Community School Site Coordinator

Center for Youth Services•Rochester, NY

20d

About The Position

The Community School Site Coordinator assists with facilitating, implementing, developing, and managing community school activities, events, programs, and services intended to support healthy and successful children, strong families, and a thriving community. The role partners with the school and community organizations to advance the community school strategy and provides day-to-day support for community school partnerships. The coordinator works to involve students and engage families, helps design and manage school volunteer systems, and assists with data collection and evaluation. The position also collaborates with parent liaisons, the Department of Community and Family Engagement, and the site-based leadership team. Additional school-specific duties may be assigned to respond to emerging needs, as agreed upon by the Leadership Team and CFY.

Requirements

Associate's degree in social services, education, youth development, public administration, or a related field.
At least two years of experience working with children, students, and families.
Knowledge of the Greece community and its resources.
Excellent communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
Ability to collect and analyze data and understand trends.
Youth-friendly and positive approach.
Significant knowledge of positive youth development, asset development, risk reduction, and protective factors.
Access to a vehicle and telephone.
Valid driver's license and a driving record acceptable to the employer's insurance carrier.
Automobile insurance coverage of at least $100,000 per person/$300,000 per incident for bodily injury and $50,000 per incident for property damage.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in social services, education, youth development, public administration, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Partner with the school to promote the community school's strategy.
Establish and maintain connections with local organizations and businesses to develop expanded learning opportunities and health and social services supporting the community school's strategy.
Provide day-to-day support for community school partnerships.
Plan and direct efforts to involve students and engage families in the community school strategy.
Assist with designing and managing volunteer systems within the school.
Assist with data collection and evaluation.
Participate in capacity-building activities, including initiative-wide and site-based trainings, network meetings, and study visits.
Collaborate with parent liaisons to increase family engagement at the school site.
Collaborate with the Department of Community and Family Engagement and the site-based leadership team to support successful implementation of the community schools' strategy.
Perform school-specific additional duties that respond to the assigned school's emerging needs and are agreed upon by the Leadership Team and CFY.