03/06/2020
General Description:
The Outreach Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include developing partnerships, marketing, and crisis intervention training. The position reports directly to the Executive Director.
Professional Expertise:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Transparent and high integrity leadership
- Three or more years of nonprofit coordination experience
- Experience coordinating services provided to youth populations and marginalized communities
- Experience in cultural responsiveness and diversity and inclusion
- Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, program development and task facilitation
- Knowledge of fundraising strategies and donor relations unique to the nonprofit sector
- Skills to collaborate with community members and other organizations
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong public speaking ability
- Build and manage partnerships on behalf of the FWYAT to ensure program fidelity
Job Responsibilities:
- Cultivate new relationships and build existing partnerships with various community stakeholders to align with FWYAT’s mission.
- Maintain effective communication between all partners, in addition to district leadership, school principals, and administrators at school sites.
- Coordinate in-school support, after school program, and weekend academy between partners and community stakeholders for youth participants.
- Implement a communications plan, outreach strategy, along with the brand and marketing needs of the organization
- Maintain and update the organization’s social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat as needed.
- Develop, maintain, and coordinate updates to the organization’s community calendar, monthly newsletters, and website design.
- Establish and maintain relationships with various organizations, service providers, government agencies and thought leaders throughout the City ensuring communications with youth participants, families and community members from diverse populations.
- Coordinate monthly meetings between consortium partners, provide weekly updates on programs, collect data, and submit reports related to program outcomes, evaluation, and impact measurement.
- Implement strategies for addressing youth violence prevention, critical incident response protocol, and the school to prison pipeline.
- Represent the FWYAT in community events and provide appropriate follow-up and resolution to any issues that improve operations.
- Report to and work closely with the Executive Director to seek involvement in community advocacy, fundraising, and to assist in increasing the overall visibility of the organization throughout the city, county, and/or state.
- Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or the Board of Directors.
Desired Qualifications:
- Typically, this person should be well experienced
- Excellent, results-oriented organizational skills, with the ability to simultaneously coordinate multiple activities
- The ability to work well with others in a fast-paced and time-sensitive environment
- Positive, Caring and compassionate leader with a commitment to youth empowerment.
- Develop Strategies and implement protocols for Critical Incident Response
- Provide Training for Staff, Community & Stakeholders
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Willingness and ability to maintain a flexible work schedule when necessary, consistent with the demands and needs of the executive team, volunteers, community leaders, and related special events
Offers of employment are contingent on verification of information provided by the applicant as part of the application process, including potential background check, and full driver's abstract.
How to Apply:
To apply for the outreach coordinator position, please submit your cover letter and resume to the Federal Way Youth Action Team Staff and Recruitment Committee at [email protected] by 5:00pm on Friday, March 20, 2020.
