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Director of Social/Community Engagement

Family Service
  • San Antonio, Texas
    21 days ago

    Job Description

    JOB SUMMARY:
    The Director, Social and Community Engagement is an ambassador of the Agency mission and for the service delivery framework aligned with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed lens.  The Director, Social and Community Engagement is responsible for the administration and management of the assigned program area(s), and is the key leadership liaison with direct service staff, stakeholders, and agency’s senior leadership team.  The Director, Social and Community Engagement is responsible for delivery of all contracts and corresponding deliverables in the assigned area or areas of responsibility.  The Director, Social and Community Engagement is also responsible for overall oversight and monitoring of day-to-day operations, and providing leadership and mentoring of staff to ensure the on-going relevancy of services and that service recipients receive culturally-relevant services that are customer service friendly, based on successful practices, efficiently delivered with measurable outcomes and operations are aligned with the Agency’s Balanced Scorecard.
     
    Job Functions:
    1. Understand the mission, vision, and values of the agency, and the ability to communicate such with staff, students and stakeholders and ensure that clients have access, as needed, to all five pillars of the social determinants of health with a trauma informed lens through Agency services and/or community partners.
     
    1. Participate in the Agency Strategic Planning process and provide leadership for the successful achievement of the the Balanced Scorecard goals, objectives and metrics and the corresponding staff performance metrics.
     
    1. Support the Agency’s talent management efforts by evolving Agency leadership and bench strength and assisting with implementation of the Agency career pathing opportunities.
     
    1. Establish program goals and objectives, and monitor such on a monthly basis relative to the achievement of weekly/monthly/quarterly benchmarks related to contract budget, program goals and objectives; take appropriate action, when indicated, to ensure uninterrupted compliance with agency and stakeholder requirements.
     
    1. Provide oversight of the supervision to hire and direct assigned staff to facilitate effective and responsive services to clients, contractors, agency collaborators and community stakeholders.  Duties include on-going supervision, personnel reviews and evaluations, recommending agency-funded professional development activities, and approving staff time sheets and mileage/travel reports.
     
    1. Monitor all services and activities carried out in the name of the agency to ensure they are client-centered, culturally competent, and in accordance with agency and stakeholder requirements.
     
     
     
    QUALIFICATIONS:
     
    To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and skills required for this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed above.
     
     
    Education/Training/Experience:
    1. Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred, in education, health, social work, or other related human service field and five (5) years experience. 
     
    1. Previous experience working in the non-profit human services environment to include low-income, minority, multi-problem families required.
     
    1. Five (5) years previous experience in directing/supervising staff and contracts in the achievement of agency and stakeholder goals. 
     
    1. Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.
     
    1. Staff will be required to submit proof of their vaccination status or may request to be exempt from vaccination due to a religious and/or medical accommodation. 
     
     
    1. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.
     
    1. State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Antonio, Texas
    IndustryNonprofit Charitable Organizations
    Company Size50 to 99 employees
    Year Founded1891
    Websitehttps://family-service.org

    About Company

    In collaboration with others, the mission of Family Service is to provide quality programs and services, which effectively assist and strengthen individuals and families in our community. Family Service provides more than 5,000,000 meals each year through a USDA food program in 85 Nebraska counties. This program feeds almost 21,000 children in more than 1,312 licensed home child-care facilities. Family Service delivers the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program to 3,000 people in Lancaster County each month. Services include nutrition and breast feeding education as well as formula, milk and other staples. Family Service cares for more than 1,700 children who take part in our child care and early childhood programs based in 20 Lincoln Public Schools. Family Service counsels families and individuals with behavioral health sessions at 13 specific local schools. Family Service partners with a variety of federal, state, local and non-profit agencies to make available a number of other innovative programs to assist Nebraska families. Family Service Early Childhood and Youth Development programs granted over $694,000 in free and reduced rate scholarships to children during 2011-2012 school year. Visit and like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FamilyServiceLincoln

    Skills

    • Balanced Scorecardunmatched
    • Benchmarkingunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Managementunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • English Languageunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Liability Insuranceunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Nonprofitunmatched
    • Operational Measurementunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Performance Reviewsunmatched
    • Service Deliveryunmatched
    • Set Goalsunmatched
    • Social Workunmatched
    • Spanish Languageunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Talent Managementunmatched
    • Vaccinationunmatched

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