Job Description
Are you someone who wants to make a lasting impact on children and families? Are you looking to be part of a collaborative movement to strategically improve opportunities for families and prepare our community's children for success? The Every Child Shines program within East Boston Social Centers has a vision to ensure families have the supports they need so all children in East Boston enter kindergarten joyful, thriving, and ready to learn. Join a growing team and be integral to building this movement of collective transformational impact.
Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, Every Child Shines, the Community Connections Coordinator plays a key role in supporting a robust network of family-serving agencies by collaborating with key stakeholders, including our steering committee, cross-sector partners, and Parent Partners. If you are excited about building partnerships that create a more equitable landscape for families in East Boston, consider applying today!
Primary Responsibilities
● Effectively engages community leaders and partners in thinking creatively how to create an environment where every child in East Boston enters kindergarten joyful, thriving and ready to learn
● Serves as direct point of contact for sector members and represents the Every Child Shines team in external meetings
● Cultivates and stewards relationships with individuals and external organizations
● Acts as a resource to external organizations providing helpful resources and tracking what needs organizations have across East Boston
● Supports evaluation, tracking, and analysis of relationship-building efforts to measure success
● Communicates effectively and builds strong, trusting relationships
● Coordinates trainings for sector members
● Prepares MOUs as required (with support from Program Director)
● Provides administrative support to the Director as needed
● Schedules and prepares materials for cross/in sector meetings and prepares and distributes meeting notes
● Follows up with members between meetings to ensure progress is being made
● Performs other duties as required
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
● Strong organizational skills - meticulous, thorough, and detail-oriented
● Proven ability to work effectively with diverse multi-stakeholder groups—ensuring inclusion and belonging for people from diverse cultural, economic, and professional backgrounds
● Excellent communication and organizational skills
● Empathetic personality; uses a strength based approach to family support
● Strong ability to work in a collaborative environment
● Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
● Able to successfully pass a criminal background check as required by the regulations set forth by the Department of Early Education
● Valid state driver’s license required