Official Title: ESOL Multicultural Outreach Coordinator for Students with Refugee Background (SRB)
Position Summary
The ideal candidate will be collaborative, detail-oriented, and a strong communicator. The ESOL Multicultural Outreach Coordinator is responsible for cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with Students with Refugee Backgrounds (SRBs) and with staff, managing grants and the application process, and submitting timely and accurate reports for existing and new grants. The ESOL Multicultural Outreach Coordinator is responsible for developing and coordinating social/cultural programs and events that meet grant requirements. This position is funded through Refugee School Impact (RSI) and Refugee Youth Mentor (RYM) grants (5%), United Way RYM II grant (5%), Title IIIA (TBD %), Transfer of Service (TBD %).
Some evening, weekend, and holiday work is required. Some travel required.
Responsibilities:
Program Development
Regular meetings with program mentors
Regular meetings with Multicultural Outreach Navigator and with ESOL Program Coordinator
Planning field trips and activities
Collaboration with community organizations and create/maintain partnerships
General Administrative
Enforce grant and district policies
Coordinate and monitor the completion of required documentation
Coordinate and monitor the use of OASD vehicles for SRB transportation use
Collaborate with Multicultural Outreach Navigator
Staff Management
Recruit, interview, and provide new staff orientations
Provide continued opportunities for RSI & RYM program staff collaboration and professional development
Train and monitor the work of program staff, volunteers and/or interns
Transitioning newly arrived SRBs
Maintain a mutually beneficial partnership with World Relief Fox Valley (WRFV)
With WRFV, review UNHCR issued family profiles to verify accuracy of SRB information entered into OASD school records
Provide the Multicultural Outreach Navigator with the profile information necessary to support SRBs' transitions to schools