Community Liaison

Community Liaison, East Palo Alto Clubhouse

To empower the youth in our community with equitable access to social, academic, and career opportunities to thrive. All youth grow up to lead fulfilling lives fueled by their passions, talents, and a love of learning. Curiosity, respect, ownership, ganas, unity, equity.

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula (BGCP) proudly stands as the largest expanded learning provider in San Mateo County, dedicated to empowering 7,000 TK-College students across 31 sites from East Palo Alto to Daly City. We believe that talent is equally distributed across Silicon Valley, but opportunity is not, so we are committed to ensuring that socio-economically disadvantaged students have equitable access to the opportunities that will help them thrive in school and beyond. Students benefit from high-quality academic programs, captivating enrichment activities, and access to critical mental health services. With support from our staff, Board, and broader Team BGCP community, we strive to make our community a great place for all kids to grow up.

The Community Liaison supports the successful execution of the East Palo Alto Clubhouse's recruitment and retention efforts to ensure we are retaining our middle school members in our high school programming once they transition, and that we retain high school members engaging with us throughout the year.

This position requires a detailed and dynamic leader who can support the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team navigate the complexities that come with school partnerships, family engagement, and general event planning while ensuring that equal efforts are put into recruiting and retaining student engagement all year. The role is critical to ensuring the East Palo Alto Clubhouse supports members graduating high school with an informed plan.

Role & Responsibilities

• Recruitment (8th Grade & High School)
  • Design and execute the Rising 9th grade program (R9) in collaboration with BGCP middle school sites in East Palo Alto to build a pipeline of 8th grade students and families that will enroll in East Palo Alto Clubhouse programming upon 8th grade graduation
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing recruitment efforts pertaining to high school members attending our partner high school sites in East Palo Alto
• Retention
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing retention efforts pertaining to high school members attending our partner high school sites in East Palo Alto
• Family Engagement
  • Design and execute 8th grade to high school transitionary workshops for 8th grade families that support them in helping their students transition successfully to high school
  • Collaborate with the East Palo Alto Clubhouse team to carry out ongoing family engagement opportunities throughout the school year
• Event Management
  • Lead the planning of recruitment and retention events like: 8th Grade Graduation, Thanksgiving Dinner, Breakfast with Santa, Quarterly Showcases, Teenchella, Fall Kick-off, Summer Kick-off
• Collaboration and Partnership Building:
  • Collaborate with East Palo Alto's charter high schools to host programming that support recruitment of new members and retention of existing members
  • Collaborate with BGCP K-8th teams to successfully execute an R9 program and support overall recruitment efforts at the East Palo Alto Clubhouse
  • Collaborate with community partners (i.e. SETI Institute, Stanford, EPA Archive, Lockheed Martin Lab, EPACENTER, Youth Community Service) to support youth-development programming

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• An established record of effective team collaboration
• In-depth knowledge of middle school to high school transition
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft persuasive grant proposals and reports
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with school partners
• Commitment to the organization's mission and values
• Fluency in Spanish is required

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; and some stooping, kneeling, bending at the waist, reaching overhead, crouching, squatting, and/or crawling. The role also requires significant fine finger dexterity and near vision acuity. The position may occasionally involve lifting or carrying objects up to 25 pounds. Generally, the job requires approximately 80% sitting and 20% walking or standing. The work environment noise level is typically moderate but may occasionally be louder. All requirements are subject to reasonable accommodations.

Location

East Palo Alto Clubhouse

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 10:00am - 7:00pm

Compensation & Benefits

• Employment Status: Full-Time Hourly
• Pay Range: $30.00 to 33.00 (per hour), depending on experience (DOE)
• Health Benefits:
• You are entitled to company-provided medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as life and long-term disability insurance paid at 100% by BGCP with additional buy up options beginning on your start date
• Retirement Benefits: You will be able to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan after ninety days of employment
• Comprehensive Paid Time-Off Policy, along with additional benefits
• Sick Time: Full-time employees are front-loaded 40 hours of paid sick time annually
• Contributing to a thriving community for youth growth: Beyond measure

As part of the hiring process, BGCP requires candidates to complete a LiveScan fingerprinting, background check, tuberculosis (TB) evaluation or test.

BGCP is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We provide equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic or combination of characteristics protected under applicable law. BGCP is dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for positions within our organization.