CIS Site Coordinator - Columbia-Brazoria ISD

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: CIS Site Coordinator

Department: Program/Operations Department

Location: Communities In Schools of Southeast Harris County and Brazoria County

Reports To: Assigned Program Director

FLSA Status: Exempt

Last Updated: July 2025

SUMMARY: This position will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program at the school site. The site coordinator works closely with the principal, faculty, students, parents, community members, and other stakeholders to ensure Communities In Schools Southeast Harris and Brazoria County programs are delivered.

All CIS services follow a trauma-informed approach that prioritizes safety, transparency, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and equity.

• Coordinates services for identified students during the school day and possibly before and after school.
• Interviews students and/or parents and/or guardians with problems such as personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing, housing, and physical and mental impairments to determine the nature and degree of the problem.
• Secures information such as medical, psychological, and social factors contributing to the student's situation, and evaluates these and the student's capacities.
• Supports students individually, in family, or in other small groups regarding plans for meeting needs, and aids students to mobilize inner capacities and environmental resources to improve social functioning.
• Helps students to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self and personal issues
• Maintains working knowledge of community resources and agencies and engages appropriate resources to individual students’ and families’ needs
• Refers students and/or parent and/or guardian to community resources and other organizations.
• Compiles records and prepares reports, meeting required deadlines in a timely manner.
• Reviews service plan and performs follow-up inquiries to determine quantity and quality of services provided to the student and status of student's case.
• Accesses and records student and community resource information in the distribution log as well as filling out the agency donation form and campus collaboration forms.
• Secures supplementary information such as free and reduced lunch status, discipline reports, grades, and other school data reports necessary to acquire an accurate assessment of the student’s needs.
• Actively involves volunteers in their areas of interest and expertise.
• Works closely with principal(s) to effectively structure programs, meeting the needs of the individual campus setting. When required, determines students' eligibility for financial assistance.
• Effectively meeting the objective of the CIS program through individual mentoring and/or supportive guidance and/or organized group sessions incorporating one or more of the named components as set forth by CIS.
• Organizing and maintaining student case files in compliance with the Perfect File Checklist as outlined by CIS.
• Plan, organize, and implement program design to effectively meet the needs of the students.
• Relate to, motivate, and encourage students, parents/guardian and/or administrators, faculty, and staff.
• Have knowledge of resources in either Brazoria County or Southeast Harris County area.
• Must be able to interact consistently in a positive manner with a diverse group of individuals of the school, city, and state entities as well as branch subsidiaries and the state office of CIS.
• Compile and submit reports and communications on time and follow strict adherence to deadlines
• Exhibit excellent work attitude, strong work ethic, and self-motivation.
• Be responsible for program planning and implementation of objectives.
• Facilitate, develop, and/or conduct workshops as deemed necessary by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and/or Program Director.
• Encourage and motivate parents to become actively involved with their children in school activities.
• Work with students and parents to implement recreational and extracurricular activities to enhance self-esteem and reinforce developmental skills.
• Work with parents, students, and staff in CIS fund-raising activities and provide a funds request prior to each activity and upload receipts immediately following each activity the agency credit card management program.

The site coordinator is supervised by the Communities In Schools of Southeast Harris and Brazoria County Program…