Community Coordinator - Elementary & Middle School

Are you passionate about fostering meaningful relationships with students and their community? Do you have several years of experience in non profit community work, especially with youth? If so, we want you to be a part of our team!

RA Community Coordinators make up the Community Team, which serves as the bridge between students, mentors, families, teachers, coaches and RA’s community partners. The primary responsibility of the Community Coordinator is to mobilize the RA village, especially the RA mentors, ensuring that the youth’s voices are heard, their needs are realized, and their identities are celebrated. An ideal Community Coordinator is a chameleon when it comes to communication in that they have the ability to seamlessly connect with stakeholders from various walks of life.

A successful candidate realizes that they are solely responsible for the energy they bring to the community and will self regulate, form realistic boundaries, and nurture their own needs in order to make room for the energy required for this role.

Elementary & Middle School Community Coordinators foster positive, consistent, and productive relationships with a designated caseload of 4th through 8th grade RA students, families and their mentors. They also serve as Site Lead for 2+ schools, which includes coordinating programming with mentors, teachers, building administration, students, and families.

• Support 4th through 8th grade students and their families in navigating the systems and processes of RA’s community partners, such as organized activities and youth sports leagues, the school district, and resource providers
• Provide a consistent communication bridge between families and RA, ensuring that families are aligned with RA commitments and RA commitments evolve based on the needs and desires of the families
• Serve as mentor for 4th through 12th grade students who are currently un-matched
• Partner with RA staff and the community to provide each family with an equitable RA experience, regardless of each individual’s English language proficiency and/or previous experience in navigating systems
• Coach and support mentors in strengthening their connections with students, families, coaches, and teachers
• Co-lead mentor onboarding and trainings in close partnership with the Community Team that foster safe, positive, and culturally responsive mentor-mentee relationships
• Co-create activities and connections in order to cultivate a strong RA mentor community and ultimately retain mentors for the long term
• Connect weekly with mentors to celebrate their successes as well as to coach and hold them accountable to their RA mentoring expectations

• Strengthen relationships with teachers and other school staff ensuring that the RA model is meeting program goals while aligning with school/district initiatives
• Manage day-to-day communication with teachers and support process improvement strategies
• Partner with schools to identify potential new RA students and families
• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Flexible time off, holidays, and employer-mandated wellness days
• Salary ranges between at $60k-$66k
• Office amenities: 24/7 access, espresso, kombucha, sparkling water, access to newly renovated gym/showers

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in youth development, especially walking alongside youth from marginalized communities
• Experience in multicultural environments, mentoring youth and/or with a non-profit or community based organization
• Passionate about building meaningful relationships with students, families, teachers, coaches, mentors and community partners
• Ability to communicate with tact and diplomacy…