Description

San Diego Workforce Innovation High School

Full Time, Monday – Friday

Compensation: $64,280 - 82,400/year

Help Us Change Lives

We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! As a POSITION, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember that teacher who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.

Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/ 

How You Will Make an Impact

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Community Liaison will establish and support growth of collaborative relationships with community organizations, businesses, and individuals to engage students and increase public awareness of organization’s educational solutions and programs in favorable way. This position reports to the Principal or designee.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Interface with communities and openly represent the organization among the general public to include public officials, businesses, other agencies
• Help establish and maintain a regional network of relationships with community organizations, businesses, and individuals to promote the Organization’s educational solutions and engage students
• Support in planning, development and implementation of career pathways and programs
• Initiate work-based learning opportunities such as guest speakers, job shadowing, workplace tours, and service projects
• Facilitate and maintain a program of career preparation and internships for students
• Maintain professional memberships and attend conferences and events to keep current with state standards and regulations in Career Technical Education (CTE)
• Serve as local expert on Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act governance structure, youth service providers and programs
• Utilize established tools and guidelines to engage and enroll students
• Distribute information and demonstrate tact and diplomacy in representing the Organization
• Assist in planning and implementation of events
• Support coordination of community activities
• Maintain documentation and report on progress related to community and student outreach activities
• Utilize established reporting mechanisms, and provide written reports to management
• Participate in meetings and trainings
• Collaborate with other departments and division to meet objectives
• Perform administrative duties, responsibilities and activities that may be assigned or changed from time to time

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

• Strong writing, oral communication, public speaking, and presentation skills
• Ability to build and maintain rapport with culturally diverse populations
• Strong follow-through skills
• Coordination, organizing, planning skills
• Interpersonal skills and persuasion skills
• Ability to work harmoniously as part of a team
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks based on urgency
• Ability to learn new skills quickly with minimal guidance
• Ability to collaborate and work with community representatives and varied stakeholders
• Self-sufficient and focused on excellent customer service

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2 years total professional experience in Community Outreach or Community Relations
• Bachelor’s degree or 2 years equivalent experience in Community Outreach, Community Relations (equivalent experience is included in total years of professional experience)
• Skilled in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) or other specific technology
• Some evening student recruitment and/or evening meetings; occasionally working on Saturday and/or Sunday
• Ability to travel in performance of job duties is required
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull objects weighing up to 10 pounds of force (almost all office jobs)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination, high people engagement.
• Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery.
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required.
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures.