About the Role

As a Community Coordinator you will Shine Hope by raising awareness for the West Dallas Buckner Family Hope Center. You will serve as liaison with community collaborators, civic groups and businesses. You will also coordinate and supervise all volunteer and group activities that support Buckner ministries and fundraising efforts.

What You'll Do

As a member of our team you will have an impact on our program participants through accomplishment of the following responsibilities:

• Discuss needs of client families with Case Managers. Based on needs identified by the families, work to bring appropriate empowerment resources to meet those needs through networking and bringing in local agencies that offer services needed and by engaging local church volunteers to meet identified needs of clients.
• Assist clients in accessing the programs offered on-site as well as other services and referrals identified in the community; recognize and accommodate the clients' varied levels of capability to understand and maneuver the expectations and eligibility requirements for the services. This includes modeling the actions necessary to access resources, teaching the clients how to access the resources for themselves, and holding clients accountable for those actions for which they are capable.
• Assist program participants with accessing community resources, including, but not limited to, assisting with program enrollments, assisting with obtaining housing, and other services.
• Develop professional relationships with institutions and agencies that provide education, job training, living skills training, employment services, housing, and child care services in order to coordinate services for program participants. Develop relationships with community and social service organizations to help guide community assessments, program development, and implementation of new programs.
• Assess needs and concerns of clients. Research models of programs with identified needs and concerns; research, prioritize and recruit local programs that address identified needs and concerns.
• Coordinate regular events at the FHC including, but not limited to, health fairs, health education classes, holiday celebrations, training for local pastors, and block parties.
• Coordinate with the Ministry Engagement Coordinator as they organize and implement a comprehensive volunteer program including, volunteer recruitment, screening, training, supervision, evaluation, and documentation in compliance with Buckner policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Effectively support volunteer schedules, activities, and the use of program and volunteer resources to meet business plan objectives and budgetary guidelines.
• Serve as liaison between Buckner staff and the Ministry Engagement Coordinator to ensure that the on-going need for program volunteers and special event volunteers are met.
• Maintain a master calendar of all FHC events; distribute notices of activities and volunteer projects to applicable program staff.

What You'll Bring to the Team

To be successful in this role and a great addition to our team we need you to come with the following:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field required.
• Minimum two years prior related experience providing community-based services, crisis assistance, or direct social services required.
• Must be age 21 or older to drive on behalf of Buckner.
• Shining hope in others. (Your friendly attitude and willingness to learn is more important than a year's experience!)

Preferred Qualifications:

In addition to the amazing qualifications and experiences listed above, if we had our say, we would also look for:

• Read, write, and speak Spanish.
• A commitment to your own professional growth and development to enhance program services.
• A willingness and desire to build and maintain excellent working relationships with your co-workers, volunteers, and the community that we rely on to support our programs.

Our 5 STARS Perks:

• Medical and Dental benefits for associates and their eligible dependents.
• Payactiv, early access paid wages
• Life insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability benefits.
• Paid Time Off and Holidays.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Retirement Savings Plan.
• The 5 STARS Fun Benefit: encourages employees to spread good cheer to their co-workers and others, creating a happy, healthy environment for all!

Benefits eligibility is based on number of hours worked each week.