Multilingual Family Ambassador EL​/GT must speak; Swahili, Kinyarwanda, languages FTE

Multilingual Family Ambassador EL/GT (Swahili, Kinyarwanda, and other languages) – 1.0 FTE

Fayette County Public Schools – Multilingual & GT Services, Lexington, Kentucky

Job : 5786230

Final date to receive applications: Jul 01, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jun 17, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description.

Job Class Code: 8354
Position Type:
Hourly
Job Type: Classified
Pay Grade: G 15

Reports To:

Superintendent’s Designee
Supervises: N/A
Work Calendar: 10 month hourly, 220 days

The purpose of the position is to perform duties associated with school and district-wide program support of family engagement activities. Duties will include providing written and oral translation in a language other than English, conducting home visits, delivering family workshops, gathering and presenting detailed data pertaining to family engagement activities, attending and communicating with family and school meetings, establishing communication with all families, and creating engagement opportunities for all families.

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner representing FCPS in a positive light.
• Serves as a liaison between the school and its families and families as it relates to family and family engagement.
• Coordinate training opportunities for families and families of each student in grades Pre‑K through 12th that will positively impact students’ academic performance.
• Maintains open communication with principals, staff, families and school-based family and community engagement on all planned family engagement activities.
• Investigates and answers questions pertaining to family engagement.
• Provides translation of school/district documents in a language other than English designed to inform families such as letters, newsletters, announcements, calendars, notices, webpage information, articles, flyers, community resource information.
• Collaborates with school-based community engagement liaisons to identify community resources which support families and families and communicates identified resources to families and families using multiple means of communication such as phone calls, mail, emails, home visits, newsletters, meetings, virtual meetings in order to encourage participation in school and district activities and events.
• Collaborates with appropriate staff members to identify and inform family and families experiencing challenges/crises of wraparound services such as, but not limited to, mental health services, counseling, food, and clothing banks.
• Encourages families and family members to serve as volunteers, maintains a current list of organizations that provide critical resources to families/families.
• Must be familiar with current state laws, state board rules, and school board policies as they relate to programs.
• Maintains daily work log on family engagement initiatives and submits monthly.
• Supports Family University in collaboration with the district Family Engagement team.
• Schedule, organize and provide monthly family engagement workshops to families and staff.
• Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, review, or modify data; utilizes word processing, databases, and software programs.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by FCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skills level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Facilitate effective communication between two parties that do not speak a similar language by converting one spoken or written language to another.
• Experience working with students in a school setting is preferred.
• Demonstrates the…