Department: Community Engagement

Pay Grade: A5

FLSA Status: Exempt

JOB SUMMARY

The Community Engagement Manager is responsible for performing a variety of strategic community initiatives and community-focused duties to benefit children and families and elevate the contribution and awareness of The Children’s Trust. This role manages partnerships, collaborative community projects, and direct engagement with anchor institutions, community-based organizations, parent and youth groups, funders, and other partners, providing linkage to The Children’s Trust and evaluating and responding to community needs concerning children.

The Community Engagement Manager participates in and supports in organizational solicitation management and grant-making; including but not limited to managing workflow processes and meeting team deadlines. This role also oversees programmatic work, including but not limited to, multi-party program planning and contract execution, facilitating development of and timely reporting of reports and deliverables for funders and anchor institutions, corporate sponsorships and programs, and future collaborations, as assigned.

The incumbent exercises independence of action and will possess considerable knowledge of community activities and needs for children and families and use considerable professional judgment in the performance of community engagement work.

The Community Engagement Manager serves to mentor leadership skills and opportunities for partner organizations to influence positive changes for children and families. The incumbent will dialogue with community leaders and stakeholders on key issues affecting children and families through community engagement efforts to increase The Children’s Trust’s understanding, and ability, to meet these needs. The incumbent may also support the organization’s efforts related to public policy and intergovernmental relations.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory duties.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Strategizes and convenes strategic community initiatives, under the guidance of supervisor(s).
• Program development and contract management, including development of budgets and reporting requirements, as assigned.
• Supports in organization solicitations and community grant-making.
• Participates in meetings with individuals, community organizations, professional groups, youth organizations, neighborhood groups, houses of worship, corporations and other groups to promote an understanding of community needs.
• Mobilizes the community to respond to events and issues affecting children and families.
• Keeps informed on community information, demographic characteristics, growth patterns, projected municipal and community plans and other information affecting children and families by participation in meetings or by correspondence.
• Serves as a member of task force, boards and other collaborative bodies involving county, state, private and nonprofit agencies engaged in responding to community needs and their priorities in child development, health and human services.
• Must be able to travel to community meetings at various locations throughout the county during regular work hours and during occasional evenings, weekends or holidays.
• The incumbent must possess a valid Florida driver’s license.
• Prepares reports of findings, conclusions and recommendations.
• Knowledgeable on computer systems.

Performs other duties as needed and determined supervisor(s)

WORKING CONDITIONS

In the course of daily work, the incumbent alternates between planning and administrative work in a normal office environment with comfortable air temperatures and adequate lighting and ventilation; and spending time in the field to attend neighborhood and community events/activities.

The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County commits to a policy of equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees, complying with local, state and federal laws. The Trust’s policy is to employ qualified persons without discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, political affiliation, veteran’s status, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, to include transgender status, disability or status in any other group protected by federal/state/local law.