Community Partnership Manager

Job Description Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or a comparable combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in community engagement, recruitment, partnership development, youth development, workforce development, outreach, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining relationships with schools, community organizations, businesses, prospective candidates, or other external stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and organizational skills, with the ability to represent City Year professionally in community settings.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and follow through on commitments.
• Ability to interpret and use data, reports, and analytics to adjust outreach and partnership strategies.
• Experience planning, coordinating, or supporting events, presentations, workshops, or community engagement activities.
• Authorized documentation to work in the United States of America.
• Ability to successfully complete required background checks.

• Community Partnership Development & Local Outreach:
  Identify, assess, cultivate, and steward relationships with youth-serving organizations, high schools, community colleges, universities, workforce development organizations, nonprofits, civic partners, businesses, and other community stakeholders that can expand awareness of City Year Milwaukee. Develop and execute a strategic community partnership plan that identifies priority audiences, key partners, outreach strategies, events, and opportunities to generate prospective Ameri Corps member interest. Build mutually beneficial partnerships that support City Year Milwaukee’s Ameri Corps member pipeline, strengthen the organization’s local brand, and create value for community partners.
  
  Develop relationships with district, city, county, and state stakeholders connected to postsecondary pathways, career placement, youth development, and workforce development.

• Prospect Generation, Recruitment & Community Events:
  Represent City Year Milwaukee at career fairs, tabling events, community events, school-based activities, informational sessions, and other prospect-facing opportunities. Create opportunities to bring City Year to prospective Ameri Corps members through presentations, workshops, application support, professional development sessions, open houses, and other value-add engagement. Partner with the national Corps Talent Acquisition team to ensure prospective Ameri Corps members experience a seamless, timely, and warm handoff from local outreach into the national application and admissions process.
  
  Support recruitment of returning Ameri Corps members and help cultivate interest in an additional year of service when appropriate. Maintain accurate records of outreach, partner engagement, events, prospect activity, and recruitment outcomes in City Year’s designated recruitment and relationship‑management systems.

• Ameri Corps Member Experience, Onboarding & Career Pathways:
  Leverage community, business, nonprofit, education, and alumni partnerships to strengthen the Ameri Corps member experience and expand access to career exploration, professional development, networking, and post-service opportunities. Support site-based pre-service communication and onboarding activities that build connection and belonging for incoming Ameri Corps members before service begins. Support planning and execution of registration, welcome, and onboarding events for incoming and midyear Ameri Corps members in partnership with the Program & Operations team.
  
  Engage current Ameri Corps members and alumni to better understand their service experience and incorporate their perspectives into recruitment…