Multilingual Community and Communication Specialist - Ukrainian

Multilingual Community and Communication Specialist - Ukrainian

Position Type:

Equity-Nonlicensed

Date Posted:

2/9/2026

Location:

Educational Service Center

Closing Date:

until filled

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Job Summary:

To inspire and prepare each and every scholar with the confidence, courage, and competence to achieve their dreams; contribute to community; and engage in a lifetime of learning by proactively building and maintaining supportive relationships that strengthen multilingual scholar and family connections to school and support the elimination of racial, cultural, and linguistic disparities and isolation to achieve equitable student achievement.

Responsibilities and tasks include:

Primary duties include creating and coordinating projects and tasks related to electronic, print, and verbal multilingual communication between Osseo Area Schools and its stakeholders; advocating on behalf of multilingual scholars and families; and liaising and collaborating with district and community resources to develop and manage comprehensive scholar and family outreach and engagement activities. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

* Establish and maintain effective relationships with stakeholder groups including scholars, families, community organizations, and district staff.

* Serve as a main contact for multilingual parents and scholars; assist scholars and families in overcoming barriers to access and engagement; orient new multilingual scholars and families to the district and our schools.

* Assist site administrators in providing a climate that supports and welcomes multilingual scholars and families to Osseo Area Schools; make recommendations to administrators on creating environments that are safe, welcoming, and inclusive for multilingual scholars, families, and community members.

* Plan, develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive multilingual communication and engagement activities that are timely, meaningful, and relevant in coordination with school and district administrators, including the Family and Community Engagement and School/Community Relations teams.

* Provide school and district-level interpreting and translating services so multilingual scholars, families, and staff receive and understand oral and written communication in their preferred language; attend parent-teacher conferences to assist with communication between staff and families.

* Create and implement content updates for district and school websites and social media channels.

* Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, human services teams, and other school staff to identify and connect with students who need additional academic and/or social/emotional support.

* Work directly with individuals or groups of multilingual scholars and families to address specific needs.

* Collaborate with teachers, administrators, and other school staff to establish learning partnerships through youth and parent programming.

* Help scholars and families engage their cultural and linguistic capital to experience schooling in a transformative way.

* Advocate on behalf of multilingual scholars and families; surface issues and concerns to appropriate resources for consideration and resolution when necessary.

* Facilitate meetings between scholars, families, and school staff who are from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds to aid home/school communication and assist in the resolution of misunderstandings and conflicts due to cultural differences and language barriers.

* Serve as a resource to which multilingual families and community members may come to receive or request information about Osseo Area Schools.

* Liaise and collaborate with school and district staff and community resources to identify and provide appropriate services for scholars and families that transform their schooling experience for equitable results.

* Provide potential connections to resources for scholars and families as needed, including being a link between the school and community resources.

* Identify and interface with local community resources and agencies that work closely with multilingual, immigrant, and refugee…