Job Title: Community Coordinator

Reports To: Director of SAVE

Department: SAVE — Cure Violence

Job Type: Full Time

Salary Range: 47k – 52k

Objective of Role: Under supervision of the Director, the Community Coordinator is responsible for building relationships within the community by planning, implementing, and managing events and initiatives that raise awareness about our mission, programs, and services involving outreach to local groups, stakeholders, and potential clients to foster positive engagement and participation. Services could include conflict resolution, skills development, case management services, wrap-around services, creating linkages, and communication with intergovernmental agencies and community-based organizations. The Community Coordinator will actively create and sustain partnerships between community and public safety-oriented organizations in NYC neighborhoods to ensure neighborhoods have access to existing initiatives coming from City Hall.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Liaison with community-based organizations and city government to build synergy and expand programmatic offerings.
  • Coordinating theme weekends of action geared towards Public safety where community organizations communicate and collaborate to improve the lives of all New Yorkers.
  • Serve as a CMS site primary representative for a specific neighborhood and catchment area.
  • Identify new community groups in public or private initiatives with which to build relationships to apply for partnership and funding opportunities.
  • Coordinate and promote anti-gun violence workshops and pro-social events where community stakeholders and agencies partner to communicate and deliver services in targeted neighborhoods.
  • Maintain a robust calendar by designing, organizing, managing, and executing community events like workshops, fairs, and information sessions.
  • Identify emerging community issues affecting public safety to help guide the site response.
  • Work alongside city agencies to conduct briefings and community meetings outlining city services to key community and faith leaders stakeholders.
  • Help facilitate hiring panel processes including outreach and recruitment for potential staff and/or participants.
  • Create outreach materials, talking points and presentation materials as needed.
  • Other duties as required by supervisor.

Essential Skills:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build rapport with diverse community members
  • Strong organizational and project management abilities to plan and execute events or activities
  • Creative thinking to develop engaging outreach strategies
  • Ability to problem solve and multitask
  • Knowledge of local community resources and demographics
  • Cultural humility
  • Proficient in data analysis and reporting to measure outreach success

Core Competencies: 

  • Excellent work ethic
  • Commitment to working in a mission driven organization
  • Demonstrated personal ethics and values
  • Cross-team collaboration and cooperation
  • Team-player who works well with a diverse group of people

Qualifications:

  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in two years of experience in community work or community center activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
  • High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community center activities in an area related to the deed duties as described above; or
  • Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in number

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Salary commensurate with experience. GOSO offers a competitive salary and benefits package

Please send a resume with cover letter to: jobs@gosonyc.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered.

GOSO is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About GOSO: Getting Out and Staying Out has a vision of a world where neither a person’s race nor their prior contact with the legal system determines their future. To work toward that vision, we partner with young people impacted by arrest or incarceration on a journey of education, employment, and emotional well-being. For many of our participants, that journey begins while they are detained or incarcerated, on Rikers Island or in youth detention centers. We work with all interested individuals, regardless of the charges that they face, engaging them in future planning through programing focused on education, employment, and emotional well-being while helping to meet their immediate needs, whether physical (warm clothing, commissary supplies), psychological (correspondence and communication to help maintain links to the outside world), or legal (coordinating with public defense attorneys on courtroom advocacy). Among the major programs that are under the GOSO umbrella are Stand Against Violence East Harlem (SAVE), GOSOWorks, and multiple education programs (including Pathways-to-Graduation, a high school equivalency program). GOSO served its participants and the Harlem community throughout the Pandemic and, in fact, expanded its budget in the past few years. We are currently building our external relations functions, including development, in order to position GOSO for continued growth and expanded impact on those at the heart of our mission.