Parent Coordinator

Essential Responsibilities Parent & Community Engagement:

• Align school parent and family engagement goals with organizational goals including getting more than 30% of guardians to participate in 2+ events each year
• Set parent engagement goals and metrics in collaboration with school administrator and School Operations Manager and meet monthly or quarterly to assess progress
• Plan and communicate at least three engaging programs/activities per semester and track attendance at each event
• Attend community events to build relationships for the school and recruit community partners to become part of the school’s family engagement program
• Develop and facilitate a parent leadership team, PTO, or parent group to address community-based issues, organize for education reform, etc.
• Organize parent volunteer initiatives
• Post on the school’s social media pages and parent communication platform (Parent Square) to provide updates on events and school initiatives.

• Participate in health and safety training and drills
• Support enforcement of campus safety processes

• Submit all work hours by Payroll deadlines

• Participate in mandatory Green Dot and individual professional development programs, including all planned All Green Dot Days
• Participate in other events aimed at promoting or developing Green Dot and its schools
• Prepare for and engage in team and individual meetings with manager

• Work under the direction of the School Operations Manager with the support of the Home Office to execute a recruiting strategy including initiating contact with new families and supporting them through the enrollment process.
• Leverage community relationships and partnerships in support of student recruitment
• Coordinate and host school site events like open houses, enrollment nights, and school tours

• Coordinate daily lunch activities including managing lunch ordering to minimize meal waste, ensuring students are scanned accurately and timely for meal reimbursement, managing lunch servers, and ensuring smooth logistics of physical lunch set-up which meet federal compliance
• Support with the lunch application process including the distribution and collection of lunch applications, collecting supporting documents during the verification process, and ensuring lunch status data is accurately input into the student information system

• Support ongoing improvement by actively evaluating processes and suggesting improvements
• Perform additional duties, as assigned, related to the foregoing primary responsibilities and the holistic functioning of the office
• Support other team members with office duties, especially pertaining to parents
• Translate English/Spanish, spoken and written
• Additional duties as assigned

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to perform the job.

• have a high school diploma or equivalent (at minimum)
• have a strong ability to lead and develop positive working relationships with parents
• possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)
• are proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, comfortable learning new computer programs
• are able to manage multiple priorities, perform well under pressure, and complete tasks/ projects effectively and on time
• are able to maintain a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude at all times, especially when faced with adversity
• have a high level of personal responsibility and drive toward ambitious goals
• have a commitment to customer service
• are able to exercise discretion in the dissemination of information
• are dependable, humble, have a sense of humor and a rock-solid commitment to Green Dot’s mission and the communities we serve
• will need to pass a TB test and background check at time of offer
• Spanish proficiency is valued and required at some sites.
• Work Hours:
  
  This position requires consistent attendance during scheduled hours, as flexibility is limited by…