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Community Outreach Manager
Job Location:
Job Location:
Richmond, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 70304 - 98262
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
3 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
31 August 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Description
ABOUT ASPIRE
Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998in an effort to transform the inequitable racial social and gender outcomes that our communities persist throughAspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.
Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college career and life. At Aspire we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge skills and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day our community of students families teachers and staff comes together to learn work and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being) Culture of Belonging Community Partnership Agency & Self-Determination and Joy.
JOB SUMMARY
The Community Outreach Manager is responsible for ensuring the school is engaging with stakeholders proactively and effectively. This is accomplished by developing partnerships with students families community members businesses philanthropic and community service entities civic leaders and other stakeholders who influence and are influenced by the work of the school.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions
Strategy Development
- Develop an outreach strategy for the school with the goal of learning more about local community needs and partnership opportunities
Outreach and Communications
- Develop key messages and communication to communities about the schools mission and vision
- Develop accessible mechanisms for community members to voice questions concerns and ideas for how the school can better serve them
- Organize and coordinate community events that further the schools outreach strategy
Ongoing Activities
- Represent the school site with support from the Principal in building an effective school community Including:
- Working with parents to better support their child/childrens academic behavioral and social development
- Garnering support from community groups and leaders
- Developing positive relationships with external partnerships
- Working in collaboration with the Principal and Home Office to achieve site and organizational goals
- Supporting the development and operation of the School Site Council English Language Advisory Council and other stakeholder engagement groups
- Serve as a liaison between school and families in matters related to recruitment and enrollment
Additional:
- Demonstrate knowledge of and support the Aspire Public Schools mission vision value statements including antiracism policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Competencies:
- Proven ability to craft effective communications and outreach strategy
- Excellent communications skills and strong public speaking skills
- Excellent research relationship building and networking skills
- Passionate about education and community development
- Ability to use data to drive decision making issue resolution and strategy development
- Knowledge around community organizing and outreach strategies and practices
- Experience planning and facilitating meetings identifying community needs working with community leaders and volunteers of diverse backgrounds
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks
- Knowledge of the urban school communities preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred
- Minimum educational level:
- Bachelors degree in Communications Non-Profit Management Marketing or related field
- Experience required:
- 3 years of experience in a school setting
- Experience developing messaging and marketing materials
- Experience working with various community organizations and local officials preferred
- Experience utilizing online networking and web development preferred
- Physical requirements:
- Stand walk or bend over kneel crouch reach overhead grasp push and pull. Move lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height
- Repetitive use of hands (i.e. fine manipulation simple grasping and power grasping)
- Demonstrate normal depth perception
- Sitting walking or standing for extended periods of time
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard operate standard office equipment and use a telephone
- See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids
- Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides
Physical requirements:
- Moving oneself in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces.
- Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
- Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
- Assessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
- Communicating with others to exchange information.
- Repeating motions that may include the wrists hands and/or fingers.
Work authorization requirements:
- Clear the Department of Justice background screening
- Authorized to work in the United States
- Provide health (TB) clearance
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Work indoors in a standard office environment computer lab and/or classroom environment
- Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments
- Exposure to dust oils and cleaning chemicals
- Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment
- May be required to work outside of typical work days and office hours to meet operational deadlines
Compensation:
Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates well-being! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/long-term disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program.
Our salary schedule for this position type based on years of experience is$70304 - $98262.
Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Aspire Public Schools is a K-12 school system focused on improving public education by preparing underserved students for college, training highly effective teachers and sharing innovative best practices.
