Community Outreach Coordinator​/Manager; DOE

Community Outreach Coordinator/Manager

Under the supervision of the Director of Indigenization, the Community Outreach Coordinator/Manager will plan develop, and facilitate cooperative extension, cultural, and community-oriented programming to youth and adult populations that supports Iḷisaġvik College's mission, vision, and goals.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Maintaining cooperative working relations with key partners to manage and enhance services to local, regional, statewide, and international partners.
• Managing, coordinating, and overseeing grants to ensure project directives are according to regulations and budgetary compliance.
• Working closely with the Iḷisaġvik College grants employee(s).
• Tracking key data related to role and community programming, such as the number of workshops provided, participant numbers, and other necessary details; providing timely reports to Advancement and Effectiveness and external audiences.
• Planning, coordinating and facilitating a variety of cultural workshops for youth and adult populations while incorporating community feedback.
• Collecting quantitative, qualitative, and evaluative feedback from students and community regarding effectiveness and appropriateness of program offerings.
• Serving actively on relevant college and community committees, including but not limited to the Indigenizing Iḷisaġvik committee.
• Working with the supervisor to support, develop, maintain, and distribute marketing materials that support program outreach and needs that support community and cultural programming needs.
• Assisting the Student Services Department staff with outreach, workshops, and activities for students and providing cultural, wellness, and healthy living programming and supports.
• Leading, coordinating, and/or assisting with programming for recurring Iñupiaq Cultural Hours and Iḷisaġvik Orientation as needed.
• Complying with College policies, procedures and administrative directives, as well as state, federal, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Performing other related duties as required.

Knowledge/skills/abilities include:

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and can confidently work independently with minimum direction and supervision.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Demonstrated word processing, spreadsheet, PowerPoint, and internet research skills.
• Familiarity with Alaska Native culture, Alaska rural life and higher education or vocational training processes, and ability to include these community values, customs, and beliefs for the project.
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively in a multicultural environment, including working with various cultural organizations and community cultural experts.
• Ability to work flexible hours and travel periodically.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Ability to interpret and represent North Slope community values, customs, and beliefs for the College.
• Ability to interpret and represent College actions and western institutions to the North Slope community.
• Ability to support Iḷisaġvik College's mission.

Education/certificates/experience [required]:

• Associate's degree in education, public administration, sociology, business or related field.

Education/certificates/training [preferred]:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education, public administration, sociology, business or related field.
• Valid driver license.

Physical requirements include:

• Sitting, standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, and may occasionally drive a vehicle.
• Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Environmental conditions include:

• Regularly required to work indoors with a usually moderate noise level in the work environment.

Benefits include:

• Leave - 16 paid holidays and up to 36 days of paid leave.
• Retirement
  - Ilisagvik College is a public employer whose employees contribute to the State of Alaska, Public Employees Retirement System.
• Health Insurance
  - Ilisagvik College is self-insured and Meritain Health is the health insurance third party administrator. Ilisagvik College offers health insurance to our employees with a no cost premium, and $50/pay period for each additional dependent and a low cost annual deductible of $200 for employee only and $600 for family.
• Life Insurance
  - Ilisagvik College offers Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage through Guardian Life to employees at no cost to the employee in the amount of $100,000/per benefit.
• Additional supplemental or voluntary retirement, life insurance, disability benefits offered.

Ilisagvik College is a Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer.