Community Impact Coordinator

Description

Days / Shift: Monday through Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm (with flexibility to meet program needs)

Position Type/Classification: Full-Time 40 hours;
Exempt

Location/Travel: Stuart /Tri-County (St. Lucie, Indian River, and Martin County)

The Community Impact Coordinator serves as a strategic relationship-builder and systems partner who helps position Safe Space as a visible, trusted, and influential leader across the region. This role strengthens community partnerships, leads domestic violence task force coordination, advances systems change initiatives, expands training and technical assistance, and develops public policy recommendations that improve prevention, intervention, survivor access, and regional response.

The position also translates Safe Space’s community presence into stronger awareness, referrals, volunteer engagement, donor relationships, and long-term community investment.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain an all-inclusive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

• Develop and strengthen strategic relationships with law enforcement agencies, courts, community justice partners, healthcare systems, schools, local governments, and nonprofit providers across all counties served.
• Represent Safe Space in community meetings, coalitions, partner events, tabling opportunities, and public awareness activities.
• Develop community engagement strategies that strengthen awareness, referral partnerships, volunteer engagement and community collaboration.

• Coordinate Circuit-19 domestic violence task force efforts including meeting planning, partner engagement, follow-up, and action tracking.
• Identify system gaps, recurring barriers, and cross-sector challenges affecting survivor safety and access to services.
• Advance and promote collaborative strategies that improve regional response, interagency coordination, accountability, and continuity of care for survivors. Serve as an internal connector between community feedback and Safe Space leadership so emerging issues inform strategy and service delivery.

• Develop and deliver trainings, presentations, and technical assistance for community partners, professional audiences, and referral organizations.
• Develop and maintain standards, resources, and processes that promote consistency, quality, and effectiveness in community presentations and public engagement activities. Promote best practices related to domestic violence, survivor-centered response, trauma-informed engagement, and community collaboration.
• Collaborate with development and program staff to ensure messaging is accurate, mission-aligned, and responsive to community needs.

• Monitor and evaluate regional trends, partner feedback, and systemic issues to inform public policy recommendations and community impact priorities.
• Develop recommendations that strengthen prevention, intervention, housing access, survivor safety, offender accountability, and coordinated response.
• Represent Safe Space as a knowledgeable resource in discussions related to domestic violence, service access, and regional systems improvement.

• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships with community partners, civic groups, businesses, donors, and volunteers through stronger local presence and outreach.
• Share community insights that can support fundraising strategy, donor cultivation, grant positioning, and public awareness efforts.
• Partner with staff on launch events, stakeholder cultivation, and communications that highlight Safe Space’s impact in the region.
• Track outreach activity, partnership development, and community outcomes in a consistent way that supports reporting and strategic planning.

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, public administration, criminal justice, public health, nonprofit leadership, communications, or a related field; equivalent…