Community Schools Leader: Literacy & Equity Programs

Jobtailor; Richmond (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a program leader to drive the Community Schools Initiative in a California district, collaborating with administration, staff, families, and community partners to improve student success and wellness.

You will coordinate services, analyze needs data, and build sustainable literacy and STEAM programs while advocating for equitable access and family engagement. This role emphasizes partnership management and program development in a nonprofit school setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in management/administration and/or community development in a non-profit and/or human services setting.
• Experience with program planning and implementation, including small and large collaborative meeting facilitation, problem-solving and team building.
• Proven experience working with public school systems, including the development of community schools and the creation and facilitation of community partnerships.
• Knowledge of evidence-based literacy strategies and a commitment to supporting student reading, writing, and language development across grade levels.
• Familiarity with STEAM enrichment programming and its role in expanding equitable student opportunity.
• Demonstrated experience building, sustaining, and managing community and organizational partnerships to advance school goals and initiatives.
• Ability to design and implement culturally responsive family engagement strategies that build family capacity to support student learning.
• Demonstrated success in program planning/management activities furthering school success, student achievement, and positive child, youth, and family development.
• Bilingual – English/Spanish (Preferred)
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, or related field, and three years of experience (experience may substitute education) (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and vision to the program in collaboration with administration and other school staff, youth and families, community members, and the school district's community school initiative.
• Establish, nurture and manage quality internal and external partnerships, creating an integrated service delivery system that supports student success and wellness.
• Utilize data from needs assessment and cultivate new partnerships that address service gaps.
• Develop and co-facilitate Coordination of Services/CARE Team meetings with providers and school administration to make sure services are being provided in a successful and efficient manner.
• Monitor achievement of project outcome goals and objectives.
• Responsible for all administrative tasks, including designing systems, record keeping and report writing and submission to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the writing of grants and develop other resources to increase and sustain program services.
• Advocate for sustainable funding, policy support, and community investment in literacy and STEAM initiatives that serve the school’s students and families.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Advocacy

Problem-Solving

Team Building

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in social work, education, or related field

Tools

Record Keeping Systems

Data Analysis

Grant Writing

Culturally Responsive Strategies

STEAM Programming

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a program leader to drive the Community Schools Initiative in a California district, collaborating with administration, staff, families, and community partners to improve student success and wellness.

You will coordinate services, analyze needs data, and build sustainable literacy and STEAM programs while advocating for equitable access and family engagement. This role emphasizes partnership management and program development in a nonprofit school setting.