Associate, Public Engagement

Positions Report to: Director, Public Engagement

Start Date: March 1, 2021

Compensation: We offer a comprehensive benefits package

FLSA Status: Exempt

Who We Are:

East Harlem Tutorial Program (EHTP) began in 1958 as a children's reading group and has since grown into a multi-site after-school program for traditional public school students and a network of public charter schools focused on significantly increasing the college graduation rate in East Harlem. We are on track to serve at least 25% of East Harlem students by 2025, with enrollment for this year at approximately 2200 students in our schools and after school programs. In 2020, 99% of our seniors were accepted to college, and our current scholars in college are on-track to graduate at eight times the national average of their peers.

At EHTP we also aim to serve as an agent of change and thoughtfully contribute to the national fight for racial equity. Through our organization-wide commitment to anti-racism work, we prepare our scholars to effect change, challenge the status quo, and thrive in the world around them. As staff members, we face our own racial identities and conscious and unconscious biases. With this in mind, all of our professional development, curriculum, organizational materials, and processes are designed with a goal of racial justice. 

We ground all of our work in racial equity, in our core values, and in our four guiding pursuits: the Revolutionary Pursuit of Love, the Radical Pursuit of Knowledge, the Responsive Pursuit of Healing, and in the Relentless Pursuit of Results. These pursuits inform and are reflected in our current four key strategic priorities: to increase high-impact, high-quality academic curriculum, programming content, staff capacity, and coaching; to embrace and advance our use of technology; to deepen our embodiment of ethical and equitable radical humanity; and to efficiently operationalize teaching, learning, community, and care.

About The Opportunity:

We are seeking an Associate, Public Engagement to lead in EHTP’s external-facing initiatives and public engagement work in East Harlem, and in other communities our programs and schools serve. Reporting to the Director, Public Engagement the Associate will play a crucial role in expanding EHTP’s presence in East Harlem, strengthening our engagement with families and community stakeholders, and executing our antiracist public engagement strategy. In addition to community engagement, the Associate will also support our volunteer and internship programs in partnership with the Volunteers & Interns Team (V&I) by ensuring that our volunteers and interns are positioned to become advocates for EHTP. The Associate will be responsible for the successful planning and implementation of all EHTP-hosted community meetings and online media campaigns related to public engagement.

Areas of Leadership:

• Executes public engagement strategy by attending community meetings and conducting follow up with partners or community members
• Develops and manages yearly partner engagement events
• EHTP hosted, single issue focused, community meetings and events
• Topic-based online or in-person engagement initiatives (social media pushes, community forums, etc.)
• Develops and manages yearly civic engagement family events on topics such as voter registration, Census, public-official meet and greets
• Creates and manages a constituent needs resource matching process
• Co-develops public statements on topics of importance to the community and EHTP, and leads community, knowledge-building conversations on those topics with stakeholders
• Partners with the Volunteers & Interns Team

What Qualifies You:

• You have 1 – 3 years of work experience, with at least 2 years in a community/constituent role
• You have passion for and knowledge of economic, housing, food, or other and community development issues and practices, with an emphasis on the local level
• You are a strong written and verbal communicator
• You pay exceptional attention to detail, proactively approach your work, and possess a strong customer service orientation
• You have strong relationship-building skills and a proven record of fostering authentic relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• You have a strong track record of carrying projects/initiatives from vision through completion
• You are entrepreneurial, flexible, creative, and resourceful
• You can deliver results in a growing, deadline-driven, fast-paced, dynamic environment
• You are a Spanish language speaker [conversational or fluent], strongly preferred
• You believe deeply in EHTP’s mission, core values, and racial equity statement
• You have a Bachelor’s degree, preferred

Thank you for taking the time to submit your application.