Community Coordinator

Buckner Children and Family Services Community: Family Hope Center

Location: Lubbock, TX - Onsite

Address: 1510 South Loop 289, Lubbock, TX 79412

Job Schedule: Full-Time

We are seeking a Community Coordinator to join our Family Hope Center. As a Community Coordinator, you will Shine Hope on our program participants by facilitating, coordinating, and supervising activities, classes, and services that support Buckner ministries while providing educational and empowerment services to families. In this role, you are responsible for raising awareness for the Buckner Family Hope Center and serving as liaison with community collaborators, civic groups, and businesses. Join our team and shine hope in the lives of others!

What you'll do:

• Coordinate all adult empowerment classes including recruiting and training volunteers to lead classes.

• Take lead in facilitating and teaching FHC core classes, such as Faith and Finance, Work Life, Jobs for Life, ESL, GED, Nurturing parenting, and other approved curriculums.

• Implement evidence-based curriculums to fidelity and aligned with Family Hope Center framework.

• Work with community collaborators to enhance the Family Hope Center programming. Work alongside our collaborative partners to coordinate and execute community events and assist with classes as needed.

• Work with community collaborators to coordinate regular events at the FHC including, but not limited to, health fairs, health education classes, holiday celebrations, training for local pastors, and block parties.

• Work with other team members on creating and hosting classes and workshops to engage community with educational programing aligned with the FHC framework.

• Work with volunteer engagement coordinator to provide oversight to volunteers; ensuring hours are being documented and sent to volunteer engagement coordinator.

• Provide leadership, support, promotion, and direction to Family Hope Center ministries by evaluating data from evidence-based curriculums pre/posttest and develop action plan using available resources, leadership, and volunteers.

• Develop professional relationships with institutions and agencies that provide education, job training, living skills training, employment services, housing, and child care services in order to coordinate services for program participants.

• Discuss needs of client families with family coaches and other team members to develop referral resources based on needs identified by the families.

What you'll bring:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree in a related field required.

• Minimum two years prior related experience providing community-based services, crisis assistance, or direct social services required.

• Requires proficient knowledge of and/or work experience using community resources.

• Awareness of community resources, including social service and health providers required.

• Requires ability to drive assigned vehicle(s) or personal vehicle, with appropriate state license, following all laws applicable; must provide proof of liability insurance and must be eligible to be insured under Buckner's insurance policy. Must be age 21 or older to drive on behalf of Buckner.

• Requires ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force continuously to move objects and/or people.

• Requires ability to walk, stand and sit, sometimes for prolonged periods of time.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

About Buckner Children and Family Services:

Since 1879 Buckner has been transforming lives through hands-on ministry, serving the most vulnerable from the beginning to the ending of life. Buckner is one of the oldest and most unique faith-based social service organizations of its kind, serving hundreds of thousands of people each year in the United States and around the world. Learn more about our programs and ministry at buckner.org. Buckner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants - with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.