Outreach Coordinator, Beacon Hunts Point

Job Details

Job Location

730 Bryant Avenue, Bronx NY 10474 - Bronx, NY

Salary Range

$27.00 Hourly

Description

Position Title:

Outreach Coordinator

Position Type:

Part-Time, Hourly, Non-Exempt

Schedule:

25 hours/week

Format:

Fully Onsite

Department/Program:

Beacon Hunts Point

Location:

730 Bryant Ave., Bronx, NY 10474

Direct Supervisor:

Director, Beacon Hunts Point

Direct Reports (if any):

Scholars of Service Interns

About Graham:

Graham provides life-changing tools and resources for children, young adults and families who face some of the most difficult obstacles caused by poverty, racial injustice, and lack of access to educational opportunities, living wage employment, quality healthcare, and affordable housing.

We collaborate with communities and strong partners to create and implement innovative strategies so everyone can lead healthy, joyful, and successful lives.

Principal Objective/Role Overview:

The Outreach Coordinator is a part-time team member that identifies, recruits and retains youth who are disconnected from productive programs and/or have poor academic outcomes. This person will have the skills and personality to forge relationships with youth who are chronically absent or have dropped out of school and persuade them to engage in school and Beacon programming. This individual will have the experience, skills, and personal qualities including language, cultural, and neighborhood competence to function as a mentor and resource for the youth when they enroll in the Beacon program. This individual will also outreach, build, and deepen connections with the surrounding community.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement family focused programming to meet the needs of the host school and greater community.

• Conduct needs assessments through surveys, focus groups and program evaluations.

• Utilize DYCD Connect to monitor program and activity enrollment and create and outreach plan to include marketing to the school including flyers, posters, announcements and visits to neighborhood institutions.

• Facilitate Beacon Advisory Board and Parent meetings to share the status and vision of the program, including soliciting program needs and possible service gaps.

• Identify process improvements, secures Co-locator Agreements and insurances, and supervise co-locators.

• Manage the hiring, onboarding, supervision of “Scholars of Service” (S.O.S.) and community partner Interns and provides ongoing training for these interns.

• Collaborate with Site Director and Assistant Director to provide site supervision of Beacon staff and participants during afterschool, evening, weekend, holiday and summer programming.

• Serve as a liaison between participants, families and staff to provide supportive coaching, and access to resources.

• Advocate for disengaged youth, recommends programs and interventions to engage this population.

• Attend Student Support Team meetings and work with the School Leadership to target youth who are chronically absent or late to school.

• Work with local partners such as the NYPD Community Affairs Officer, local Community Board, and neighborhood stakeholders, to identify “hard to reach” and “at-risk “youth and engage them into the pro-social activities of the program.

• Facilitate Leadership Groups including Grahams Bengals, peer leadership, civic engagement and service-learning groups, which have successfully supported disconnected youth community.

Qualifications

Position Qualifications:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with youth in a non-profit or educational setting

• High School diploma/GED with a minimum of five years of instructional experience with youth or adults in a structured environment.

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, with a minimum of two years of instructional experience with youth or adults in a structured environment.

• Must obtain CPR/RTE certification w/in 90 days of employment

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word and Excel

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Other required skills and competencies (Connections experience, Excel, etc.)

• “Nice to haves” – skills and competencies that are a plus but arenotrequired for success in the position (SQL mastery, Live local to site, etc.).

  Salary & Compensation:

• Base Salary or Hourly Rate: $27.00/hour

• FLSAStatus: Non-Exempt

• Benefits Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in our Performance Based Merit Award program at the end of each fiscal year, and eligible for benefits including health insurance, retirement plans (pension and 403B thrift), career coaching via Bravely, and more!

  EEO Statement

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Graham is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. Graham hires and promotes individuals solely based on their qualifications for the job to be filled.

  Graham believes that associates should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

  We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.