Engagement Specialist
2 weeks ago
Engagement Specialist
Type: Full Tim e, In-Person (Nonexempt)
Location: Detroit , MI (within assigned Detroit public schools)
Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday; Monday-Friday outside of the academic year
Work Hours: Hours vary depending on school assignment
Start time: 7:30 am-9 am
End time: 4-5:30 pm
Pay: $18.50/hour - $19.70/hour.
A staff member who works 40 hours a week will earn between $38,500 and $441,000 annually.
Benefits: Medical, dental & vision insurance. 403b match (retirement)
Time off: 39 paid days off
10 days of vacation + 2 company shut down weeks (10 days) + 7 personal days + 5 sick days + 7 holidays (including Juneteenth)
About the Role
buildOn seeks someone who is experienced, passionate, and committed to working with youth and giving back to their community through service and education.
Core Job Responsibilities
DAY TO DAY
Program Representation - Represent buildOn as the sole buildOn staff at one designated partner high school
Student Recruitment - Recruit students to serve with buildOn in their communities
Lunchtime Recruitment - Tabling, service-centered activity, and/or flyer sharing during student lunchtime.
Student Fair Tabling - Setting up a buildOn table at school-wide student fairs.
Classroom Presentation - Introduce buildOn to students through “ in-class presentations”.
Transitional Recruitment - Connect with students and recruit them to join buildOn in-between classes
Trek Recruitment - Recruit students to build a school in one of our partner countries
Afterschool & Weekend Service - Plan, organize, and lead students in meaningful service learning projects with community organizations with a strong focus on people to people Direct Service . Schedule: 2-3 Afterschool Service Opportunities each week + a Saturday service project each week
In-Class Service Learning - Collaborate with teachers to facilitate up to 6 In-class service learning lessons per month.
Weekly Program Meetings - Host program meetings to build relationships with students and provide space for students to voice interests, ideas, and concerns as it pertains to their community. Schedule: 1 Per Week
Student Leadership Team - Establish a student leadership team to support, grow and enhance the programmatic experience at your designated buildOn school.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Weekly Salesforce Date Input - Use Salesforce platform to enter student engagement each week
Monthly Engagement Report - Write monthly engagement logs and use monitoring reports to innovate and pivot to improve programs and meet goals.
Monthly Regional Service Planner - Forward plan your service projects/activities for the month ahead
EACH SEMESTER
Service Kickoff - A service kickoff is a large scale service opportunity for you to introduce and engage your school community in buildOn service. This kickoff should take place within the first two months of your school year to ensure early success.
Fall and Spring City-Wide Service - Large-scale service events bringing together students from all schools within a region to create a deep collective impact. Goal: 2 per semester
Celebrate buildOn - End of school year award ceremony for students
ONGOING
Relationship Building
Build authentic relationships with students in order to create interest and incorporate student voice into the program
Establish, develop, and maintain strategic partnerships with school advisors and counselors, administrators, faculty, support staff, parents, and local community partners.
Provide outreach to parents/guardians and gain their support for engaging their child/children in service learning.
Establish relationships with partner organizations to connect students to needed services that are outside of buildOn’s scope.
One buildOn (Cross-Departmental Collaboration)
Support collaboration with other departments, such as Development, Marketing, Global, Finance, and HR to meet organizational goals, such as fund development and elevating student voice, to work as ONE buildOn.
What You Bring
A successful Engagement Specialist brings the following qualities and skills to the role and team:
Core Attributes
A passion for service
Energy & Enthusiasm
Solution Oriented
Highly Collaborative Team Player
Self-Motivated
Additional Essential Skills
Demonstrated skills as a teacher/facilitator or experience working side-by-side with teachers/facilitators, particularly implementing service-learning projects
Knowledge of the systemic issues that inhibit the growth of communities and a strong desire to use service to develop youth
2+ years of engaging youth in the classroom or extra-curricular programming
Ambition - A deep commitment toward achieving goals on an ongoing basis
What We Offer
The buildOn Staff Experience:
At buildOn our goal is to ensure that our staff members are able to enjoy a fulfilling, impactful, and fun-filled work/life experience when they join our movement. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of our unique offerings:
Creative Freedom to cultivate your own unique program at a partner school from design to inception.
Serviced Based International Travel is an opportunity to go on Trek to a buildOn partner country where you will work in solidarity with community members to build a school Countries Include: Guatemala, Nepal, Nicaragua, Senegal, Malawi, Burkina Faso
Program Schedule Autonomy allows for an opportunity to design your program schedule within the regularly scheduled hours of your 8:30 am - 5 pm workday
Leadership & Collaboration Opportunities allow for you to work in solidarity with educators, community leaders and school administration to expand your programmatic impact across the community at large.
Culture-focused activities are a time for our teams to relax and unwind with their peers while engaging in fun activities such as Karaoke, picnics, ice-skating, escape rooms, museums, arcades, community social gatherings and many more
Team Member Benefits:
At buildOn, we know that our team members work best when they feel empowered to care for themselves and their families. To support this please see our extensive benefits below:
subject to be used after successful completion of the 90-day introductory period
A generous time-off policy of 39 days annually
2 paid shutdown weeks (10 days)
2 weeks of paid vacation (10 days)
Paid sick days (5)
Paid personal days (7)
7 Paid Holidays (New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (2 days) & Christmas Day)
100% insurance premium paid for medical, dental, and vision, along with subsidized deductibles.
403(b) retirement plan with an employer match up to 4%
$50 cell phone reimbursement
Performance-based merit increases up to 6% annually
For more information, please visit: www.buildon.org
Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
buildOn is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive environment that drives innovation, strengthens ONE buildOn and bolsters a culture where people truly feel valued, heard and respected. buildOn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status.
To learn more about buildOn, please visit our website at www.buildOn.org.
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