Outreach Coordinator @ BEACON

Southern Queens Park Association•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Outreach Coordinator is responsible for community outreach and engagement with youth and adults within the local community, programs, and agencies to educate, enroll and register participants for the coordinating program. The Outreach Coordinator is an adaptive and dynamic individual that can connect with community members, deliver compelling presentations to community groups, and develop a network of youth, adults, and service providers. In addition, the Outreach Coordinator will effectively and successfully coordinate any applicable marketing and social media needs related to this position.

Requirements

Ability to connect with community members
Ability to deliver compelling presentations to community groups
Ability to develop a network of youth, adults, and service providers
Ability to coordinate marketing and social media needs
Ability to forge relationships with participants and encourage their continuation in program.
Ability to establish and maintain external collaborations with individuals and businesses to develop employment/retention opportunities for young adults.
Ability to maintain database/inventory of employment, training, and internship opportunities.
Ability to schedule, monitor, track and report on all participant programming including but not limited to attendance and surveys.
Ability to conduct training activities
Ability to actively participate in staff training sessions and special events
Ability to ensure accurate collection, analysis, and management of data for internal and external reporting, improving mechanisms to ensure accountability and transparency.
Ability to develop and implement outreach plans to recruit and retain participants by forming a familiarity with the local neighborhood, schools and organizations through a variety of platforms.
Ability to assist with the development and growth of relationships with local, community groups, programs, and agencies.
Ability to outreach and engage potential parents and youth in both indoor and outdoor public spaces.
Ability to perform public speaking to audiences by creating program informational presentations for varying sizes.
Ability to perform outreach skills to engage hard-to-reach youth and young adults in order enroll them as participants
Ability to register youth and young adult participants for their coordinating community center.
Ability to record and manage outreach efforts and attendance for activities, in an effective, constructive and organized manner.
Ability to maintain accurate outreach notes and other records in accordance with program and DYCD protocols, policies and procedures.
Ability to develop relationships and actively engage with youth who are chronically absent or dropped out of school
Ability to act as a credible messenger with strong community connections.
Ability to provide youth and young adult programming in the areas of recreation, health, civic engagement, leadership, and other enrichment activities as needed
Ability to identify marketing trends and key opportunities to promote program
Ability to provide support and advocacy to participants.
Ability to assist team members in the delivery of daily services, including providing positive modeling, peer counseling, support and encouragement to participants

Responsibilities

Focus on participant recruitment
Responsible for forging relationships with participants and encouraging their continuation in program.
Establish and maintain external collaborations with individuals and businesses to develop employment/retention opportunities for young adults.
Maintain database/inventory of employment, training, and internship opportunities.
Work with program staff by scheduling, monitoring, tracking and reporting on all participant programming including but not limited to attendance and surveys.
Conduct training activities
Actively participate in staff training sessions and special events
Ensure accurate collection, analysis, and management of data for internal and external reporting, improving mechanisms to ensure accountability and transparency.
Develop and implement outreach plans to recruit and retain participants by forming a familiarity with the local neighborhood, schools and organizations through a variety of platforms.
Assist with the development and growth of relationships with local, community groups, programs, and agencies.
Outreach and engage potential parents and youth in both indoor and outdoor public spaces.
Public speaking to audiences by creating program informational presentations for varying sizes.
Effectively performs outreach skills to engage hard-to-reach youth and young adults in order enroll them as participants
Register youth and young adult participants for their coordinating community center.
Record and manage outreach efforts and attendance for activities, in an effective, constructive and organized manner.
Maintain accurate outreach notes and other records in accordance with program and DYCD protocols, policies and procedures.
Develop relationships and actively engage with youth who are chronically absent or dropped out of school
Act as a credible messenger with strong community connections.
Provide youth and young adult programming in the areas of recreation, health, civic engagement, leadership, and other enrichment activities as needed
Identify marketing trends and key opportunities to promote program
Provide support and advocacy to participants.
Assists team members in the delivery of daily services, including providing positive modeling, peer counseling, support and encouragement to participants
Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned by program director