About AHSHAY

AHSHAY Center (AHSHAY) is comprised of a small group of people (5-8 total). AHSHAY seeks to support youth 

impacted by significant trauma - with a focus on youth incarceration and youth homelessness – through projects, 

community partnerships, changes in policy and youth leadership development.

The mission of AHSHAY is to build up the fortifiers of hope and wellness for youth and unbuild the fortifications of 

youth incarceration and youth homelessness. 

AHSHAY’s values include: Abundance, Relationships, Joy, Wellness, Equity, Co-Creation, Youth Brilliance and

Persistence.

We know, through an expansive amount of research data and lived experience, that youth incarceration is 

ineffective, inefficient, harmful, counter to our societal values and shares common roots with other harms like 

youth homelessness.

AHSHAY is strategically positioned to bridge a host of perspectives and expertise by being dually connected to the 

University of Washington and the Tubman Center for Health & Freedom (Tubman Health). AHSHAY team 

members and work structure tends to engage people across a spectrum of ages, lived experiences, avocations 

and perspectives; all with a focus on the voices of youth most- proximate to impact from incarceration and 

homelessness.

AHSHAY’s Position:

Under Tubman’s fiscal sponsorship, the Project Coordinator role is a position that would be hired under Tubman 

and deployed to AHSHAY.

The Project Coordinator will work under the day-to-day guidance of a Project Manager and report to AHSHAY’s 

Director. This role will collaborate closely with AHSHAY team members, project partners, and other external 

stakeholders to support the coordination and implementation of AHSHAY’s work.

Projects and priorities may shift over time, and the Project Coordinator may support multiple projects or 

workstreams simultaneously based on organizational needs.

Position Primary Purpose:

The Project Coordinator will support the successful advancement of AHSHAY projects, working closely with a 

Project Manager to help assure that projects come fully to fruition. This role will participate in aspects of project 

ideation, development, launch, process advancement, project conclusion, and after-project engagement. The 

Project Coordinator will be highly organized, talented in relationship-building, skilled in supporting project 

gatherings, and an enthusiastic team member who functions in a way that aligns with AHSHAY values and 

contributes, in general ways, to the continuing growth of the center.

Position Key Roles:

• Project Planning: In close partnership with the Project Manager and Project Director/Center Director, 

coordinate and participate in project planning. This can include initial ideation, scope development, 

project charter creation, and logistical development, including timelines. The project coordinator may be 

responsible for some of the note-taking and other document development created in support of project 

planning. 

• Project Recruitment: Under a Project Manager’s guidance, the Project Coordinator will take a primary 

role in project recruitment. This may involve the direct recruitment of youth, intergenerational participants, 

partner organizations, contributing contracted parties, and other interested people. The Project 

Coordinator may work with AHSHAY’s Narrative Strategist to distribute relevant project recruitment 

content.

• Project Process: Under a Project Manager’s and Project Director’s guidance, the Project Coordinator will 

play a vital role in assuring project steps are successfully accomplished. This may involve actively 

supporting project launch events, helping organize project steps, supporting project gatherings, providing 

communications to various project partners, being a point of contact, supporting adjustments to project 

steps that are identified by the Project Manager, and supporting the development of progress reports. 

Strong interpersonal skills and relationship-maintaining abilities are pivotal to this work.

• Project Completion: In close collaboration with a Project Manager, help assure a project comes to 

successful completion. This can mean contributing to the creation of reports, communicating with 

contracted parties to assure deliverables are completed in a timely fashion and engagement with youth 

and other partners after project completion. Some project completion cycles will also involve planning the 

next iteration of a project and the project coordinator will play an active role in this.

• Support AHSHAY Center: The Project Coordinator may play a role in supporting general AHSHAY 

functions. This includes being an active participant in AHSHAY team meetings, supporting the Operations 

Support Manager in general operational aspects of the center, being an ambassador that represents 

AHSHAY values in external activities, and being a thought-contributor to AHSHAY’s growth plans. A strong 

understanding of AHSHAY values and approaches is important to being successful in this role.

Team Participation and Other Responsibilities 

• Participate in weekly staff meetings, semi-annual team retreats, and other organizational development 

opportunities.

• Practice wellness and healthy work habits.

• Contribute to a supportive and wellness-centered team environment.

• Demonstrate alignment with AHSHAY values.

Qualifications 

• Computer skills, including experience maintaining databases and other information repositories.

• Highly organized approach to work.

• Strong written, oral, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.

• Strong creative problem-solving skills.

• Respectful approach to working with the youth we support and engage, as well as the communities they

are part of.

Work Environment

• Pleasant, engaging and inspiring workspace located in Seattle

• Mostly office-based with some ability to work remotely

• Workspace promotes relationship-building and maintenance with partners

Compensation & Benefits

• Position Status: Full-time

• Salary Range: $81,000-$86,000 annually. This position is budgeted at the midpoint of the salary range.

Starting salary will be determined based on qualifications, relevant experience, internal equity, and 

organizational budget considerations.

• Health Benefits: Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, including 100% of the employee 

premium and 80% of dependent premiums.

• Paid Leave: Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid sick leave, prorated based on FTE status, as 

applicable.

• Retirement: SIMPLE IRA retirement plan with employer contributions, subject to plan eligibility

requirements.

• Professional Development: Annual professional development funding of $500–$1,000, based on FTE

status.

• Growth & Impact: Opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, and meaningful,

mission-driven community impact.

AHSHAY is committed to fostering a supportive workplace that values employee well-being, 

professional growth, and equitable employment practices.

To apply, email your resume and cover letter to ben@ahshay.org with Project Coordinator Interest as 

the subject line