Community Coordinator - Elementary & Middle School

Role Summary

RA Community Coordinators make up the Community Team, which serves as the bridge between students, mentors, families, teachers, coaches and RA’s community partners. The primary responsibility of the Community Coordinator is to mobilize the RA village, especially the RA mentors, ensuring that the youth’s voices are heard, their needs are realized, and their identities are celebrated. An ideal Community Coordinator is a chameleon when it comes to communication, able to seamlessly connect with stakeholders from various walks of life. The role requires self‑regulation, realistic boundaries, and nurturing personal needs to sustain the energy required. Elementary & Middle School Community Coordinators foster positive, consistent, and productive relationships with a designated caseload of 4th‑through‑8th‑grade RA students, families and their mentors, and serve as Site Lead for 2+ schools, coordinating programming with mentors, teachers, building administration, students, and families.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Students and Families (40%): Support 4th‑through‑8th‑grade students and their families in navigating RA’s community partners, organized activities, youth sports leagues, the school district, and resource providers; provide a consistent communication bridge between families and RA, ensuring alignment with RA commitments and adapting those commitments to families’ needs; serve as mentor for 4th‑through‑12th‑grade students who are currently un‑matched; partner with RA staff and the community to deliver an equitable RA experience regardless of English language proficiency or prior system‑navigation experience.
• Mentors (40%): Coach and support mentors in strengthening connections with students, families, coaches, and teachers; co‑lead mentor onboarding and trainings with the Community Team to foster safe, positive, and culturally responsive mentor‑mentee relationships; co‑create activities and connections to cultivate a strong RA mentor community and retain mentors long‑term; connect weekly with mentors to celebrate successes, coach, and hold them accountable to RA mentoring expectations.
• Teachers and Schools (20%): Strengthen relationships with teachers and school staff to ensure the RA model meets program goals and aligns with school/district initiatives; manage day‑to‑day communication with teachers and support process‑improvement strategies; partner with schools to identify potential new RA students and families.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Flexible time off, holidays, and employer‑mandated wellness days
• Salary ranges between $60,000‑$66,000
• Professional development stipend
• Office amenities: 24/7 access, espresso, kombucha, sparkling water, access to newly renovated gym/showers

Pay

Salary ranges between $60,000 and $66,000 per year.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in youth development, especially with marginalized communities
• Experience in multicultural environments, mentoring youth, and/or with a non‑profit or community‑based organization
• Passionate about building meaningful relationships with students, families, teachers, coaches, mentors and community partners
• Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy, maintaining high integrity and discretion with confidential information
• Team player open to feedback and self‑improvement
• Willingness to engage authentically and vulnerably with coworkers and the broader RA community
• Flexible schedule with availability for occasional evening/weekend events or high‑priority communications
• Willingness to take on administrative tasks, including spreadsheets, reports, and learning new software applications
• Consistent access to a personal vehicle
• Proficiency in MS Office, Google Sheets, and/or Smartsheets
• Language proficiency in Spanish, Arabic, or other languages in addition to English

About Rainier Athletes (RA)

RA's mission is to champion the unlimited possibility of our youth in and out of the classroom by igniting connection through 1:1 mentorship, self‑discovery, and access to opportunity. The journey begins with students and their families in fourth or fifth grade and continues through high school graduation and beyond. Each student is sponsored year‑round to participate in extracurriculars and summer camps, paired with a dedicated mentor who meets weekly, and motivated to achieve on and off the field through RA’s classroom engagement and self‑advocacy model.