Community Engagement Coordinator

Reading Partners is changing the education landscape. We are a leader in working to solve the literacy crisis in our country by leveraging community volunteers in under-resourced schools. Our diverse and expansive volunteer base provides one-on-one tutoring to students twice weekly, and our program is proven to help children master the reading fundamentals they need to unlock their potential as successful, happy and confident readers in school and in life. Our people are our heartbeat and our greatest resource; we are all passionately rallied around our mission to help children become lifelong learners by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction that works. Join our stellar team leading the charge to deepen our impact and expand our service. Watch this video to learn more about Reading Partners.

The high level:

The Community Engagement Coordinator (CEC) serves as support for the South Carolina Community Engagement Team.The CEC receives ongoing instruction and coaching from, and works with, the regional Community Engagement Director (CED). The CEC’s main focus is to support the CED’s strategic plan to recruit volunteers, and develop, coordinate and implement a communications strategy to increase brand awareness and community involvement for the South Carolina region. This role is a part-time, temporary position, up to 29 hours per week and will conclude in June 2024.

What you’ll do:

In conjunction with the regional team, develop, coordinate and implement a communications strategy to increase brand awareness and community involvement and ensure all internal and external communications are seamless and aligned with organizational objectives.

• Develop engaging multimedia content (including but not limited to videos, graphics, articles and social media posts) to promote community events, initiatives, and activities. Ensure consistency in branding and messaging across all platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather information, stories, and updates for content creation that is aligned with organizational goals and missions.
• Monitor and analyze the performance of media content and engagement metrics. Prepare regular reports to evaluate the effectiveness of media strategies and propose improvements.
• Interact with community members, responding to inquiries, comments and feedback on different media platforms. Moderate social media platforms and foster a positive online presence for the organization.
• Organize and coordinate community events, workshops, seminars, and activities to promote engagement.
• Coordinate logistics, timelines, and resources for successful event execution.
• Prepare press releases and arrange media coverage for community events to include live coverage, photography, video recording, and live social media updates.

Other duties as assigned.

How you’ll do it:

Relationship Development & Communication:

• Quickly develop positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate with a variety of folks and tailor communications to diverse audiences.

Problem Solving & Decision-Making:

• Demonstrate a strong ability to recognize problems, solve them quickly, and appropriately message all shifts. Make decisions that consider all stakeholders, and act accordingly.

Project Management:

• Demonstrate a strong ability to balance multiple competing daily priorities. Demonstrate an ability to prioritize, and take action accordingly. Consider all stakeholders and implications in projects that are cross-functional. Demonstrate an ability to rally a variety of folks together to meet a goal.

Innovative Thinking:

• Demonstrate a growth mindset and belief in the potential to build on one’s own and others’ talents. Demonstrate curiosity and be open to different and new ways of doing things. Finds lessons in failures and successes of self and others.

About you!

You’ll be successful in this role if you:

• Have up to 2 years of experience in writing and editing, media relations, social media management, event management and project management.
• Experience in volunteer engagement and/or outreach is preferred, but not required.
• Proven ability to manage tasks and schedule independently.
• Have strong professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrate proven ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Have experience working with diverse communities in the Charleston metropolitan area.
• Have access to reliable transportation to attend volunteer and community events.
• Have excellent computer and database skills.
• Have flexibility and adaptability in work style and work schedule, including some night and weekend time to monitor Reading Partners South Carolina’s social media accounts and attend community events.
• Demonstrate a commitment to race, equity, diversity, and inclusion in your leadership.
• Display a deep belief in our mission and root your work in our core values.
• Ability to prove eligibility to work legally in the U.S. and that you are at least 18 years of age.

Bonus Points if you:

• Are an AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, or other national service alum/alumna
• Have experience working in the launch or growth phases of organizations
• Speak beginning, intermediate, or advance Spanish