Community Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Buckner Children and Family Services Community : Family Hope Center

Location : Lubbock, TX - Onsite

Address : 1510 South Loop 289, Lubbock, TX 78537

Job Schedule : Full-Time

We are seeking a Community Coordinator to join our Family Hope Center (FHC). As a Community Coordinator , you will serve in a strategic function by facilitating, coordinating, and supervising activities, classes, and services that support Buckner Ministries while providing educational and empowerment services to families. This role is responsible for raising awareness for the Buckner Family Hope Center and serving as a liaison with community collaborators, civic groups, and businesses. Join our team and shine hope in the lives of others!

What you'll do :

• Coordinate all adult empowerment classes, including recruiting and training volunteers to lead classes.
• Take lead in facilitating and teaching FHC core classes, such as Faith and Finance, Work Life, Jobs for Life, ESL, GED, Nurturing parenting, and other approved curriculums.
• Implement evidence-based curriculums to fidelity and align with Family Hope Center framework.
• Work with community collaborators to enhance the Family Hope Center programming. Work alongside our collaborative partners to coordinate and execute community events and assist with classes as needed.
• Take lead in organizing FHC events and work with community collaborators to coordinate regular events at the FHC.
• Work with other team members on creating and hosting classes and workshops to engage community with educational programing aligned with the FHC framework.
• Work together with Family Coaches on recruiting participants for Family Coaching program.
• Maintain a master calendar of all Family Hope Center classes and distribute notices of activities and volunteer projects to applicable program staff.
• Work with volunteer engagement coordinator to provide oversight to volunteers; ensuring hours are being documented and sent to volunteer engagement coordinator.
• Provide leadership, support, promotion, and direction to Family Hope Center programs by evaluating data from evidence-based curriculums pre / posttest and develop action plan using available resources, leadership, and volunteers.
• Develop professional relationships with institutions and agencies that provide education, job training, living skills training, employment services, housing, and childcare services in order to coordinate services for program participants.
• Discuss needs of client families with family coaches and other team members to develop referral resources based on needs identified by the families.
• Ensure the implementation and accessibility of appropriate empowerment resources to meet those needs through networking, community resources awareness workshops that offer services needed.
• Ensure our program and services align with the Family Strengthening Framework and core programs. This includes serving as an effective leader to ensure team members understand the Family Strengthening framework and programs.
• Develop and manage a system to coordinate on-site and off-site programs and to aid with communication among program sponsors / collaborators.
• Assist program participants with accessing community resources.
• Coordinate with the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator as they organize and implement a comprehensive volunteer program.

What you'll bring :

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, ​age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.