Job Announcement- Assistant Policy Analyst

2) JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Policy Analyst

Summary

The Court Involved Youth Project of Health & Medicine Research Policy Group
(Health & Medicine) seeks a part-time (16 hours per week) Assistant Policy
Analyst for a one-year period to support of the work of the Court Involved
LGBTQ Youth Task Force.  Assistant Policy Analyst will work out of Health &
Medicine¹s office at 29 E. Madison, Ste. 602 in downtown Chicago.  Hourly
salary is commensurate with experience.



Health & Medicine and the Court Involved Youth Project
Health & Medicine is a 30-year old independent policy organization whose
mission is to promote social justice and challenge inequities in health and
health care through research, education, policy advocacy and coalition
building.  Health & Medicine envisions a society free of social inequities,
with a healthy population accessing high quality health care, delivered in
comprehensive health systems by culturally competent providers.

Since 2002, Health & Medicine has worked to address the broad health issues
of court involved youth in the juvenile justice system in Illinois. The
overarching goal of the Court Involved Youth Project is support the
development of a juvenile justice system that contributes to the
comprehensive, positive development of court involved youth.  To accomplish
our goal, the Project collaborates with a broad based group of community and
systems partners to advocate for policies, services, and programming that
are effective because they are gender responsive, trauma informed and
culturally competent.



Alongside the range of shared experiences of court involved youth are
important distinctions.  Accounting always for the issues that contribute to
the youth¹s shared experiences (e.g. racism, poverty), Health & Medicine¹s
Court Involved Youth Project focuses its activities on the specific needs of
youth in three subpopulations: girls, boys and LGBTQ youth.



Cook County Court Involved LGBTQ Youth Task Force

In October 2010, in partnership with Cook County Juvenile Probation, Health
& Medicine¹s Court Involved Youth Project convened the Cook County Court
Involved LGBTQ Task Force (Task Force) to address the needs of court
involved youth who identify as or are perceived to be LGBTQ.  Its key
stakeholders ­ judges, attorneys, probation officers, secure facilities¹
staff, community based providers and advocates ­ are committed to (1)
researching and adapting promising practices relating to effective,
professional and sensitive policies, training, programs and services and (2)
coordinating the implementation of these practices across the system in
furtherance of creating and sustaining a system that supports all youth.



Major responsibilities for this position include, under the supervision of
the Senior Policy Analyst:
·     Support the Cook County Court Involved LGBTQ Youth Task Force in
working to develop and advocate for passage of policies addressing the needs
and rights of LGBTQ youth across the system.

ü Coordinate biweekly in-person and telephonic meetings
ü  Researching and summarizing legal, medical, and other issues relating to
court involved and LGBTQ youth
ü Substantive policy and policy advocacy work (consistency; integrate
changes to drafts; help strategize ways to advocate for passage)
* Co-author white paper on process, challenges, and successes of Task Force
·     Partner with Senior Policy Analyst and Health & Medicine staff and
consultants on fundraising activities including special events and
grant-writing and reporting
·     Other administrative and substantive duties as assigned.

Required experience and skills are:
* Passion for policy advocacy and broad based coalitions as tools for
progressive social change
* Commitment to values and policies of Health & Medicine
* Sense of humor
* Familiarity with LGBTQ topics and issues, particularly as they relate to
youth
* Experience in coordination, planning and/or management of projects
* Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
* Capacity for, and comfort with, teamwork including working with volunteers

Preferred experience and skills are:
* Experience with and/or knowledge of the juvenile justice system in
Illinois
* Experience evaluating programs
* Experience in coalition building
* Bilingual: English/Spanish

People interested in this position should send a cover letter and resume to
Sarah Schriber, Senior Policy Analyst, Health & Medicine Policy Research
Group at sschriber@hmprg.org <mailto:sschriber@hmprg.org> .  NO CALLS OR
OFFICE VISITS PLEASE