work Site : San Francisco Department of Public Health

Onsite/Remote : Hybrid (remote days pursuant to current site policy)

Rate : $25/hour ( minimum based on experience .)

TAY Advisory Board Duties:

Conduct outreach and recruitment across TAY SOC Network and other identified partners to recruit TAY with lived behavioral health experience into the TAY advisory board. Manage TAY Advisory Board application, interviewing, and onboarding process.

Develop and maintain advisory board structure with support from TAY SOC leadership that: helps develop skills, knowledge, and leadership of TAY Advisory Board members

collects input from TAY SOC network around impacts of behavioral health services to TAY

shares findings and/or other collected data to TAY SOC leadership, TAY SOC network and/or other identified spaces to inform quality improvement activities to address the behavioral health needs of TAY

identifies and implements system development projects with TAY advisory members (e.g., capture TAY data, conduct program site visits, inform budget/policy advocacy, stigma reduction, and presentations)

encourages and engages a diverse and inclusive membership across the TAY SOC network.

Strategize with TAY SOC leadership around TAYAB annual program planning, goals, metrics and deliverables; then lead implementation and ensure deliverables are met.

Coordinate and facilitate TAY A dvisory Board meetings , including developing meeting agendas and bringing trainings/workshops to TAYAB with support from TAY leadership; communications to advisory board members, finding meeting space, ordering food, compiling meeting minutes and following up on meeting actions.

Support and be an ally to TAY, TAYAB members and empowering TAYAB in their board roles.

Collaborate , by developing and maintaining clear, open, timely, positive, and diplomatic communications and working relationships with DPH staff, TAY participants and partner agencies.

TAY SOC Team Member Duties:

Participate in TAY SOC leadership team meetings as needed to help strategize on best practices and ideas that support TAY with behavioral health issues.

Represent DPH and support TAY SOC at various stakeholder events, meetings and other identified community tables relevant to TAY SOC and/or TAY advisory board efforts.

Participate in regular supervision meetings, identified staff meetings, and trainings.

Promote increased awareness of TAY SOC by helping draft write ups focused on events, program developments, program spotlights, etc. for BHS bi-weekly Communications.

Support in data collection and synthesis efforts around the needs of the system and TAY SOC programming as needed.

Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Desired Knowledge and/or Skills

Minimum one to two (1-2) years of professional and/or lived experience in program coordination and management with primary responsibilities planning, developing workplans /actions plans, implementing, evaluating, and coordinating youth leadership programs, preferably for at-risk transitional age youth (17-25+).

Lived and/or professional experience working with at risk TAY, Black/African American, Native American, LGBTQ+ including diverse sexual orientation, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Latinx and/or recent immigrant communities with various socioeconomic status, physical needs, mental health / substance use needs.

Good interpersonal skills and comfortable communicating with diverse partners.

Organized and detail oriented with flexibility in addressing various priorities.

Good oral and written communication skills.

Desire to learn and able to think critically.

Passionate about behavioral health advocacy, racial health equity and/or TAY empowerment.

Strong computer skills, preferably using Office 365/Microsoft Suite Applications.

Experience working in nonprofit and government settings is helpful.

Ability to work well in person and remote.

About SFDPH and RAMS, Inc. Agency Partnership for this position

The partnership between SFDPH and RAMS, Inc. to hire and manage the structure of this position. Respective agency roles are as follows: SFDPH is the supervisor and work site for the TAY SOC Advisory Board Coordinator position. RAMS, Inc. is the Employer for this position.