Youth Fellow

Description Who We Are

At Ignite After school, we believe that every youth in every community will benefit from the power of after school. In 2004, Minnesota’s after school community recognized that the need for all youth throughout Minnesota to have access to quality after school programs was too important for one organization alone. Thus, a statewide network called Youth Community Connections and later the Minnesota After school Network was formed.

In 2013 we became Ignite After school, taking on a name that reflects our desire to ignite the shared commitment to young people that reside in every corner of Minnesota.

We bring together the best for Minnesota’s Youth.

We bring together resources, expertise, and best practices to improve after school funding, access, and quality across the state.

We coordinate professional development and trainings to help youth workers be their very best (so youth get the most out of their after school experiences).

We listen to the broad field of after school to identify our most urgent shared needs, then work together to advocate for solutions that make the greatest impact.

$20.00 per hour

• Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST)
• Ignite After school sponsors a retirement plan with a 3% employer match and immediate vesting

Because Ignite After school is a member with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) who partners with St. Mary’s University, Ignite After school employees and their spouses are also eligible for the following benefits y’s University:

• Discounted tuition for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate programs
• Access to advancement (internships, job placement, field practice)

This is a temporary, part‑time position that will work 8 hours per week.

Ignite After school is hiring 2 Youth Fellows to educate and engage Minnesota young people on social media advocacy issues, supporting Fund IRL and YNLC programming, facilitating youth leadership activities, and amplifying youth voices to strengthen community impact and policy efforts.

• Educate young people in Minnesota about state social media lawsuits.
• Support youth advocacy efforts related to the Fund IRL initiative.
• Engage young people in conversations about youth well‑being, social connection, and after school opportunities.
• Assist in planning and facilitating youth listening sessions, meetings, and community engagement activities.
• Gather and elevate youth perspectives to inform advocacy priorities and campaign strategies.
• Represent youth voices during meetings, presentations, and community events when appropriate.
• Build relationships with youth leaders and partner organizations.
• Learn and support revisions and final course materials for weekly YNLC sessions.
• Support youth attendance taking and data collection for YNLC weekly sessions.
• Co‑facilitate portions of weekly YNLC sessions.
• Support, help facilitate, and participate in evaluation and reflection sessions around YNLC to improve the program.
• Participate in Youth Fellow staff meetings, reflection sessions, and skill‑building activities.
• Contribute ideas for strengthening youth engagement and advocacy efforts.

• You must be actively enrolled in a Minnesota High School.
• Demonstrated experience participating in an after school or summer program or extracurricular program.
• Previous experience working well with other young people and/or facilitating other young people in group activities.
• Past completion of Ignite’s Young Nonprofit Leaders Club program is highly preferred.
• Previous participation in youth leadership, youth councils, advocacy initiatives, community organizing, or volunteer leadership is preferred but not required.
• Strong written and verbal communication…