Community Liaison

COMMUNITY LIAISON  SCHOOL YEAR (80226)

• Position Type:
  Classified Support Staff/ COMMUNITY LIAISON
• Date Posted: 5/28/2026
• Location:
  
  PHOENIX CODING ACADEMY
• Closing Date: 06/10/2026

COMMUNITY LIAISON

DEPARTMENT:
Student Services
SALARY

SCHEDULE:

Education Support Professional

LOCATION:
Assigned Schools
WORK YEAR: 10 Months

GRADE 7
STARTING HOURLY RATE: $21.06 - $22.03 (PLACEMENT DEPENDS ON EDUCATION AND SIMILAR EXPERIENCE HELD)

The Phoenix Union High School District is proud to serve a diverse population of 24,000 students and 3,400 employees in Arizona's capital city. With a portfolio of comprehensive schools, small specialty schools, support schools, micro schools, magnet programs, and extensive Career & Technical Education (CTE) offerings, PXU's schools of opportunity welcome, love, and inspire all students to go places and do things that matter.

The Community Liaison assists administrators, counselors, Student Prevention Intervention, and Behavior Intervention Specialist in determining the need for and coordinating partnerships with the community to meet the social service needs of the school. Promotes staff and student awareness of the campus and community social service resources.

• Serves as a liaison to connect parents, staff, and students to resources, on campus social emotional support programs, and community agency referrals. Networks with various agencies to support the needs of students and staff.
• Maintains databases from campus, family and community engagement supports and intervention programs to ensure compliance with District policies. Collects data and statistics for dropout prevention reports and/or district-level reports.
• Creates and maintains a database to track community agency partnerships and volunteers; develops and maintains documentation including contracts and other required forms to include work agreement and volunteer application forms to ensure compliance with district policies and procedures.
• Works collaboratively with administration and other Student Support Services Staff to met the needs of students. Refer students and their families to outside agencies for medical, dental, mental health, social services, and other resources. Assists with scheduling appointments and providing follow-up as needed.
• Gathers evaluation information to monitor the success of programs and shares information with administration, counselors, the School improvement Team or other appropriate groups. Coordinates and reviews data from Student Support Services and outside agencies to compile monthly reports.
• Serves as the campus coordinator for mandated groups and interventions; creates the campus schedule, reserves the group rooms, and ensures each group has two trained facilitators present for meetings.
• Oversees and coordinates the District volunteer clearance process and operational procedures at the campus level. Assist administrators and counselors in ensuring campus representation as a co-facilitator or in a support role when social service or community agency staff are working with PXU students.
• Works with counselors, administration, and/or social workers to organize workshops and training for parents, staff and/or students on the programs and services available through the school/community partnerships.
• Creates and maintains a database of students who receive social services through school and community partnerships. Provides follow up and regular monitoring of students who are involved in interventions. Uses data to inform evaluation.
• Serve as a member of the campus student support services team and interacts as a member of the i-team and crisis team, as needed.
• Conducts home visits and delivers food boxes and other supplies and resources as needed per the established home visit/distribution protocols.
• Supports the relationship between the Phoenix Union High School District and the public by demonstrating courteous and professional behavior when interacting with students, parents, visitors, and school staff; maintains absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, client records, and school information; follows Governing Board Policies; performs all other related duties as required or assigned.

The above essential functions are intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities and not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class.

Education, Training, and Experience Guidelines:

High School diploma or GED equivalent; degree or college level coursework preferred; AND one year of experience working with at risk youth programs; OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Fluency in language of the target population to be served is preferred.

License and Certification Requirements:

• A valid Arizona State Driver's License is required.
• Must possess a valid Maricopa County food handler's card at the time of hire.
• Must possess an active Arizona Department of Public Safety IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card or…