Community Partnerships Coordinator (VVSD/Brooks Middle School)

As staff of the Lewis University Community Schools Consortium ( LUCSC), the Partnerships Coordinator will work as a collaborative team member to support the wellbeing of students and families within Brooks Middle School and the surrounding community. The Partnerships Coordinator will utilize connections within the school, district, community, and Lewis University to create sustainable partnerships and collaborations with organizations that lead to improved community wellness. The Partnerships Coordinator will collect and utilize data to facilitate services within the framework of the 'community schools' strategy.

Reports to: This position reports to the designated administrator(s) at Brooks Middle School (in Valley View School District 365U), in coordination with the LUCSC Program Directors at Lewis University.

This is a grant funded position which ends 12/31/27.

Responsible to model the University Mission through dedicated job performance, service excellence to constituencies, respectful collaboration and active support of the University's Mission and Catholic and Lasallian higher education.

To perform this job successfully, the Partnerships Coordinator must be able to perform each essential function in the following categories satisfactorily:

-Collaborate with staff in the school/district to identify and recruit students and families for programming and services

-Work to increase access to resources and services for students and their families.
-Collaborate with staff in the school to identify patterns of absenteeism, and support efforts towards removing related barriers.
-Establish partnerships and services that lead to improved outcomes for immigrant and migrant students and their families:
Collaborate with staff in the school/district in referring families, including new or recent migrant families to specific resources to support their well-being.
Support written and oral communication between educators/community agencies and families of students who are limited in their English proficiency in order to lead to improved outcomes.
-Strengthen family engagement by seeking family input and participation in both community-focused events and committees; Collaboratively facilitate and support family engagement events.
-Implement assets-based, restorative, and empowering approaches to partnering with students and their families, including strengths-focused home visits when applicable.
-Make phone calls to students/families as a way to welcome and support families as they enroll and attend the school.
-Understand and utilize the Multi-Tiered System of Support ( MTSS) to develop and implement trauma-responsive and restorative practices to find and support community members experiencing challenges.
Coordinate the systems of services that lead to student, family, and community healing and restoration as prevention and/or intervention as needed.
-Participate in training/education about utilizing restorative practices and approaches, and disseminate information and skills learned.

Additional Responsibilities:
-Efficiently coordinate and plan with the LUCSC team; this includes and is not limited to: school/district educators (administrators, teachers, support staff, etc.) and members of the Lewis University community ( LUCSC Directors, graduate assistants, students, faculty and staff, and other campus community members).
-In coordination with external evaluator(s) and other relevant positions, support and coordinate assets/needs assessments and other data collection processes for LUCSC grant activities and reporting. This includes maintaining strong documentation and data collection/management processes.
-Perform duties as needed to create a welcoming environment that is conducive to providing engaged learning and growth opportunities for students, their families, and all community members (which includes, and is not limited to: Lewis students, faculty/staff, professionals from local agencies, etc.).
-Lead, coordinate, facilitate, and participate on relevant committees, both as part of the school/district and as an employee of Lewis University, as needed.
-Serve as a role model for students and community members.

-Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred

-Relevant experience in education, social work, psychology, nursing, sociology, human services, or other related field preferred; experience working in P-12 school settings strongly preferred.

-Two to three years building and maintaining community partnerships; program management experience strongly preferred.

- Skills and knowledge coordinating multifaceted programming within underserved communities, especially via public education systems

-Desire to work in a relationship-oriented environment and strong collaboration skills
-Spanish-language written and oral proficiency

-Excellent written and oral communication skills

-Excellent organizational skills; ability to multitask

-Master's degree

This is a grant funded position which ends 12/31/27. The full-time, Monday through Friday, year-round at Brooks School, 350 Blair Lane, Bolingbrook, IL. Depending on the current activities and needs of the grant workload, hours of this job will remain flexible (i.e. there may be some later afternoon/evening hours depending on the week). A dynamic/flexible schedule will allow for an average number of hours per week when later/weekend hours are in effect.