MAP Engagement Coordinator

Center for Justice Innovation•New York, NY

9d•$70,000 - $76,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Center for Justice Innovation is seeking a MAP Engagement Coordinator for Brownsville and Van Dyke Houses to support a resident-driven community organizing initiative in partnership with the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP). MAP is a comprehensive strategy to enhance public safety and strengthen community well-being in 15 public housing developments across New York City, aiming to improve safety and quality of life by strengthening collaboration and capacity among residents. Neighborhood Safety Initiative serves as an implementation partner for NeighborhoodStat (NSTAT), a community-based, problem-solving process that engages residents and MAP partners in using data to identify public safety priorities and implement solutions. The MAP Engagement Coordinator will be an organizer from the Brownsville & Van Dyke community, responsible for supporting residents, community partners, and city agency representatives in identifying and solving issues that create vulnerabilities in community safety and well-being. Reporting to the Associate Director, the Coordinator will lead the planning and implementation of NeighborhoodStat at their designated site.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 3 years in a related area, preferably community engagement/organizing and/or community development.
Passionate, skilled, and experienced in working with communities to promote health and safety.
Demonstrated success leading logistics, identifying and achieving project goals, quickly, effectively, and successfully in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment, create collaborative relationships with colleagues, and work/communicate well with multiple department leaders.
Superb facilitation skills to identify community issues, needs, feedback, and preferences in a timely manner.
Superior project and time management skills, highly organized, detail-oriented and meticulous about quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
A dynamic personality with a strong desire to lead and public speaking skills.
Exceptional analytical, written and oral communication, presentation, and writing skills.
Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with governmental and community agencies, non-profit organizations, and community groups.
Demonstrated success in community organizing, grassroots/neighborhood advocacy, and lobbying campaigns.
Professional experience engaging multiple public housing communities.
Strong aptitude for interpreting data and data trends.
In-depth knowledge and familiarity in and around assigned site locations.
Sound ability to work with diverse communities in an empathetic, comfortable and non-judgmental manner.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite.

Nice To Haves

Experience with policy and placemaking, organizing and advocacy.

Responsibilities

Recruit and retain a team of local residents and support building their capacity in policy and placemaking, organizing and advocacy, and other relevant competencies.
Facilitate the implementation of resident-led community-building projects.
Work in partnership with the Program Administrators to coordinate city agencies to respond to community needs via all aspects of the NeighborhoodStat process.
Promote positive cultural norms around behavioral change to maintain community-led public safety.
Use data to inform resident-led strategies that promote community safety.
Recruit and manage a diverse resident team, representative of the development’s diverse subgroups.
Develop and retain a comprehensive engagement plan with a clear strategy, benchmarks, and outcomes.
Attend in-person, teleconference, virtual meetings, and community events, including precinct council meetings, community board meetings, and Tenant Association meetings.
Conduct research and engage experts to create meeting and action agendas.
Facilitate resident and stakeholder planning meetings.
Lead facilitation of resident team meetings and manage meeting invites, agendas, note taking, and resident task support and execution.
Plan, lead and co-facilitate public community meetings and direct action organizing activities.
Meet regularly with Initiative Managers to organize and strategize resident action items for MAP Initiative Managers to address with city agencies.
Co-facilitate and co-organize city agency and community partner meetings, and represent resident concerns and proposed solutions.
Track action steps by recording, consolidating, and sharing meeting notes with key strategic partners.
Host an annual resident-led development-wide community participatory process.
Champion ongoing community outreach and communications to raise awareness of residents’ priorities, place keeping projects, and policy recommendations.
Work with the Communications Manager to leverage traditional media, social media, and public education campaign strategies.
Support resident voice and resident advocacy for policy change.
Support the recruitment of youth council members, provide community context for policy recommendations, and incorporate the youth agenda into resident meetings.
Support resident teams in the development and execution of maintenance plans for existing place keeping projects.
Co-develop an annual resident-led project (social program or place keeping project).
Plan, coordinate, and execute place-keeping activities, community events/meetings, and direct action activities.
Track and evaluate ongoing organizing strategies by completing Weekly Activity Logs.
Complete a comprehensive, monthly narrative report detailing strategies, problem-solving approaches, set backs, and outcomes.
Ensure continuity and progress of resident organizing goals through the consistent creation, filing, and distribution of meeting agendas and meeting minutes.
Collaborate with other staff and team members to implement systems that support effective project planning and data collection.
Build knowledgebase and relationships with local social service providers, and NYCHA and City resources to create a strong referral network.
Recruit and inform the resident team, resident public, and local partners of the Community Resiliency seminars.
Work and communicate closely with organization staff, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to support and advance all project tasks and timelines.
Support in the collection, input, and processing of all necessary documents for resident and volunteer stipends.
Submit resident stipend payments to organization staff for processing.
Work with organization staff to plan and purchase for engagement and project activities.
Other duties, as necessary.