Community Engagement & Family Partnerships Coordinator

Solace Rose Innovation Academy (SRIA) is a new K–8 all-girls STEAM public charter school preparing to open in Guilford County in Fall 2028. The school will launch with grades K, 1, and 6 and grow intentionally into a full K–8 model by 2032, ultimately serving approximately 360 girls. Solace Rose is being designed as a place where girls discover their voices, lead with confidence, and see themselves as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers.

Our model integrates STEAM, project-based learning, leadership development, wellness, identity, and meaningful community partnerships to prepare girls to thrive in school and beyond. As a school in its pre-opening phase, we are building more than a program—we are building a community from the ground up, alongside the families and partners who will help shape it.

Role Description

The Community Engagement & Family Partnerships Coordinator is a part-time, contract (1099), hybrid role based in the Greensboro/Triad area and an exciting opportunity to join the extended Founding Team of Solace Rose Innovation Academy before our doors open.

This is not a traditional school-based family engagement position. The Coordinator will help build the community that will eventually welcome our first students in 2028. Working closely with the Founder & Executive Director and Founding Team, this person will introduce Solace Rose to prospective families, cultivate trust-based community relationships, and help ensure family and community voices inform the development of the school.

Day-to-day responsibilities include coordinating family coffee chats, listening sessions, STEAM experiences, and community events; representing Solace Rose at outreach opportunities throughout the Triad; cultivating relationships with nonprofits, faith communities, youth-serving organizations, businesses, colleges and universities, and other community partners; supporting the Solace Rose Ambassador Program; and maintaining thoughtful follow-up with prospective families and partners.

The Coordinator will also help grow awareness and family interest ahead of our 2028 opening, maintain partnership and outreach pipelines, track engagement data and outcomes, and collaborate with leadership on community campaigns and special initiatives. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting people, bringing ideas to life, telling the story of a mission they believe in, and helping build something meaningful from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building and sustaining relationships with families, community organizations, nonprofits, schools, businesses, or other community partners.
• Strong communication skills, including clear writing, public speaking, active listening, and the ability to communicate a compelling mission across diverse audiences.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including planning events, coordinating logistics, managing timelines, tracking data, and following through on commitments.
• Experience in community engagement, family outreach, partnership development, education, nonprofit work, youth development, or a related field.
• Comfortable representing Solace Rose publicly at community events, meetings, family gatherings, and outreach opportunities.
• Entrepreneurial and proactive mindset with excitement for working in a startup environment where systems, relationships, and traditions are still being built.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with a small Founding Team.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment and participate in in-person community engagement throughout Greensboro, Guilford County, and the broader Triad.
• Comfortable with occasional evening and weekend community events and activities.
• Ability to use digital tools to manage outreach, communications, relationships, and engagement data.
• Strong cultural humility and commitment to building authentic, trust-based relationships with diverse families and communities.
• Experience with K–12 schools, youth-serving organizations, grassroots/community-based initiatives, family engagement, or school enrollment and recruitment is highly valued.
• Bachelor’s degree in education, communications, nonprofit management, community development, public relations, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant professional or community-based experience will also be strongly considered.

Hybrid — Greensboro/Triad Area

Approximately 40 hours per month

Contract Term:
September 2026–January 2027

Few opportunities allow you to help build a school before its first student ever walks through the door.

If you believe families and communities should help shape the schools that serve them and are energized by the opportunity to build something from the ground up, we would love to hear from you.

Help us build the community where every girl can bloom into her brilliance.