Community Outreach Liaison - PROG Development Center (Onsite - West Valley City, UT)

Progressive Leasing • Remote - UT, UT

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Progressive Leasing, in collaboration with other partners in the area, has a mission to serve underserved and underrepresented communities by helping youth near West Valley City gain education and workplace readiness skills with an emphasis on technology. We strive to empower students to overcome the structural barriers that typically limit upward socio-economic mobility. We will accomplish this through life skills and workplace readiness training, technology certifications, guidance on college preparedness and completion, placement in competitive internships or mentorships, and comprehensive support to participants and alumni to help students foster professional relationships. The ideal candidate is passionate about working with young people, community stakeholders, and Progressive Leasing colleagues to help empower the next generation of technology professionals. The ideal candidate is meticulous and focused, upholds the values of our organization, is eager to lead in our journey from start up to sustainability, and believes in an environment where team members can have fun while doing great work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in social service, business, or relevant field or 3+ years combined experience in community relations, charity support, and/or event coordination
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Proficient in platforms and tools such as Mailchimp, Hootsuite, WordPress, and Asana.
• Ability to effectively work well with a diverse group of people
• Well organized with an acute attention to detail
• Ability to work productively in unstructured environment with frequent interruptions
• Highly ambitious and approachable with strong desire to provide support
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Reliable transportation to complete assigned duties.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of management principles and evaluation techniques
• Bi/Multilingual speaker
• Experience with Social Media/ Community Management

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement current successful networks and communities to adhere to best practices for building and sustaining collaborative technology and community centers
• Supervise part-time employees.
• Manage relationships with individuals, key partners, anchor institutions, and stakeholders
• Coordinating events and workshops with key stakeholders, councils, and community
• Lead initiative with Youth Advisory Council to further the mission and vision of the Center. This may include doing outreach, reviewing applications for incoming council members, provide input into their selection, manage all logistics for the council’s meeting, develop opportunities to strengthen their professional development and leadership skills, growing strategic partnerships to improve educational and career opportunities; develop, coordinate, and maintain a youth ambassador program; other youth engagement initiatives
• Explore and define the purpose of a Young Adult Advisory Council, oversee the establishment and structure, support recruitment of members, the formalization, conducting of effective meetings, while evaluating and adapting.
• Manage relationship with external community partners to recruit individualscommunity programs and connect youth and community members to these opportunities that include classes, workshops, community fairs, etc
• Maintain the PROG Foundation website to ensure accurate and timely communication of PROG Development Center programs, events, and other key information, as well as support content related to the Foundation’s volunteering and giving initiatives.
• calendar of outreach activities, community events, workshops, appearances, and other communication opportunities, and aid in determining appropriate dates and locations for corporate events
• Create and manage the distribution of event and program initiative related materials (presentations, flyers, newsletter, etc.) and development, implementation, and maintenance of online and outreach communication strategies
• Partner with Program Manager and team to improve the quality of programs.
• Analyze data from survey results from participants, Implement and manage CMS system for managing, tracking and communicating with contacts
• Create reporting functionality detailing evaluation on landscape analysis, youth and community member engagement, and survey findings for data driven decisions
• Manage budget related to programming.
• Represent the company at public events and settings
• Various administrative tasks including coordinating, scheduling, creating, presenting, reporting, etc
• Ensure the PROG Development Center is consistently stocked with drinks, snacks, and other necessary materials to support the successful operation of programs.

Benefits

• Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
• Company Matched 401k
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Hours
• Employee Resource Groups (Black Inclusion Group, Women in Leadership, PRIDE, Adelante)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Charitable Gift Matching
• Job required equipment and services

What This Job Offers

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