Community Engagement Officer

Position Overview

Brief Job Overview

The Community Engagement Officer works to advance the organization’s initiatives, programs, partnerships, fundraising, and creating relationships within the community. The Community Engagement Officer is responsible for developing and facilitating relationships between the organization, community leaders, and stakeholders at both the area wide and neighborhood level in Oakland Mills and acts as the primary point of contact. The Community Engagement Officer is responsible for ensuring that programming pursued by the organization is informed by and driven by the community. The position will be responsible for developing the plan to accomplish broader community awareness and engagement, as well as execution on organizational strategies.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

Understand and effectively communicate the organization's mission, vision, core values and strategic direction to external groups, including key stakeholders and intermediaries.
Identify strategic opportunities and connections between Oakland Mills United and the community and prospect for ideas and initiatives.
Managing the creation and execution of an overall plan for community outreach and engagement.
Implement strategies for supporting school transformation for community residents and parents, in partnership with the parent engagement team, by being visible and actively engaged in school-based functions
Work with our partner organizations and facilitate joint initiatives
Facilitate feedback from the community and outside stakeholders
Work to identify grants and plan grant proposals
Create and identity sponsorships

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