Legislative Research Fellowship

Young People in Recovery -

Legislative Research Fellowship

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Organization Overview:

YPR is a national, peer-led organization that serves youth and young adults in recovery from substance use disorder. YPR aims to improve access to resources such as housing, education and employment that sustain long-term recovery.

Vision: Young People in Recovery envisions a world where all young people have the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Mission:

YPR’s mission is to provide the life skills and peer supports to help people recover from substance use disorder and reach their full potential.

Chapter Vision and Overview:

Young People in Recovery Chapters support people in or seeking recovery by providing community-based recovery support services. Chapters also advocate on the local and state levels for more access to these services and other effective recovery resources. This peer-based network relies on quarterly workshops, monthly pro-social events, and regular all-recovery meetings.

YPR actively seeks to expand Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within our organization and through our work. We encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to apply.

Essential Responsibilities:

Note: This position is Part-Time, at 16 HOURS PER WEEK, 2 Days Per Week

Research Fellowship

Young People in Recovery is hiring a research fellow to assist in legislative research

The position will provide research support for issue advocacy; manage long-term research projects and monitor federal legislation in real-time. The Research Fellow will be responsible for supporting multiple research projects in the addiction and recovery services space. Responsibilities include: drafting and editing fact sheets, research backgrounds, research books, and documents related to this field. This position is remote and you will be required to provide paperwork from your school for Young People in Recovery to fill out for your college credits.

Responsibilities Include:

• Working as part of a team to produce comprehensive research products on legislation in relation to recovery services

• Collecting information from legislative votes, news clips, campaign finance reports, financial and legal records, and research databases;

• Reporting results and findings to senior staff;

• Performing rapid response research projects

• Read candidate tracking reports and identify newsworthy events;

• Other duties as assigned.

• Required to provide paperwork from your college for YPR to fill out for college credit

Requirements:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

• Self-motivation, the ability to work independently;

• Organizational skills and the ability to meet strict deadlines a must;

• Strong commitment to teamwork.

Note: This position is part-time, at 16 hrs/week

Required qualifications:

• understanding of substance use prevention and recovery Positive and supportive attitude toward all pathways of recovery

• Sensitivity and awareness of the unique needs and stigmas associated with underserved populations

• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills

Marginal/incidental functions and other related tasks, as assigned.

Location: REMOTE

Official Title: Legislative Research Fellowship

Job Type: Part Time, 16 hours per week, (8hrs/day, 2 days per week)

Compensation: $15 per hour and can count towards college credits

Cultural Principles:

Community:

• YPR Values community by creating welcoming spaces for people in or seeking recovery and their allies

Caring:

• YPR values caring by meeting all people where they are in their recovery journeys, and by supporting all pathways of recovery.

Respect:

• YPR values respect by listening to others to understand and by operating with a spirit of intellectual curiosity.

Inclusion:

• YPR values inclusion by building diverse teams of employees and by leveraging data to better support underserved populations.

Commitment:

• YPR values commitment by showing up every day and holding ourselves accountable to our processes for each other, our clients, our stakeholders, and our communities.

Experience and Background:

• Understanding of substance use prevention and recovery

• Positive and supportive attitude toward all pathways of recovery

• Sensitivity and awareness of the unique needs and stigmas associated with underserved populations

• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Personal experience in recovery

• Experience working successfully with young adults

• Experience working successfully with people with substance use disorders

• Experience working successfully with diverse communities

• Previous training and certification in trauma-informed response, cultural competency, and peer education

• Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Physical demands and work environment:

• Occasionally required to stand

• Occasionally required to walk

• Occasionally required to sit

• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity

• Continually required to talk or hear

• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move more than 10 pounds

Learn more about YPR

YPR website: https://youngpeopleinrecovery.org

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youngpeopleinrecovery

Instagram:@yngpplrecovery

People in recovery, and YPR chapter members/leaders encouraged to apply.

Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

YPR is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate, and we will take affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, nation or origin, age, religion, creed, disability, recovery status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.