Job Title: Site Coordinator (Full-Service Community Schools)

Location: Griggs County Central School District (Cooperstown, ND)

Reports to: NDFSCS Integrated Student Support Services – Chief of Staff

FLSA Status: Half-Time (Exempt) 95 days, Primarily Aug-May

Salary Range: $25,000/annually

Position Overview: The School Site Coordinator is dedicated to extending the capacity of the school by assisting students and families to overcome learning barriers. The Site Coordinator acts as a “Community Organizer” inside the building, prioritizing the enhancement and implementation of programs and services that support whole-child health. The Site Coordinator creates, strengthens, and maintains the bridge between the school and community through facilitating and providing leadership for the collaborative process and development of a continuum of services for children, families and community members within the school neighborhood.

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or human service field or equivalent work experience;

• One-three years experience in planning, coordination and implementation of program activities, goals and strategic plans;

• Experience working with children and adolescents, youth agencies, social services and school systems;

• Strong relationship building skills, including community outreach and partnership establishment;

• Action oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills;

• Advocacy skills and effective communication with families facing adversity;

• Persistence. The belief system that all youth have the ability to learn and succeed;

• Organizational skills, flexibility, and the ability to work in a variety of settings;

• Knowledge of community and educational resources;

• Training in cultural competency and trauma-informed practices preferred;

Position Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Essential Functions: A critical part of every position is achieving the goals for the position while delivering high levels of satisfaction to internal and external stakeholders. This is realized by building positive internal individual and team relationships, positive relationships with external partners and exhibiting behaviors that contribute to the success of short and long term goals of the organization. These behaviors include a focus on timely completion and high quality of work (with or without supervision) while following all legal, compliance, departmental, documentation, safety, timelines, program and other standards per company policies and procedures.

Performance is equally a function of goal attainment; timely completion of tasks; accuracy, building positive internal and external relationships; and planning, communicating and coordinating work to avoid last minute confusion and adherence legal/compliance guidelines and policies and procedures.

Significant Job Duties

1. 30% Project Planning

• Build collaborative relationships with school partners, including administration, teachers, and other support staff to develop and enhance services and programs across the various Full-Service Community Schools Pipelines: *Early Childhood Development. *Remedial & Academic Enrichment Activities *Family Engagement. *Community-Based Supports *Wellness: Primary Health & Dental Care, Nutrition & Physical Activity, Behavioral Health Supports *Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention *Workforce Readiness & Development: Adult Education, Service-Learning Opportunities, Job Training & Career Counseling * *Mentoring & Other Youth Development Programs
• Facilitate needs assessment processes with stakeholder groups to identify program priorities;
• Assist school site in the development of individual strategic plans;
• Establish regular meeting schedules with the school’s Principal;
• Participate in various NDFSCS Consortium meetings including Site Coordinator and School Site Networks
• Meet with school staff to coordinate program services;
• Participate in various school committees to inform and identify program needs;
• Communicate North Dakota’s Full-Service Community Schools Consortium mission and vision to school staff, community, parents, and students;

2. 50% Project Implementation

• Implement identified evidenced-based activities, promising strategies and programs to support the development of full-service community schools;
• Organize work groups to support the implementation of the strategic plan;
• Maintain records and documentation from all groups and committees;
• Provide technical assistance to school sites on evidence-based activities, promising strategies and programs to support best practices;
• Conduct ongoing community and partner outreach to explore partnership opportunities;
• Provide feedback on fidelity of program implementation;
• Act as a school liaison for students and families to coordinate basic needs requests including food, clothing, housing and medical supports;
• Coordinate various family engagement activities that promote the role of caregivers as partners in student success
• Work closely with Project Director and Regional Coordinators to implement the Full-Service Community Schools Project, communicate project progress, and ensure data is being collected to support the program evaluation plan;
• Research and development of program sustainability plan.

3. 10% Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

• Manage program data; assist individual schools in gathering evaluation data; and ensure accurate and meaningful data is being collected, reported and analyzed.
• Generate and publish required reports, metrics, documents, forecasts, and special reports for full transparency
• Assist in the process of facilitating various school-based evaluation activities
• Conduct program and service check-ins with partners and providers to gather implementation feedback along with overall program impact

4. 5% Sustain Long Term Viability and Growth

• In conjunction with the North Dakota Full Service Community School Consortium, review the current programs and identify potential funding opportunities that align to the agency's strategic goals.
• Participates in the strategic planning and implementation through attending meetings and planning sessions.
• Actively seeking external funding opportunities through local, federal and foundation grants.

5. 5% Professional Development

• Build and extend own knowledge through a variety of formal and informal developmental activities. Document professional development including but not limited to: trade shows, webinars, training classes, special certifications and by engaging in other professional development activities.

Essential Skills, Experience and Expertise:

● Ability to work independently;

● Ability to work collaboratively within groups and teams;

● Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills;

● Ability to keep calm under pressure and while receiving requests from multiple sources;

● Demonstrate a culturally competent and trauma-informed mindset;

● Management of a flexible work schedule, ability to prioritize tasks, attention to detail, organization and planning skills;

● Math (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), reading and writing skills (ability to read, write and comprehend technical documentation and information) required;

● Ability to design presentations and effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to students and staff;

● Use of software and office equipment: Ability to use standard office equipment (copier, fax etc.), computers, Microsoft office, google, and the internet. Working knowledge of Word and Excel to create and alter forms. Able to retrieve / store documents on shared site or on cloud based service. Able to use accounting software for data entry and report generation.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $25,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person
• Public school

Ability to Relocate:

• Cooperstown, ND 58425: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person