Community Liaison - Kingsbridge Heights Community Center : Job Details

Overview:

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC) is a 49 year old multi-service not-for-profit

organization based on the settlement house model and located in the Bronx. We provide resources for Bronx residents from cradle to career to advance education and well-being for a vibrant community KHCC serves over 5,000 families annually with an inclusive environment for children with special needs, low-income families, recent immigrants, survivors of sexual and domestic abuse, and at-risk teens. KHCC helps participants overcome adversity and develop the skills they need to build bright futures.

Position Overview

In 2017, The Administration for Children's Services launched Family Enrichment Centers (FEC).

FECs are a family-centered, primary prevention model that provide community-designed supports in a warm, inviting home-like space where neighbors can connect, contribute to their community, find esources, support one another, and build strategies that help families thrive.

The Community Liaison will engage community members and build relationships with community

organizations in Bronx CD 7 - Kingsbridge / Bedford Park. The ideal candidate will adhere to the center's model of appreciative inquiry and collaborative co-design in order to facilitate community-led decision making in every step of the center's operations.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

● Represent the FEC and conduct outreach at community events and venues.

● Stay informed about significant community issues, trends, and opportunities for collective action.

● Attend community meetings, coordinate meetings with stakeholders, and foster a sense of

belonging and mutual responsibility through community service and celebrations.

● Experience building coalitions within communities, helping diverse groups of people identify and

work toward common goals.

● Build partnerships between the FEC and community organizations, public institutions (e.g.,

schools), coalitions, and others to increase engagement with these entities and leverage resources

or expertise for FEC offerings

● Create guides, toolkits, or other resources that help increase access to, and awareness of, the FEC, especially for parents and caregivers of children and youth and those that are typically more

isolated or marginalized.

● Support the FEC's ability to connect caregivers and families to local resources, services, and

other supports.

● Additional related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

● Must be authorized to work for any employer in the US

● Willing to undergo fingerprinting and background checks in accordance with federal, state and

local laws

● Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree AND three (3) years of professional

experience;

○ OR a high school diploma AND five (5) years of professional experience in

community-driven-programs working directly with children, youth, and families.

● Bilingual

● Flexibility with daily schedule to accommodate community needs and varying program hours

● Exceptional people/interpersonal, community organizing, collaboration, and advocacy skills.

● Available to work occasional evenings or weekends as needed

Preferred

● Knowledge of, lived experience in, and commitment to the FEC community

● Outstanding people/interpersonal, community organizing, collaboration, and advocacy skills

Physical Demands:

● While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit;

handle, or feel; talk, hear, smell or taste. On rare occasions it may be necessary to move quickly,

run, etc. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with

hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The

employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25

pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by

this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Schedule:

● 35 hours/ week, flexibility required/TBD as determined by FEC

Equal Employment opportunity Employer:

● Kingsbridge Heights Community Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified

applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated on the basis of

the individual's actual or perceived disability, protected veteran status, race, color, creed,

religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital

status, or any other perceived status protected by law.