Job Opening Lead Trainer/Mechanic, Seward Community Bike Walk Center A Program of Seward Neighborhood Group

The Seward Community Bike Walk Center (SCBWC) is a community bike center located at Minnehaha Avenue and 22nd Street in the Seward Neighborhood, one block from the Hiawatha LRT bike trail. This community bike center, a program of the Seward Neighborhood Group (SNG), is due to open in June 2012 after final approval of a federal grant through Bike Walk Twin Cities. The vision of the program is to provide an education, repair, and community space offering free build-a-bike and commuter education programs for youth and adults to promote the use of bicycles for transportation purposes. The center, while serving all communities, will initially concentrate on promoting bike riding in the East African immigrant communities in the Seward, Cedar Riverside, Ventura Village and East Phillips neighborhoods of Minneapolis. This is a 75%, salaried position that is funded through 2013, pending outcomes deemed satisfactory by the primary funder, Bike Walk Twin Cities, MnDOT and Federal Highway Administration. This position will not be filled until final approval of the funding documents by MnDOT, the Federal Highway Administration and the City of Minneapolis in early May, 2012. Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience. Deadline for applications: Monday, May 7, 2012, 5 PM. Responsibilities The Lead Trainer/Mechanic, in partnership with the program director is responsible for developing and managing SCBWCs bike programming, including youth programming, earn-a-bike, educational classes, women and transgender night, and open shop. As one of the key initial staff (with the Program Director and Community Organizer),this person will be directly involved in launching the Bike Walk Center. Specifically, the Lead Trainer/Mechanic will be held responsible to:

Develop and coordinate all educational classes (e.g. Basic Bike Maintenance, Basic Learn to Ride, Riding in Traffic, Winter Commuting, among others). Teach many of the classes. Work with the Community Organizer to make the classes culturally appropriate for the East African and other cultural communities. Oversee or directly staff all bike programming. Manage SCBWCs open shop program.

With the Program Director, train and supervise any volunteers within programs stated above. Collaborate with the Program Director and Community Organizer to create and support SCBWCs strategic direction, including the development of strategic and annual plans, staffing plans, and general organizational visioning. Manage and organize the shop. Manage the used bike repair program (repaired used bikes will be used both in program activities and be sold to members of the community.

The Lead Trainer/Mechanic will report to the Program Director. Qualifications Experience managing and implementing programming with diverse individuals. Experience working with diverse populations Experience in managing facilities. Experience managing volunteer workers. Experienced in bike maintenance and bike repair. Ability to teach bike mechanics. Is currently a League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor (League Certified Instructor). Commitment to biking and walking as sustainable, healthy, reliable transportation options. Experience in working with a grassroots, community-based nonprofit. Preferred: Experience in community outreach and engagement of low-income communities, communities of color, and immigrant communities (in particular East African communities) Preferred: Ability to commit to the full term of employment (through December 2013) Benefits: Seward Neighborhood Group provides health care coverage to fulltime staff and pro-rated coverage to part time staff. Additional benefits include 15 days (120 hours) paid annual leave, 10 paid holidays, and significantly discounted (5-10% above wholesale cost) purchase of new parts and bicycles. How to apply: Email a cover letter, resume, and 2-3 references by Monday, May 7, 2012, 5 PM. Applications should be emailed to bikecenter@sng.org. Applications should be Microsoft Word Documents or PDF Documents.

Seward Neighborhood Group: Seward Neighborhood Group is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Seward Neighborhood Group is the designated citizen participation organization for the Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Seward neighborhood extends south from I-94 to the Midtown Greenway and stretches westward from the Mississippi River to Hiawatha Avenue. Its residents are diverse in culture, ethnicity, income, education and religion. Since its inception in 1960, the Seward Neighborhood Group has served as the grass-roots community organization for the area, working on a wide variety of issues including housing, environmental sustainability, economic development, the arts, block club organizing, and crime and safety. SNG also provides community facilitation services to the residents of two large apartment complexes on Franklin Avenue that house many recent African immigrants.