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About the Role

We are seeking a Youth Advocate to join our Youth Services Team to support LGBTQQ+ youth in LYRIC’s school-based and community-based programs, with a key focus on supporting transgender women and femmes. This role involves direct services, case management, youth leadership development, and community building.

Responsibilities

• Provide youth-centered, culturally grounded case management for LGBTQQ+ young people.
• Maintain a particular focus on providing culturally responsive and gender-affirming support to transgender women and femmes.
• Conduct intakes, assessments, and individualized service planning using a strengths-based and social justice–centered approach.
• Maintain an active caseload and support youth in achieving short-term goals.
• Support youth in navigating healthcare, housing, education, public benefits, and other systems and services.
• Ensure smooth transitions from LYRIC services to community resources and supports.
• Conduct outreach to communities facing significant barriers to resources and services.
• Build and maintain relationships with schools, community-based organizations, city partners, and youth-serving agencies.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with organizations and providers serving transgender women and femmes as well as other LGBTQQ+ communities.
• Coordinate and staff community events, youth-led activities, and LYRIC-wide gatherings.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience working directly with trans women and femmes and an understanding of the strengths, experiences, and systemic barriers impacting these communities.
• Experience working directly with transgender women and femmes and able to provide culturally responsive, gender-affirming support that centers their dignity, autonomy, strengths, and leadership.
• Comfortable applying that experience while working across a broad range of LGBTQQ+ communities, identities, and lived experiences.
• Skilled in group facilitation, curriculum development, crisis intervention, and restorative or harm reduction practices.
• Knowledgeable about health and wellness issues affecting youth with complex needs, including HIV/STIs, mental health, and access to affirming healthcare.
• Deeply knowledgeable about issues impacting LGBTQQ+ youth, including those who are QTBIPOC, undocumented, disabled, system-involved, engaged in sex work, or living with health needs.
• Familiar with San Francisco and Bay Area youth resources, particularly resources serving LGBTQQ+ communities, transgender communities, and youth of color.
• Comfortable working in a multiracial, multicultural, multigender, and intergenerational environment.
• Submit resume and a brief cover letter through our application portal.

Skills

• Case management
• Program coordination
• Direct youth services
• Culturally responsive and gender-affirming support
• Group facilitation
• Curriculum development
• Crisis intervention
• Restorative or harm reduction practices
• Community outreach
• Partnership building

Location

• San Francisco
• Bay Area

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• At least 2 years of experience in case management, program coordination, or direct youth services.

Salary/Compensations

• $30.58/hour (40 hours/week)

Benefits

• $800/year Health & Wellness Cash Supplement
• $1,000/year for external professional development
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and acupuncture/chiropractic
• Optional Health FSA and commuter benefits
• 403(b) retirement plan with up to 4% employer match
• 19 paid holidays (including your birthday and winter break)
• 19 vacation days
• 18 sick days
• 1 personal day
• Critical incident, bereavement, and jury duty leave

About the Company

• LYRIC supports LGBTQQ+ youth who access school-based and community-based programs.

Equal Opportunity

• LYRIC is an equal opportunity employer.
• We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, immigrants, young people, LGBTQQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, and system-impacted individuals.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we welcome applicants with arrest and conviction histories.