Community Forward School Coordinator

City of Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The City of Chattanooga is seeking experienced and service-oriented Community Schools Coordinators for its emerging Community Forward initiative. The Community Forward initiative is an innovative partnership between the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County Schools, designed to ensure students and families have access to resources, relationships, and social support necessary to foster academic and social success. Coordinators will be responsible for assisting teachers, school staff, parents, community members, and students in improving student growth and achievement by recruiting and coordinating the activities of partner individuals and organizations offering programs, resources, and services at the school and in partnership with community-based organizations to meet the holistic needs of students and families, and by implementing whole-child and whole-family strategies to strengthen student and family networks in order to help children thrive.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 3+ years of experience working in public education or working with any organization that serves school-age children and youth or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this position
• Knowledge of case management or social work experience is preferred, particularly with a demonstrated ability to advocate and individually support clients with varying and diverse challenges and needs.
• Demonstrated ability to work with students, families, and community members.
• Skills include a passion for community-centered issues and desire to work with a mission-driven organization.
• Demonstrated ability to execute projects while balancing multiple and competing priorities on tight deadlines, all while providing continual attention to detail and quality.
• Highly effective communicator with maturity who demonstrates cultural competence, active listening, and responsiveness to the community, residents, and staff.

Nice To Haves

• Case management or social work experience is preferred, particularly with a demonstrated ability to advocate and individually support clients with varying and diverse challenges and needs.

Responsibilities

• Implement a comprehensive needs assessment that identifies parent, student, teacher, and community needs and act on the results.
• Establish and/or support communication practices that build strong parent and community interactions with the staff.
• Collaborate and support the Community Schools Program Director and District-level coordinator to support the implementation of Chattanooga’s services and support ecosystem, identifying alignment with parent, student, teacher, and community needs.
• Support Hamilton County Schools principals, teachers, and other stakeholders in pursuing academic growth and student success.
• Assist principal and leadership team with designing, monitoring and evaluating transformational turnaround strategies.
• Manage ongoing transformational partnership meetings to work through barriers, recognize innovative opportunities, provide protocols for school-wide decision making.
• Participate in city, district and/or partnership monitoring processes to ensure fidelity to Community Schools framework and progress toward outcomes.
• Manage ongoing partnership meetings to work through any barriers, recognize innovative opportunities, provide protocol for school-wide decision-making, and assists in establishing a rubric for monitoring progress.
• Work with programming and monitoring resources at the school.
• Monitor and report on effectiveness of resources in raising student growth and achievement.
• Ensure compliance with district, state and federal policies, regulations and laws, where appropriate.
• Engage partners to provide extended learning opportunities for students based on student needs.
• Engage partners to support the social and emotional development of all students.
• Communicate through the proper channels to keep supervisors and other appropriate personnel informed of problems, challenges and successes.
• Work collaboratively with supervisor, administrators, employees, partners, families and students toward targeted goals.
• Develop surveys, collect data, analyze data, and recommend programs which improve student growth achievement through family and community partnerships.
• Host regular meetings with partners to communicate articulate progress, indicate needs and convey outcomes.
• Attend work regularly and arrive at work in a timely fashion.
• Comply with accounting and financial policies and procedures, as well as other Board policies.
• Use computers and other technology to enter and access information related to essential job functions.
• May operate a motor vehicle to conduct various work activities.
• Must meet regular attendance requirements.
• Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers, and citizens.
• Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation: Robust pay scales that reflect our commitment to our staff.
• Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off and flexible scheduling where possible.
• Exceptional Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs designed for you and your family that deliver savings to you beyond your paycheck, featuring a centralized health clinic and pharmacy for all City employees.
• Growth: A focus on professional development and upward mobility within the organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level