Family and Community Engagement Specialist-Region 9 Champaign and Ford County
1 month ago
INCCRRA (Illinois Network Child Care Resource and Referral Agency) is excited to be able to add to our team Our vision, mission and values are to provide quality care and education that creates a lifetime of equitable opportunities for all children. INCCRRA is excited to offer this Family and Community Engagement Specialist position as Hybrid work environment.
Role Summary:
INCCRRA is seeking a Family and Community Engagement Specialist to work in the Birth to Five Illinois Department. The Family and Community Engagement Specialist will play a vital role in establishing and nurturing the foundation of support for the Early Childhood Regional and Community System within their Region. Key to success is a candidate who brings experience working in the community as a conduit for family voice with a belief in the value of the collective impact model. This position will support the Regional Council Manager by engaging parent/caregiver leadership, family decision-making, and the co-creation of solutions in the local ECEC landscape.
What's in it for you?
At INCCRRA we offer a teamwork environment with great benefits.
Some of those great benefits include:
- Competitive employee wages
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability/Competitive 403(b) + Match
- Paid time off summary:
- 13 days of PTO & 12 sick days within first full year of employment.
- 40 hours of time off in accordance with the Paid Leave for all Workers act every calendar year in addition to your accrued time.
- 10 paid holidays off per year as well as employee birthday off.
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $2,500 per fiscal year.
- Healthy work-life balance with flexible work hours.
- Hybrid work environment.
What will you be doing?
- Work in collaboration with the Regional Council Manager and the State Team/Central Office to ensure family voice is at the center of all decisions.
- Build and support critical connections to expand and align with other partners in the community that are supporting children and families.
- Actively work with parent and community engagement efforts across institutions and sectors to drive alignment and improve coordination with Department activities and objectives.
- Facilitate consistent feedback mechanisms between parents, families, the community, and the entire Early Childhood Regional Community System network.
- Ensure all work is delivered on time, within scope, and within budget; provide regular reports on progress against goals and indicators.
- Submit monthly reports on Family Council activities (i.e., challenges and deliverables) to the Central Office Family & Community Engagement Team.
- Coordinate and facilitate focus groups, individual meetings, and large groups, as needed.
- Implement creative thinking around ways to engage families.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
- Travel within the State as needed, up to 50%.
Knowledge, Skills and abilities we are looking for:
- Bachelor's degree or beyond in Early Childhood Education, Child and Family Development, Social Work, or related discipline.
- Must possess four-plus years direct experience working with children and families; specifically engaging family members in advisory committees or like activities is preferred.
- Must know how to meet the needs of the diverse population of the State of Illinois, including those with disabilities and English Language Learners.
- Must maintain knowledge of culturally and racially responsive practices.
- Must be able to build effective relationships with a range of diverse stakeholders.
- Experience in community organizing and relationship building is preferred.
- Must be able to simplify complex information and communicate it to a general audience.
- Must be willing to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends, as needed.
- Must live or have experience in the boundaries of the Region.
- Travel within the State as needed, up to 50%.
- Must hold a valid Illinois State Driver's License.
- Must meet minimum vehicle insurance from the Illinois State insurance requirement for personal vehicle; $100,000 Bodily Injury per accident (single person) / $300,000 Bodily Injury per accident max (multiple persons) / $25,000 Property damage.
**We are actively recruiting for this role and will not wait for the closing date of this posting before interviewing or identifying a candidate in which to make an offer to. Therefore, the posting may close prior to the date listed.
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