Family & Community Engagement Coordinator

About This Role

The Family & Community Engagement Coordinator will lead PAVE Red Hook's efforts to build and maintain relationships with student families and the Red Hook community, including marketing and communications. This role will execute family-focused events to strengthen partnerships and promote engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage annual project plans for student recruitment, lottery, re-enrollment, and new student enrollment
• Represent the school at community and pre-k events (evenings and weekends required)
• Lead tours of the school campus for prospective families and community stakeholders
• Canvass neighborhoods to recruit new students and create recruitment materials
• Develop and implement PAVE’s community engagement strategy with support from the Executive Director
• Build new service provider and community partnerships to sponsor/co-sponsor local events
• Build monthly content plans for a comprehensive communications calendar for internal and external audiences
• Manage and maintain the school’s brand identity, including templates and collateral material
• Support relationships and communications with donors and maintain an accurate and effective development database
• Manage all K-8 family communication efforts, including social media and distribution of pertinent information through TalkingPoints
• Plan and execute PAVE family-focused events like Graduation, Back-to-School Night, and Family Nights
• Provide translation support for parent meetings, phone calls, and conferences

Requirements

• Strong commitment to PAVE’s mission and vision
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Strong digital literacy, including Microsoft Office, various social media platforms, and graphic design platforms
• Flexibility of schedule due to meetings and events throughout the day, evenings and weekends
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to establish protocols and processes and execute concurrent, deadline-driven projects from beginning to end
• Thorough and organized approach to the work
• Relentless work ethic, high degree of patience, and grit to push through difficult challenges
• Strong judgment and decision making

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred

Nice to Have

• Spanish language skills are strongly preferred
• Experience with event planning and execution

Skills

* Required skills