Youth Empowerment Specialist - VPI - Program: Re-Imagine Youth Development

Founded in 1973, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) is a non-profit, community-based umbrella institution, which seeks to serve the socio-cultural needs of Chicago's Puerto Rican and Latino community. It is built on the following principles: a philosophy of self-determination, a methodology of self-actualization and critical thought, and an ethics of self-reliance best expressed in the motto, "To live and help to live."

Job Summary

The Puerto Rican Cultural Center’s Re-Imagine Youth Development Program aims to provide young people between the ages of 11-21 years old by providing attentive care, mentorship, guidance, and programming that will positively impact their lives and improve their sense of direction and well- being. Youth Empowerment Specialists will be tasked with implementing Life Skills Programming,

Civics Programming, as well as cultural artistic activities and sports and recreational programming.

Boxing Coach/Fitness is responsible for training, mentoring, and motivating athletes of all levels in the sport of boxing. The coach develops personalized training plans, teaches proper technique, and builds athletes’ physical and mental strength to help them reach their goals—whether recreational fitness, competitive boxing, or professional advancement.