Outreach & Community Partnership Specialist

Role Overview

• Cultivating and maintaining relationships with community partners
• Engaging with target communities to recruit for JVS programs
• Creating strategic partnerships with social service organizations
• Representing JVS at job and skills training fairs and other community events
• Providing barrier removal support to individuals navigating challenges
• Managing a portfolio of partnerships and increasing involvement with JVS

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Business/Marketing, Human Resources, Human services, social work, Education, or related field, or equivalent (4 years) experience
• 1-3+ years of community engagement experience, ideally in the Greater Boston area
• Bilingual, bicultural preferred
• Working knowledge of adult education, social service and/or workforce development organizations in the Greater Boston area preferred
• Excellent relationship building skills, including the ability to interact with a diverse range of colleagues
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to interact with and assist a multi-cultural customer base, including those with low levels of English proficiency and limited educational backgrounds
• Demonstrated success in partnership building
• Demonstrated success in performance tracking, maintaining a contact database, or similar
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 suite
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits

• Flexible evening and weekend availability
• Remote work eligible on days with no in-person events