Within an individual school, the Community Schools Navigator facilitates the development, implementation, and management/operations of Community School activities, events, programs and services. This community school approach will lead to increased student achievement, stronger families and healthier neighborhoods.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Responsible for collaboratively preparing, implementing and monitoring a Community School plan for an individual Buffalo Public School
• Serves as the lead for all community partnerships in the school
• Participates in the Community Zone Leadership Team meetings
• Leads the individual Community School Leadership meetings for school administration and Community School partners
• Working with the Community Schools Zone Leader, recruits and coordinates the activities of organizations, colleges, businesses (county and city) willing to offer programs and services at the school to meet the need of student, families, and community members
• Performs administrative tasks for the day-to-day management and coordination of activities
• Develops asset map to plan the Community School programming, and to align and coordinate existing services within the school
• Use of data, both qualitative and quantitative, to plan Community Schools programming and guide high quality program development
• Works with school administration to plan Community Schools programming
• Ensures partners use the Say Yes Buffalo Student Management System to capture program outcomes
• Coordination of Saturday Academy
• Develops, maintains and nurtures relationship with school administration and staff, parents, family members, neighborhood residents, and the community
• Develops, connects and implements programs that increase student outcomes, including academic performance, attendance, and behavior
• Develops, connects and implements programs that increase parent/guardian engagement in the schools
• Supports the schools in implementing the following:
  • Schedules of community partners at school site
  • Designing and managing volunteer systems within the school
• Responsible for conducting data analysis of Community Schools outcomes, from the Student Management System including preparing data reports for the Buffalo Public Schools, Say Yes Buffalo and school administration
• Participates and coordinates training and professional development
• Performs other duties as assigned by Zone Leader/Program Director
• Works with Principal, Zone leader, and Program Director to develop strategic funding plan and implement site-level resource development
• Manage school based Community Schools budget
• Serve on the school leadership team

Skills Required:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a human services field with at least five (5) years of community-based experience, including supervisory experience
• Valid NYS Driver’s License
• Proven skills in leadership, group facilitation, coordination, marketing, budgeting, data collection and project management
• Knowledge of community resources
• Broad understanding of positive youth development and family strengthening practices
• Ability to build community partnerships and maintain working relationships
• Ability to collaborate with school, district and community leaders, and to convene partners and facilitate meetings
• Ability to collect and analyze data to inform decisions
• Working knowledge of program-based budgeting and request for proposals administration
• Past project management experience
• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work with a diverse group of people
• Ability to organize, prioritize and respond to deadlines while working on multiple tasks
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Exhibits the ability to be a creative thinker and self-starter
• Believe and practice Say Yes Racial Equity Statement, “Equity will be achieved when we can all just wake up and live freely; be valued and respected; live free from structural impediments based off of perceived racial characteristics; and, have fair representation and opportunity.”