Friends LA strives to be a great place to work. We are always looking for emerging superstars and proven dynamic leaders who are fun to be around, have an insatiable desire to grow and learn, and are passionate about changing the odds for youth impacted by the child welfare system. Please review the openings posted below, and if interested, complete our application process through HiringThing. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If selected for consideration, candidates will be contacted directly for next steps. No telephone calls or inquiry emails, please.
Basic Function / Position Objective:
Under the direction of the Caregiver Engagement Specialist, this position manages a wide range of projects and activities designed to implement an integrated multi-faceted family engagement service delivery system that is a model of excellence for Friends LA’s 2Gen Model. The Family Engagement Assistant demonstrates the ability to communicate and work with all families.
Ultimately, the FEA serves as a liaison that:
Position Overview
Reporting to the Program Director, the Program Assistant will help the Program team execute program efficiency for the Antelope Valley location. The ideal candidate will have previous office and/or nonprofit experience, strong attention to detail, and a positive, can-do approach.
The Program Assistant will be a hybrid role, with work in the office at 539 W Lancaster Blvd. Lancaster, CA 93534, with some occasional weekend work. The work is performed in an office setting and occasionally out in the field.
Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends LA) is looking for a passionate, committed, professional mentor, who we call Friends, to support our mission to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with trained full-time professional mentors—12+ years—no matter what. Our model is proven to break the cycle of generational poverty for children who face the most barriers by providing paid professional mentors to thousands of youth across the country.
Basic Function:
A Friend works intensively with eight (8) children and their families as a positive adult role model to develop a caring, trusting, and sustained relationship with the whole family. A Friend will set positive expectations; nurture and promote their strengths, talents, and abilities; help assure physical and emotional well-being; teach life and academic skills; provide enrichment activities; and model responsible behavior. A Friend will fully document activities and participate in an ongoing evaluation process. Friends will work primarily one-on-one with their children, and link and support their families to resources as appropriate. A Friend must also know, understand, honor, and support the organization’s mission, vision, values, principles, and policies, and be able to clearly articulate the organization’s function.
Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends LA) is seeking an experienced Director of Development (DD) with management experience, expertise with diverse funding streams including foundations and individual donors, and an enthusiasm for our mission eager to create and implement targeted fundraising strategies for our growing organization.
Basic Function:
Working with and reporting to the Executive Director, the DD is responsible for raising funds to support Friends LA’s annual operating budget (currently $3 million) through a combination of grants, individual and corporate donations, events, and peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Friends LA is a growing organization, and the DD will assume primary responsibility for achieving organizational fundraising goals, including sourcing new income streams.
As part of Friends LA’s Executive Leadership Team, the Development Director will oversee the development portfolio and supervise the Development Coordinator. They will also work closely with other members of the Executive Leadership Team to engage program staff across departments.
Friends of the Children – Los Angeles (Friends LA) is looking for a passionate, committed, professional mentor, who we call Friends, to support our mission to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with trained full-time professional mentors—12+ years—no matter what.
Basic Function:
A Friend works intensively with eight (8) children as a positive adult role model to develop a caring, trusting, and sustained relationship with each child. For each child, a Friend will set positive expectations; nurture and promote their strengths, talents, and abilities; help assure physical and emotional well-being; teach life and academic skills; provide enrichment activities; and model responsible behavior. A Friend will fully document activities and participate in an ongoing evaluation process. Friends will work primarily one-on-one with their children while empowering their parents to advocate for their children through an ongoing, respectful, and strengths-based partnership. A Friend must also know, understand, honor, and support the organization’s mission, vision, values, principles, and policies, and be able to clearly articulate the organization’s function.