Community Resource Manager

Vacancy Announcement

Title: Community Resource Manager

Cincinnati Public Schools is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Community Resource Manager. The Community Resource Manager plays a vital role in fostering a vibrant and engaged school community. This role requires a dynamic individual capable of strategic thinking community building and fostering strong relationships while managing multiple initiatives. The following skills and responsibilities are essential to support and empower the neighborhood align initiatives with strategic goals and drive community growth.

ABOUT CPS:

Cincinnati Public Schools serves 35000 students from preschool to 12th grade in over 62 schools across a 90squaremile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the bestperforming large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students learning and growth. and offers families highquality school choices and academic programs.

The districts innovative approach to education its investment in effective and caring educators and employees and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

Cincinnati Public is looking for creative innovative passionate problemsolvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Community Resource Manager include but are not limited to:

• Establishing clear achievable objectives aligned with community needs and organizational goals.
• Demonstrates competency in the theory and practice of SEL.
• Conducts home visits with the purpose of lending support to school personnel and the family as well as for the purpose of assessment.
• Builds positive relationships with students families administrators teachers and staff by bridging the gap between home school and community.
• Facilitates meetings and small group counseling that addresses the impact of trauma.
• Provides crisis intervention including administering risk assessments.
• Participates in multidisciplinary intervention and special education meetings.
• Identifies and reports child abuse and neglect.
• Supports parents in accessing and utilizing school and community resources and advocates for new and improved community/school services.
• Provides staff with essential information to better understand factors (cultural societal economic familial health etc. affecting a students performance and behavior.
• Acts as homeless (Project Connect) and Foster Care (KISR! liaison.
• Develops staff inservice training programs.
• Participates in the district crisis response team.
• Furthers professional growth by seeking feedback reflecting on and assessing ones own practice.
• Performs other duties as assigned to assist in providing services to children and families.
• Participates in regularly scheduled staff meetings.

Required Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Leveraging community insights and data to inform decisionmaking and improve outcomes.

• Designing and implementing procedures and guidelines that align with school and community goals.
• Building meaningful relationships by fostering trust understanding and support with community members.
• Mediating and resolving disputes in a constructive and restorative manner
• Understanding and addressing the diverse needs and concerns of the community.
• Providing resources and assistance to community members ensuring their needs are met.
• Leading discussions events and initiatives to drive engagement and build connections within the community.
• Actively seeking and welcoming new members community leaders and potential partners.
• Representing the interests of the school and community ensuring voices are heard and supported.
• Overseeing and managing communitybased programs and initiatives to ensure success and sustainability.
• Allocating resources effectively to maximize impact and support key community goals.
• Leading motivating and supporting staff and volunteers to achieve common objectives.
• Coordinating and managing relationships with external partners vendors and suppliers to ensure efficient operations.

Education and Experience:

• Masters Degree in Education Social Work or Project Management
• Demonstrates knowledge of PBIS SEL Mental Health Community Mental Health Resources DeEscalation and Trauma Informed Care
• Demonstrates experience working with families in poverty and working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
• Willingness to embrace systemslevel work in positive school culture practices.

REPORTS TO: Positive School Culture Director

Other Performance Responsibilities

• Adheres to professional ethics boundaries and confidentiality.
• Communicates in an effective engaging and timely manner.
• Adapts to handle stressful situations.
• Establishes positive relationships among stakeholders.
• Demonstrates flexibility with daily schedules and responsibilities.
• Maintains accurate records in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates fluency with Microsoft Office Google Apps email and other relevant technology.

Employment Provisions:
Type of Contract: 260 days
Salary: CAAS Manager I

Application Procedure:

All interested applicants are encouraged to apply at www.cpsk12 Onlyonline applications and resumes will be considered.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform jobrelated tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources.

Note: A lead teacher in a position may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a lead teacher. A lead teacher may apply for an administrative position if the lead teacher resigns the lead teacher position prior to submitting an application however selection is not guaranteed. A consulting teacher may not be appointed to an administrative position while serving as a consulting teacher and for one full school year after serving as a consulting teacher.

Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing nondiscrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color sex age religion national origin disability sexual orientation or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

Required Experience:

Manager