Overview
The CTC Community Organizer will be responsible for implementing member recruitment strategies, engaging in community outreach to youth and families, recruiting and supporting involvement of community leaders, event and program management, and managing data collection and drafting reports. The Community Organizer will lead the Communities that Care Coalition in close coordination with the CTC consultants, and will adopt a participatory leadership style in which all members of the Coalition and the Community Organizer’s idea will be given equal weight. credible messengers will attend community meetings, events, faith-based settings and market the program directly to their neighbors. They will guide the strategy to develop or increase community presence, online presence, and marketing strategy for the program.
The CTC Community Organizer/Coordinator has the following responsibilities:
Reports to the assigned Manager and/or Assistant Vice President:
- Coordinates, organizes, facilitates and promotes a dynamic learning community of practice on resilience and wellbeing approaches with people and organizations who provide or access services for children, young people and their families either living within poverty, or at risk of living in poverty; and health, local authority and private sector to promote new ways/models of working to transform how services are delivered.
- Works in accordance with evidence-based practice; responsible for planning and implementing activities associated with carrying out assigned program’s vision and preventive science processes for community development
- Adopt a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.
- Able to work independently, as a team, and serve in the capacity of consultancy, training, and community coordinator
- Implementing member recruitment strategies to recruit and retain a core membership team
- Ensures that equality and diversity are central to service provision and personal working practices to proactively address disadvantage, inequalities, stigma and discrimination, with a focus on the target groups for the project of children, young people and families from hard to reach/ vulnerable families; low income families; pregnant women and new mothers who are hard to reach/vulnerable or from low income backgrounds; families where there is evidence of intergenerational unemployment or underemployment.
- Engaging in community outreach to youth and families and support the work of Community Ambassadors and others in these efforts
- Recruiting and training Community Ambassadors, and/or interns
- Event and program management. This includes: Convening planning committees, Managing follow-up and Coordinating event logistics and debriefs. Maintain a calendar community events to be present at to engage residents of
- Developing awards and recognition programs to recognize substantial and consistent contributions to the Community Partnership
- Managing membership records and track member contributions, requests, and feedback on referred services
- Work with program leadership to facilitate recruitment of community prevention board members and ensure that composition of board includes appropriate community agencies, entities and individuals.
- Convening discussion and planning meetings with members and other stakeholders
- Managing data collection, documentation of outcomes, and draft reports
- Arrange Communities That Care (CTC) training workshops for community board members
- Oversee implementation of the preventive interventions selected by the community prevention board.
- Coordinate efforts to solve local problems and assist in implementing solutions.
- Coordinate dissemination of CTC information to key leaders, schools and other youth service providers and the public.
- Represent CTC to the larger community, serving as the primary community contact for CTC activities.
- Assist in writing reports, concept papers and other materials needed for the program
- Make presentations and train community board members for community outreach.
- Attend all required agency training. Participates in all evidence-based model program training, supervision and consultation activities.
- Maintain communication with direct supervisor on advances and barriers
- Maintain clear, concise and accurate documentation of progress that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrates compliance with evidenced based clinical model and meeting our agency’s expectation
- Timely data entry of all services practices of the program in Evolv and other system as provided. Assure documentation (data entry) for contacts, incidents, and reports are submitted timely (as indicated by program).
- Able to identify and engage key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses, and developing a referral plan/linkages
- Receives supervision from NY Foundling leadership. Attend mandatory weekly supervision and consultation on-site at identified location by supervisor or program director.
- Arrange and conduct telephone conference calls to coordinate care with parents, partner schools, and educational organizations.
- Has ability to maintain confidential stakeholder/client records.
- Willing to cover for team-members. Willing and able to work flexible hours. Some evenings and weekends required.
Organizational expectations include:
- Regular and punctual time and attendance, and adherence to The Foundling’s and your department’s specific time and attendance policies and protocol.
- Consistent demonstrated commitment to The Foundling’s BHAG, mission, vision and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).
- Adherence to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations or bargaining agreements.
- Appropriate engagement with support departments to ensure appropriate and timely hiring, performance management, investigation, discipline, suspension, and restructuring decisions concerning direct reports. Regular supervision and performance evaluation of direct reports.
- Any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Public Health, or related field
- Master’s Degree – accepted
- Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred (not required)
- NYSDL; highly preferable (for Staten Staten Island)
- At least 2 years of experience with some aspect of the targeted populations:Providing support to whole families as well as providing support to individual children, young people and adults in the family;
- Promoting, delivering and developing evidence based, programs, training and interventions to families;
- Working with children, young people and adults to improve their knowledge, understanding and skills;
- Coordinating, organizing, facilitating and promoting events to engage participants;
- Developing and leading collaborative projects or partnerships to achieve objectives, such as new service development;
- Working with students, volunteers, community members and people accessing services to achieve objectives;
- Knowledge of or experience with evidence-based practices.
Preferred Experience:
- knowledge of Community organizing
- Experience engaging stakeholders with diverse backgrounds and perspectives around a common concerns
- Demonstrated ability to speak effectively and professionally in public to a variety of audiences,
- Must possess professional demeanor, must be able to write clear, concise and grammatically correct letters, reports and other forms of communications,
- Must possess strong group facilitation skills, must be a team player, must have excellent organizational skills, local and occasional overnight travel may be required.
- Familiar with the political and cultural landscape of NYC (and Staten Island, as applicable)
- Integrity, initiative and flexibility required
- Be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, Email, and Data entry systems.
- Ability to form relationships with strategic partners; ie., government agencies, non-profit agencies, schools and faith based communities,
- Has experience with being an Admin
- EXPERT in Microsoft Office {which also include, excel, word, and Publisher}
- Must be an excellent communicator and have good interpersonal skills.
- Must be a good writer and have demonstrated ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.
- Ability to follow guidance and plan; Comfortable and adaptable to changes
- Take initiative and a team-player; Strength-Focused and Engaging
- Experience with cross-agency collaboration
- Skills to manage own and team “self-care” to prevent burnout
- Positive attitude
- Data entry proficiency
- Professional writing and email communication
Required
2 years: Working with children, young people and adults to improve their knowledge, understanding and skills;
2 years: Promoting, delivering and developing evidence based, programs, training and interventions to families;
2 years: Providing support to whole families as well as providing support to individual children, young people and adults in the family