Community
Engagement Coordinator
ONE
Neighborhood Builders (formerly Olneyville Housing Corporation) seeks a
qualified candidate for its Community Engagement Coordinator vacancy. This position will promote ONE NB’s
comprehensive neighborhood revitalization agenda in Elmwood and Olneyville. This is accomplished through community-building
activities, convening agencies to work collaboratively and share information,
organizing residents and building resident leadership.
The
Community Engagement Coordinator is a full-time position and will report to Director
of Community Initiatives.
Specifically, the Community
Engagement Coordinator will:
- Assist
in creating partnerships between families, residents, neighborhood-based
organizations, faith-based organizations, city/state government, health
and human service providers, community development corporations, job
training, and educational institutions, housing, local businesses and
other community assets.
- Share
data and provide access to information for the benefit of residents,
groups, organizations and institutions.
Compile, assemble and distribute stories about the neighborhoods
community building, planning and implementation process.
- Organize
and coordinate neighborhood meetings specific to community building and
quality of life planning. Attend
neighborhood meetings to identify opportunities for collaboration and
value add opportunities for ONE NB.
- Engage
in neighborhood events for outreach and public relations.
5. Write, publish and mail newsletters
and other communications that advance these goals.
6. Support the resident-led
Olneyville Safer Streets Association and Elmwood Crime Watch by attending the
monthly meetings, helping the facilitator develop the meeting agenda, and
conducting outreach to maximize attendance.
7. Conduct one-to-one
meetings with residents and community stakeholders to build trust, gather
information, and encourage their engagement in neighborhood activities and
problem-solving.
8. Work with the Director of
Community Initiatives to ensure the desired outcomes of ONE NB’s RI Department
of Health and US Department of Justice multi-year contracts are achieved. Manage and support three Olneyville Block
Captains and other elements of those two programs that depend on resident
engagement.
9. Assist in the
coordination of the Olneyville Collaborative, a coalition of 30+ members who
work together to share information, promote pride in the Olneyville
neighborhood, and ensure scarce resources are stretched wisely and services are
not unduly duplicated. Plan and execute
the two signature community events sponsored by the Olneyville Collaborative
(Fall Fest and Olneyville Shines).
10. Assist with posting news
and announcements to ONE NB’s website, Constant Contact, Facebook, and Twitter.
11. Assist in advancing the
Olneyville neighborhood campaign; I Am My Neighbor’s Keeper.
SKILLS:
§ Ability to coordinate tasks within the neighborhoods
and with external stakeholders as appropriate and required.
§ Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and
written form.
§ Ability to listen to, communicate and work with
people from a variety of socio-economic, racial, ethnic, religious and
political backgrounds, beliefs, and practices; and to thrive in a variety of
neighborhood settings.
§ The interpersonal skills necessary to work
constructively with a wide variety of people and organizations; the ability to
inspire trust, organize people into a team and motivate them to work intently
and efficiently together.
§
Ability to
collaborate and negotiate with others to implement and accomplish
administrative actions and objectives.
§
Comfort with
group processes, the ability to be a team player and to promote broad consensus
about strategies, plans and specific actions among diverse interests.
§ Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
and the organizational skills to coordinate events and processes.
§ Ability to identify outside resources and utilize
their support.
§ Ability to prepare and make analyses, reports, and
presentations of performance, proposals, and plans for management.
§ Ability to operate standard office equipment and
work with Microsoft Office computer programs.
§ Ability to
engage new people in small and large settings
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School diploma; college degree preferred
- Minimum two years appropriate neighborhood/community building/community organizing experience.
- Familiarity and experience working with residents, groups,
organizations and institutions in a neighborhood setting.
- Strong skills in group facilitation. Skills and experience in training and
education a plus.
- Thrive in an exceptionally busy, fluid and demanding work
environment
- Bi-lingual (Spanish)/bi-cultural strongly preferred
- Highly organized and flexible
- Commitment to the mission of ONE Neighborhood
Builders
Competitive
salary based on education and experience
APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
Submit cover letter and resume via email to Tina Shepard, Director of Community Initiatives at shepard@onenb.org. No
phone calls please.