The Community Engagement Coordinator is responsible for supporting the department’s efforts to recruit, train, and mentor volunteers of color as well as coordinating and delivering the Girl Scouts curriculum directly to girls via in school ConnectZ troops and programs. Coordinators also support department efforts to create high-quality community engagement experiences for families, leaders, and alumnae of color.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Community Engagement Coordinator will execute the following strategies and tactics to meet the recruitment and retention objectives of the Community Engagement Team:

Strategic Initiatives

• Implement culturally responsive and specific recruitment, training, and program delivery strategies that support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience model.
• Lead high quality in troop and out of troop programming directly for girls, ensuring content and delivery methods are culturally responsive.
• Support girls in attending evening or weekend Girl Scout events, participating in the River Valleys Cookie program, and attending Girl Scout River Valleys summer camps.
• Plan, promote, and implement troop formation activities in assigned areas as needed.

• Provide authentic and responsive troop leader mentorship, support, and customer service to ensure all volunteers and leaders are following Girl Scout policies and procedures.
• Build relationships and partnerships with communities, families, and community youth organizations of color.

• Serve as a Community Engagement representative at relevant partner, family, funder, and general community events to help build relationships with key stakeholders.
• Compile and share information gathered from local community leaders, organizations, and activities to influence and improve all facets of site partner, girl, and volunteer recruitment; communications; marketing; and programs for the Community Engagement team.
• Ensure that girl curriculum, programs, and materials provided to girls, troop leaders, alumnae, and families are consistent in branding, messaging, and visual representation and in alignment with standards established by GSUSA.
• Support program grant requirements and commitment to continuous improvement by completing program evaluations as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Required: Bachelor’s degree and at least 2-3 years of professional work experience, preferably in education, program/project management, community organizing, or related field; demonstrated experience working with diverse populations of staff and/or volunteers; demonstrated personal and professional commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and racial justice.

Preferred: Demonstrated experience in training development and delivery. Proficiency in multiple languages is an asset.

Important Note: In order to protect the health and safety of our community, employees, guests, and their families from COVID-19, GSRV is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to provide proof of that status to maintain employment. Requests for exemptions from employees with qualifying medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs that prevent them from receiving a COVID-19 vaccination will be considered.