AVAILABLE POSITIONS

Administrative Internships (for 18-25 year olds)

Summer Dean Positions (programmatic 18-25 year olds)

Faculty Positions (for both Nash University & the Summer Institute)

Full-time Employment (none currently available)

INTERNSHIPS

Salary: $500 for 10 weeks (approximately 5 hours/week)
Progressive feminist educational non-profit for young women in New York City public high schools seeks intern for 5 hours per week for 10 weeks in either the Fall, Winter , Spring or Summer semesters (dates & times flexible). Duties will include research, clerical support, grant editing, some event work, and other activities based on the interests of the intern. This is an excellent experience for a woman interested in social justice, adolescent and identity development, education, feminism, non-profit development, and leadership development, among other things.

To Apply: We ask that you send a resume, brief cover letter, and the name and contact information for one professional reference. (If possible, a short writing sample would also be helpful.) We want to make sure that you are a good match for SNLP, and that we are a strong match for you. NOTE: We will contact you if an interview is requested.

Please e-mail these materials to: staff@sadienash.org (PDF or Microsoft Word format ONLY). Please write “INTERN APPLICANT” in the subject line of the email. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments.

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SUMMER DEAN POSITIONS

Paid Summer Dean Position

Deans are women who are either in their last two years of college or, if not attending college, are two to four years out of high school.  Deans should demonstrate clear leadership experience as well as interest in women’s and girls' leadership. Deans will work closely with the young women (ages 14-18) in the Sadie Nash Leadership Project (SNLP) and must actively support our mission.

This job is an excellent opportunity for women interested in social justice, youth development, education, feminism, non-profit work, and leadership, among other things. The position offers a unique and exciting learning experience, which is fun, dynamic, and challenging. We want the Sadie Nash Leadership Project to offer an opportunity for young women to excel and push themselves while also being supported.

Deans from the past have noted that: “SNLP served as a life education tool,” and “I had never before been part of a space that operated with my core activist values at its core, and it was an amazing experience to say the least. Not only were my activist philosophies strengthened and enhanced, I was also pushed to explore my creativity” and “Overall, being an SNLP dean was one of the most inspiring and life-changing experiences I have ever had.”

Details of the Position:

• Deans work for 9 weeks from Mon, June 16–Sat, August 15, 2008 which includes a three week training period.
• SNLP takes place in New York City, New York.
• Hours are from 9am-5pm (some additional hours possible at points during the summer)
• Deans will have a chance to teach, lead, and plan different aspects of the program.
• Deans support both administrative and programmatic aspects of the organization.
• Each Dean will be an individual advisor to a group of 6-8 young women.
• Each Dean will receive a $2,300 stipend for the nine weeks of the internship plus housing as needed.
• This job requires a high level of energy and commitment

We are looking for Deans who:

• work hard,  can problem-solve and multi-task, show initiative, and have stamina
• are creative, good humored, independent, flexible and adventurous
• are interested in both the social activism as well as female youth development aspects of the program
• preferably have experience working with youth, especially young women
• are comfortable with and excited about our mission & goals and are able to put them into practice
• are traditional or non-traditional leaders in their communities
• have experience and comfort interacting with diverse groups in terms of ideologies, race, religion, class, sexual orientation, nationality, and ability
• are Bilingual (Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Bengali, Hindi, Creole, French)

Application Process:
To Apply: We ask that you submit a cover letter, clearly stating your interest in SNLP and how you are qualified for the position based on the characteristics listed above.

Please include a resume (if you are not familiar with resume or cover letter writing, please click here for tips) and the names & contact information for preferably one academic and one professional reference (do not send actual reference letters).

Please no additional materials; mailed materials should be printed on recycled paper.

All information should be sent as soon as possible but no later than FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 2008 (postmark deadline or 5:00pm by email or fax). We want to make sure that you are a good match for SNLP, and that we are a strong match for you. We will contact you if an interview is requested. 

SNLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Those who self-identify as Women of color and members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.

