High School Outreach Participant Engagement Lead: ChickTech Chicago

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ChickTech Chicago is looking for a participant engagement lead for our High School program. Interested in empowering high-school aged girls interested in STEM careers? Then this opportunity is for you: you'd focus first on recruiting girls from local high schools to our high school program through a nomination mehtod. This will include acting as a liaison to the local schools, attending events to recruit, email marketing, and managing the recruitment pipeline into the ChickTech Chicago HS mentoring program.

Once the program cohort kicks off in November, you'll lead the effort (with the help of the Chicago leadership team) to organize one STEM-career related event a month for the girls, expanding their universe of possible career choices. Past events have included a trip to the Shedd, cyber security workshops, and a trip to a VR/AR firm in Chicago. With this, you'll be the main contact for the HS cohort, r eminding them to sign up and attend events, encouraging them, and connecting with them.

Our ideal participant engagement lead will have some or all of the below:

• Experience with youth programs and/or education, including the patience that comes along with working with HS-aged youth

• Excellent problem solving skills, ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing

• The ability to work in a collaborative style and move others to action by planning, motivating and organizing work tasks

• Excellent interpersonal skills that establish and maintain credibility and relationships

• High School Teacher or experience with connections in the education field.

If this sounds like you, please reach out to us! You'll have the opportunity to work with the ChickTech Chicago leadership team on the high school program, our programs for women in tech, and the opportunity to directly make a difference in the lives of Chicago high school girls interested in STEM careers. Help us empower the next generation of WIT!