Community Liaison

About the role

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) is the largest expanded learning provider in San Mateo County, serving 7,000 TK–College students across 31 sites from East Palo Alto to Daly City. The organization’s mission is to empower youth with equitable access to social, academic, and career opportunities so they thrive; its vision is that all youth grow up to lead fulfilling lives fueled by their passions, talents, and a love of learning. Core values are Curiosity, Respect, Ownership, Ganas, Unity, and Equity.

The Community Liaison supports the East Palo Alto Clubhouse’s recruitment and retention efforts, focusing on retaining middle school members in high school programming and keeping high school members engaged year‑round. This role designs and executes the Rising 9th Grade (R9) program, leads family engagement workshops, plans recruitment and retention events, and builds partnerships with schools and community organizations to ensure members graduate high school with an informed plan.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment (8th Grade & High School)
  • Design and execute the Rising 9th Grade program (R9) in collaboration with BGCP middle school sites in East Palo Alto to build a pipeline of 8th grade students and families who will enroll in East Palo Alto Clubhouse programming upon 8th grade graduation.
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing recruitment efforts for high school members attending partner high school sites in East Palo Alto.
• Retention
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing retention efforts for high school members attending partner high school sites in East Palo Alto.
• Family Engagement
  • Design and execute 8th grade to high school transitionary workshops for 8th grade families to support successful student transition to high school.
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing family engagement opportunities throughout the school year.
• Event Management
  • Lead planning of recruitment and retention events such as 8th Grade Graduation, Thanksgiving Dinner, Breakfast with Santa, Quarterly Showcases, Teenchella, Fall Kick‑off, and Summer Kick‑off.
• Collaboration and Partnership Building
  • Collaborate with East Palo Alto’s charter high schools to host programming that supports recruitment of new members and retention of existing members.
  • Collaborate with BGCP K–8 teams to successfully execute the R9 program and support overall recruitment efforts at the East Palo Alto Clubhouse.
  • Collaborate with community partners (e.g., SETI Institute, Stanford, EPA Archive, Lockheed Martin Lab, EPACENTER, Youth Community Service) to support youth‑development programming.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Established record of effective team collaboration
• In‑depth knowledge of middle school to high school transition
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft persuasive grant proposals and reports
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with school partners
• Commitment to the organization’s mission and values
• Fluency in Spanish is required

Requirements

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; stooping, kneeling, bending at the waist, reaching overhead, crouching, squatting, and/or crawling
• Significant fine finger dexterity and near vision acuity