Send these materials to (via mail, fax or email):
Aisha Domingue, Co-Director of Programs | Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Mail them to (onRECYCLED paper only, please):
157 Montague Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Fax them to: 718.422.8663 (call to make sure it was received)

Email them to (PDF or Microsoft Word format ONLY): staff@sadienash.org

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FACULTY POSITIONS

Summer Faculty Job Openings

Faculty teach for six weeks during the Summer Institute, a rigorous and challenging exploration of leadership supported by a strong and respectful community of both peer and intergenerational relationships. The summer offers the young women who participate an intensive opportunity to look at their own leadership, their potential leadership, and the leadership of others.

The program focuses on the forces that lead to equality and justice both locally and globally; and specifically, the connections between identity, power, and privilege in our culture. The Coursework component helps focus each young woman's ideas, questions, and concerns as they relate to their developing leadership and activism.  The Faculty, who design and lead the Coursework is comprised of women and men who are activists, teachers (at the high school or college level), students, and/or professionals interested in teaching in a unique community of young female leaders from New York City.  

Faculty will have interest and expertise in topics appropriate to a feminist youth leadership organization and will design creative and engaging coursework that emphasizes the real life experience of women/girls/youth as well as their achievements, identity, and collective status in the world. We are interested in courses that connect with our mission and also connect with the identities of the young people in SNLP. The goal of the Coursework is to challenge traditional understandings of relevant subjects (such as civil rights, human rights, history, education, health, identity, community, religion, leadership) and to address issues/topics that relate to 14-18 year old women living in New York City. 

We are looking for courses which:

• are taught with an understanding of and commitment to our philosophy and goals
• actively support our mission
• see and respect the students as teachers
• set high expectations for the students
• are fun, interesting, intellectual, and creative
• are unlike courses that would be offered in a typical high school setting
• utilize interactive, experiential and innovative activities and teaching strategies
• recognize a diversity of experience including ideology and identity
• recognize different learning styles and incorporate different methods of teaching
• ask the students to examine their world critically and from the eye of a leader
• reflect an awareness of the unique needs of young women in New York City
• build community and peer relationships within the classroom

Division of Coursework:
We divide coursework for the Summer Institute into two categories, academic and creative. Creative courses should have a hands-on focus on the arts (music, dance, visual arts, theater, writing etc.).  Academic courses should focus on the theory and practice of traditional and non-traditional disciplines such as history, women’s studies, and science.  We expect that all coursework will include both creative and academic aspects while maintaining a primary focus on one category. Please keep this in mind while planning coursework. 

Courses from past Summer Institutes include:
Power, Identity and Privilege; The Anthropology of Gender; Activism through Acting; DJ 101; Education for Social and Political Change; Feminist Politics; The Zine Project; The Politics of Healing.

Details of the Position:

• Each faculty member teaches one course, two times a week from July 7th-August 15th, and attends 6-10 mandatory hours of intensive professional development training in June with SNLP staff.
• Each class period is one hour and a half with a five-minute break, and the faculty member should be  available to students for at least one hour per week outside of class (total time per week: 5-6 hours).
• Each faculty member has a Teaching Assistant and approximately 13 students in her/his course.
• Each faculty member will receive $2,000-$2,500 for the six weeks of teaching.
• Each faculty member will give written feedback to each student at the conclusion of the program.

 
If you are interested in being a Faculty Member: We ask that you submit a one-page description of the course(s) you are interested in teaching (please include a one or two sentence rationale as to how the course fits into the overall SNLP mission, philosophy or goals), a resume, and a brief cover letter. It is important to us that you teach something you are passionate about, and which aligns with our mission and philosophy. Please feel free to choose and design class structure, reading materials, projects, and other aspects of the course that you believe will enhance the young women's experience in the classroom. We actively encourage unusual and experimental ways of teaching, and are willing to consider different possibilities.  We also highly recommend that the bulk of the coursework occur within the classroom.  

Please thoroughly review the entire About Us section of our website, and our Gender Recruitment Policy (which only applies to the students, but is relevant to your understanding of the program and the students we serve) before applying. Please also review our Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity statements.

The deadline for faculty applications is March 21st, 2008, and we will choose our Faculty by the end of April 2008. 

People of color and members of the LGBT community are strongly encouraged to apply.

Send these materials to (via mail, fax or email):
Co-Director of Programs | Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Mail them to (on RECYCLED paper only, please):
157 Montague Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Fax them to: 718.422.8663 (call to make sure it was received)

Email them to (PDF or Microsoft Word format ONLY): staff@sadienash.org

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