Community Development Liaison - Part Time

Overview

Contingent upon the availability of funding, the Community Liaison will coordinate, support and implement the mission and vision of the Luna County Juvenile Justice Continuum of Services (LCJJCS) Board, its programs, relationships with other agencies and its standing in the local community. The employee takes direction and supervision of the JJCS Program Manager; however, employment will be executed, and may be modified or terminated, by Luna County and/or the JJCS Board.

• Recruit and manage informal and formal referrals for community service and provide youth community service opportunities.
• Develop and maintain new contacts and/or partnerships in the community.
• Build relationships with the customers in the community and update information that is necessary.
• Work with other community agencies to develop partnerships for education of for the youth.
• Assist partners in developing positive home-school relationships with selected at-risk youth.
• Assists in developing youth engagement strategies.
• Act as a liaison to community-based services in order to remove barriers to learning and support academic achievement.
• Supports peer mentoring models.
• Identifies community resources to support at-risk youth.
• Provides strategies to increase youth and community involvement.
• Recruits and supports JJCS community teams that include youth.
• Performs tasks for day to day oversight of activities.
• Plans and directs efforts to involve at-risk youth in community and school initiatives.
• Develops and maintains strong working relationships with key providers of services and programs.
• Provides youth and families opportunities to learn additional skills to enhance students’ academic success and parent’s leadership and efficacy within the school and community.
• Provides reports to the JJCS Program Manager on a weekly basis on specific performance measures and related outcomes.
• Provides statements regarding obstacles and progress made by the youth being served.

• Not have been convicted of a felony or any domestic violence conviction or other crime involving moral turpitude.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License.
• Must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.
• Associate’s Degree in social work, education, or related field is preferred.
• General knowledge and experience working with children, youth and families.
• Must be able to pass a background check, CYFD clearance check and pass a pre-employment drug screen.
• At least three years of experience working with local community youth, organizations, resources and community development and experience with at-risk youth or high at risk need youth and families is preferred.

• Knowledge of community.
• Proven skills in leadership, group facilitation.
• Ability to build community partnerships and maintain working relationships.
• Ability to work in a school environment and develop relationships with school leadership.
• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work with a diverse group of people.
• Ability to adhere to policies and procedures.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and respond to deadlines while working on multiple tasks.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Exhibits the ability to be a creative thinker and self-starter.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Knowledge of strategies, skills, and tools promoting family, youth, and child engagement.
• Decision making skills, as you will often need to be able to make effective, on the spot, decisions that have the best interest of the young offender in mind.
• Social perceptiveness and open-mindedness as you will have to work with lots of different people from different religions, cultures and backgrounds.
• Empathy.
• Active listening to build relationships based on trust and respect.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Work is performed in various locations, office and field work. There is fieldwork required in conducting community relations activities within the community.

• Mental acuity.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching and reaching.
• Manual dexterity to operate a telephone and enter data into a computer.
• Ability to sit at a desk, conference table or in meetings for extended periods of time with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to see and read printed matter, laws, codes, rules, policies and computer screens with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal room levels and on the telephone with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal conversations, training sessions and other meetings with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to drive an automobile.

This position is not eligible for benefits.