Community Liaison

Town of Seekonk•Seekonk, MA

About The Position

Now Hiring: Community Liaison (Make a Real Impact in Your Community!) Are you passionate about connecting people, creating meaningful programs, and enriching the lives of others—especially older adults? This is your chance to turn that passion into purpose. We’re looking for an energetic, creative, and community-driven Community Liaison to lead engaging programs, build strong local partnerships, and enhance the quality of life for our senior population. The Community Liaison is responsible to oversee and develop educational, intergenerational, and recreational programs that meet the needs and enhance the lives of senior citizens. Arrange for speakers, professionals, entertainment, and volunteers for programs for the senior population. Serves as a community liaison between projects and Human Services. Working knowledge of schools, human services providers and human services agencies. Works with the nutrition program at Bristol Elder Services to provide meals to residents. The following description is a general summary of responsibilities with some specific duties. It is not a total delineation of all duties nor does it limit the responsibilities to those stipulated. This position functions as a part of the overall municipal team to ensure effective and efficient municipal operations. The Community Liaison is familiar with the work routine and uses initiative in carrying out recurring assignments independently with specific instruction. The Community Liaison is responsible for developing new innovative programs for the residents as well as the senior population which may include working local government agencies such as the school department and library. The employee will assist with talent acquisition through the Cultural Council Grants.

Requirements

Must be a high school graduate.
Not less than one (1) to three (3) years of experience in general office work in a municipal setting or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Must pass a background and criminal history (CORI) review.
Knowledge of Seekonk’s policies, procedures, and bylaws.
General familiarity with state statutes, bylaws, regulations, policies and procedures relevant to public safety functions.
Thorough knowledge of department operations.
Knowledge of office equipment and the operation of computer software applications, particularly word processing, spreadsheet, database, email and internet.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to create presentations and professional correspondence.
Ability to multi-task effectively and work within timelines and prioritize tasks.
Ability to operate a computer in order to input and retrieve information to make analysis of data, and to process billing.
Ability to create and maintain computer databases for Human Services.
Must have the ability to type 60 to 80 words per minute, with minimal errors.
Must have the ability to comprehend budgets, collective bargaining agreements, and directives.
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
Excellent communication skills, in person, by phone, and electronically.
Skills in operating computers and utilizing appropriate software applications to include database and spreadsheet applications, including but not limited to Microsoft suite products.
Excellent organizational skills.
Strong analytical and reading comprehension skills.
Good interpersonal skills to work in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Candidate must be able to demonstrate possession of the required knowledge skills and abilities to perform this work.

Responsibilities

Oversees current programs and develops new programs.
Assess the need for new innovative programs.
Coordinates monthly calendar for newsletter with Clerk
Set-up and oversee social, educational, and intergenerational programs (i.e., exercise, speakers, etc.).
Responsible for room setup for activities and programs.
Responsible for obtaining program descriptions for the newsletter.
Decorates for special activities, events and seasons.
Assists with setting up events.
Works with Bristol Elder Services nutrition department to provide nutritional meals
Responsible for logging program participants into computer system.
Responsible to co-coordinate with the Clerk special community projects
Performs general office duties (i.e, email, telephone calls, etc.).
Ability to obtain Food Safety Certification.
Ability to obtain CPR Certification.
Perform other similar duties as required or requested by the Director of Human Services