Community Outreach Manager

Description

ABOUT ASPIRE

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

JOB SUMMARY

The Community Outreach Manager is responsible for ensuring the school is engaging with stakeholders proactively and effectively. This is accomplished by developing partnerships with students, families, community members, businesses, philanthropic and community service entities, civic leaders, and other stakeholders who influence and are influenced by the work of the school.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions

Strategy Development

• Develop an outreach strategy for the school with the goal of learning more about local community needs and partnership opportunities

Outreach and Communications

• Develop key messages and communication to communities about the school’s mission and vision

• Develop accessible mechanisms for community members to voice questions, concerns, and ideas for how the school can better serve them

• Organize and coordinate community events that further the school’s outreach strategy

Ongoing Activities

• Represent the school site, with support from the Principal, in building an effective school community Including:

• Working with parents to better support their child/children’s academic, behavioral, and social development

• Garnering support from community groups and leaders

• Developing positive relationships with external partnerships

• Working in collaboration with the Principal and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals

• Supporting the development and operation of the School Site Council, English Language Advisory Council, and other stakeholder engagement groups

• Serve as a liaison between school and families in matters related to recruitment and enrollment

Additional:

• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior 

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Competencies:

• Proven ability to craft effective communications and outreach strategy

• Excellent communications skills and strong public speaking skills

• Excellent research, relationship building and networking skills

• Passionate about education and community development

• Ability to use data to drive decision making, issue resolution, and strategy development

• Knowledge around community organizing and outreach strategies and practices

• Experience planning and facilitating meetings, identifying community needs, working with community leaders and volunteers of diverse backgrounds

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks

• Knowledge of the urban school communities preferred

• Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred

1. Minimum educational level:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Non-Profit Management, Marketing, or related field

1. Experience required:

• 3+ years of experience in a school setting

• Experience developing messaging and marketing materials

• Experience working with various community organizations and local officials preferred

• Experience utilizing online networking and web development preferred

1. Physical requirements:

• Stand, walk or bend over, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull. Move, lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height

• Repetitive use of hands (i.e. fine manipulation, simple grasping, and power grasping)

• Demonstrate normal depth perception

• Sitting, walking or standing for extended periods of time

• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone

• See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids

• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides

Physical requirements:

• Moving oneself in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments, including tight and confined spaces.

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.

• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.

• Assessing the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned.

• Communicating with others to exchange information.

• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Work authorization requirements: 

• Clear the Department of Justice background screening

• Authorized to work in the United States

• Provide health (TB) clearance

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office, classroom/school setting, which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Work indoors in a standard office environment, computer lab, and/or classroom environment

• Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments

• Exposure to dust, oils, and cleaning chemicals

• Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment

• May be required to work outside of typical work days and office hours to meet operational deadlines

Compensation: 

Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammate's well-being!  In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools, we offer employees exceptional benefits, including paid time off, 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans, life insurance/long-term disability, participation in a CA state retirement plan, tuition reimbursement plan, and adoption assistance program.

Our salary schedule for this position type, based on years of experience, is $70,304 - $98,262.

Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.