Position Start Date

As soon as possible

Salary/Wage

$17.60/hr - $22.55/hr

Terms/Schedule

Permanent position, 0.625 FTE

Appointment Type

Part Time

Description

The Partnership Coordinator works under the direct supervision of the building principal and in coordination with the Director of Student Services. The Partnership Coordinator collaborates with staff, community members, local business partners, and volunteers to develop programs and opportunities to enhance child, student and family success. This includes communicating and promoting opportunities within the school and the district to community members, families, local media, and others to increase community engagement within our schools. Job Functions: • Develops, manages, schedules, and implements home, school, community, and volunteer partnership opportunities for the school and the district and communicates these opportunities to families, community members, businesses, and local media. • Coordinates services to provide a variety of family and community involvement opportunities, including meetings, trainings, and volunteer opportunities. • Creates, develops, implements and submits communication tools for the school, community and the district, including newsletters, flyers, social media sites, and press releases. This includes providing information about the school, activities and volunteer opportunities. • Collaborates and shares information with other Partnership Coordinators • Acts as a liaison between the school and families, the community and outside community organizations and businesses. • Coordinates various volunteer events, after school classes/events, enrichment opportunities and family and community events independently and/or jointly with parent organizations as needed. • Promotes family and community engagement by organizing events. Examples of these events include; open houses, building tours, and other community activities. • Recruits family and community volunteers for events such as vision and hearing screenings, weekend kids’ meals, and a variety of enrichment and activity programs. • Collects and processes appropriate volunteer paperwork and maintains the school volunteer database. • Becomes aware of and is active in community initiatives. • May represent the District/School by participating in a variety of community events. • Provides information and assistance to families and the community about a variety of programs. Some examples of these programs are the weekend kids’ meal program, before/after school care, resource library, and supply, clothing, and food pantries.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Human Services, Communications, Child Development, Education, Business or related field. • Training, work, or volunteer experience in related settings • Experience working effectively with diverse populations. • Ability to become certified through the Wisconsin Family Services Credential Training program within two years of hire.