Community Outreach Coordinator

Position: Community Outreach Coordinator

Location: The SPEAK Center for Language and Learning Chandler AZ
Pay: $22/hour-$25/hour
Schedule: Tuesday - Friday 9am-5:30pm

About Us:

The SPEAK Center for Language and Learning provides high-quality speech therapy services for children with a focus on personalized care and community involvement. We are passionate about fostering growth learning and accessibility within our community.

Position Summary:

The Community Outreach Coordinator will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining relationships with community partners universities and families. This position will focus on planning executing and marketing initiatives that promote awareness of our services and enhance our community engagement. Additionally this role will serve as the primary point person for the clinics culture committee ensuring a supportive and collaborative work environment.

Responsibilities:

1. Community Outreach:
   • Plan coordinate execute and attend community outreach events such as health fairs career fairs conferences educational workshops awareness days and special events such as the Fall Festival and Sensory Friendly Movie Nights.
   • Promote clinic services to community members and local organizations.
   • Fundraising and sponsorship requests.
   • Promote job postings to pertinent audiences.
   • Creating and publishing the staff and parent newsletters.
   • Develop and manage social media posts and marketing materials.
   • Serve as the business development contact for the Chandler Chamber of Commerce and other partners.
   • Order marketing supplies and track inventors for marketing and events.
2. Social Media Staff Newsletters and Community Newsletters:
   • Create and publish Staff Newsletter Weekly.
   • Create and publish Caregiver Newsletter Monthly.
     
   • Email blasts as scheduled for the clinic and HCBS (hiring CEO updates etc..).
   • Monthly Knowledge Nook Resource.
   • META (Instagram and Facebook) posts and online presence.
3. Collaborating and Reporting:
   • Work closely with the Clinical Director and other team members to align outreach efforts with clinic goals.
   • Engage with donors as needed for non-profit support.
   • Provide regular updates and reports on outreach activities and their impact.
   • Maintain marketing calendar that includes plans to promote events and awareness dates to all communication channels.
   • Maintain admin team calendar of events.
   • Additional tasks as assigned to support the administrative team.
4. Culture Committee Leadership:
   • Serve as the primary point person for the clinics culture committee.
   • Facilitate committee meetings to promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
   • Actively engage on messaging platform to engage team promote events and share celebrations.
   • Onboarding meeting with new staff members to share participation opportunities.
   • Plan implement and attend initiatives that enhance team morale engagement and collaboration.
     
   • Work closely with team to create engaging events and updating lobby slide show with current events and programs.
   • Take lead on gathering and storing shared team photos/ videos.
5. University Liaison:
   • Build and maintain partnerships with universities and academic programs by managing online access portals and coordinating guest speaking and tabling events.
   • Serve as the primary point of contact for university faculty and students.
     
   • Represent TSC at university events and co-host virtual speaking events.
6. Intern Coordination:
   • Oversee the placement of university interns within the clinic.
   • Coordinate onboarding and ensure interns have a productive and positive experience.
   • Attend and host intern orientations mid-way check-ins and completion celebrations.
     
7. Free Screening Days:
   • Organize coordinate and confirm attendance for free screening days for children in the community.
   • Ensure proper scheduling staffing and marketing for screening events.
   • Coordinate with additional hosts for screening events.
8. Sensory Friendly Summer Camp Planning and Implementation:
   • Design and coordinate engaging summer camp programs and lessons aligned with the clinics mission and goals.
   • Lead and collaborate with the clinical team to develop themes activities and schedules.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors degree in a related field (e.g. communications education healthcare or social work) preferred.
• Experience: Previous experience in community outreach marketing event planning or working in a clinical or educational setting is highly desirable.
• Skills:
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Social media management and presence.
  • Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
  • Ability to build and nurture professional relationships.
  • Ability to track data for emails donation budgets and event opportunities.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Google Suite and other administrative tools.
  • Proficiency in Canva MailChimp Eventbrite preferred.
  • Experience managing non-profit efforts or 501c3 preferred.

Work Environment:

• This position requires occasional evening and weekend availability to support events.
• The role is in-person at The SPEAK Center for Language and Learning.
• Occasional coverage for front desk team members (lunch appts etc.)
• A team that works closely together loves celebrating each other and the work we are doing for our community.

Reporting:
The Community Outreach Coordinator will report directly to the Clinical Director.

Why Join Us
At The SPEAK Center for Language and Learning we value creativity community engagement and professional growth. By joining our team youll play a key role in making a meaningful impact in the lives of children and their families while contributing to a positive workplace culture.