Community Coordinator

About the role

The Community Coordinator at Buckner Children and Family Services Community: Family Hope Center will facilitate, coordinate, and supervise activities, classes, and services that support Buckner Ministries while providing educational and empowerment services to families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all adult empowerment classes, including recruiting and training volunteers to lead classes.
• Take lead in facilitating and teaching FHC core classes, such as Faith and Finance, Work Life, Jobs for Life, ESL, GED, Nurturing parenting, and other approved curriculums.
• Implement evidence-based curriculums to fidelity and align with Family Hope Center framework.
• Work with community collaborators to enhance the Family Hope Center programming.
• Work alongside our collaborative partners to coordinate and execute community events and assist with classes as needed.
• Organize FHC events and work with community collaborators to coordinate regular events at the FHC.
• Create and host classes and workshops to engage the community with educational programming aligned with the FHC framework.
• Recruit participants for the Family Coaching program.
• Maintain a master calendar of all Family Hope Center classes and distribute notices of activities and volunteer projects to applicable program staff.
• Provide oversight to volunteers, ensuring hours are being documented and sent to the volunteer engagement coordinator.
• Evaluate data from evidence-based curriculums pre/posttest and develop action plan using available resources, leadership, and volunteers.
• Develop professional relationships with institutions and agencies that provide education, job training, living skills training, employment services, housing, and childcare services in order to coordinate services for program participants.
• Discuss the needs of client families with family coaches and other team members to develop referral resources based on the needs identified by the families.
• Ensure the implementation and accessibility of appropriate empowerment resources to meet those needs through networking, community resources awareness workshops that offer the services needed.
• Serve as an effective leader to ensure team members understand the Family Strengthening framework and programs.
• Coordinate on-site and off-site programs and aid with communication among program sponsors/collaborators.
• Aid program participants with accessing community resources.
• Assist program participants with accessing community resources.
• Coordinate with the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator as they organize and implement a comprehensive volunteer program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field required.
• Minimum two years of prior related experience providing community-based services, crisis assistance, or direct social services required.

Qualifications

• Proficient working knowledge and understanding of the applicable regulatory standards and requirements governing programs and services.
• The ability to observe and make accurate assessments of situations and individuals, and determine the appropriate action required.
• Excellent public speaking skills and the ability to successfully communicate in a professional manner with a multi-ethnic population base in the community; ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
• The ability to speak, read, and write English. Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• Demonstrate cultural understanding; ability to develop positive and trusting inter-cultural and interdenominational relationships based upon previous cross-cultural experience.
• Proficient knowledge of and/or work experience using community resources. Awareness of community resources, including social services and health providers, is required.
• The ability to effectively provide oversight to coordinating adult education programs with a focus on financial literacy, parenting, employment soft skills, and spiritual development.
• The ability to work before and after normal business hours, some nights and weekends, as needed to meet client and business needs.
• The ability to drive assigned vehicle(s) or personal vehicle, with appropriate state license, following all laws applicable; must provide proof of liability insurance and must be eligible to be insured under Buckner’s insurance policy.
• Must be age 21 or older to drive on behalf of Buckner.
• Proficient working knowledge and ability to accurately and timely operate and perform computer-related tasks with specific equipment and software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, required.
• The ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects and/or people.