Spanish Bilingual Family Ambassador

Families in Action for Quality Education•Oakland, CA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Families in Action for Quality Education (FIA) is seeking a passionate Spanish Bilingual Family Ambassador to join their team. This role is crucial for building Black and Brown parent and youth power to ensure historically underserved students in Oakland have access to high-quality public education. The Family Ambassador will be a key driver of FIA’s flagship Lit for Literacy (L4L) program, a 10–12 week, in-person (or hybrid) family literacy leadership campaign. The position involves working at the intersection of community organizing and literacy advocacy, building parent power that produces measurable gains for students. This is a part-time, non-exempt position paid hourly at $25-$30 per hour for 10-20 hours per week. The role reports to the Director of K-5 Organizing and receives coaching and training from FIA staff. The Lit for Literacy program has a proven impact, with participants showing accelerated reading growth, increased home-school collaboration, and enhanced confidence in advocating for educational improvements.

Requirements

Proficiency in Spanish.
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and communities.
Experience with and sensitivity to multicultural work environments.
Willingness to work as a member of and contribute to a team in a dynamic, learning environment.
Passion for creating more high-quality school options for working families.
Eagerness to learn and engage in community organizing.
Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Families in Action and its mission and ideally the Lit for Literacy program.

Responsibilities

Support a FIA organizer to recruit, train, and lead a core set of parent/community leaders to develop school-based parent-led power surge teams to empower multilingual parents to act within their schools and the public arena to champion improved reading proficiency.
Use 1:1 meetings to build relationships and identify and recruit participants for the Lit for Literacy Institute and support their development as parent leaders within their school.
Develop the knowledge and skills of parent leaders in their student’s and school’s academic performance data, the Oakland public education landscape, and principles and practices of community organizing.
Plan and coordinate outreach and recruitment activities for Lit for Literacy Institute and Power Surge Team activities.
Build strong school-based parent and staff and teacher relationships within participating schools.
Organize and prepare leaders for their participation in Lit for Literacy institute, power surge team and academic town halls.
Co-facilitate Lit for Literacy sessions, 1:1 parent leadership coaching, and Family Accountability Walks in partnership with school site teams.
Receive weekly coaching and professional development from FIA organizing team members.
Perform other duties as required to support the work of the organization as a whole.
Meet 1:1 with 8–10 FIA parent leaders to strategize about next steps in your campaign to develop data and literacy leadership among parents.
Meet 1:1 with 2–4 potential new leaders to understand their self-interest and share the mission and vision of FIA.
Recruit and train parents to speak at public meetings.
Report to FIA on progress and meet with your supervisor to evaluate power surge team meetings.