Community Engagement Program Director

Description

Department: Youth & Community Wellness

Program: Promise Neighborhood – Community Engagement

Status: Full-time, exempt

Salary: $100,000 - $115,000 (based on experience)

Location: Lauderbach Center

Schedule: Regular business hours, with weekend and evening events as needed.

Who we are

SBCS (formerly South Bay Community Services) transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth, and families. For more than 50 years, we’ve worked throughout San Diego to provide safe shelter, transitional housing, intervention prevention programs, mental health support, and many other services that meet the ever-changing needs of our communities.

Our organization is dedicated to offering high-quality services and ensuring all services align with the community's needs. To best serve our communities, SBCS partners with various grassroots organizations throughout California to develop innovative strategies that enhance services, empower clients, and ensure that culturally appropriate and trauma-informed care is offered. SBCS provides a wide range of services tailored to meet each client's unique needs. At SBCS, our client-centered approach highlights the importance of respect, empathy, and compassion when interacting with all community members. 

About YOU

You are an advocate and champion of nurturing communities where families can pursue their dreams and fulfill their potential.��

You are dedicated to and energized by engaging directly with individuals and communities. 

You care deeply about the well-being and prosperity of ALL children and youth throughout San Diego.

You want to become a part of an energetic and effective team, and contribute your expertise, creativity, and insights to a unique role encompassing program management, development, and direct counseling services for at-risk children, adolescents, and families. 

About our organization

SBCS is home to a committed team of 470 dedicated employees and volunteers who diligently serve all of San Diego County. Having offered services for 52 years, SBCS is committed to providing hope and support for numerous young children, individuals, and families facing adversity. With an annual budget of $68 million, SBCS continues to be a beacon of assistance in the community. 

Competitive and Sustainable Employee Pay Package:

SBCS offers competitive pay and additional benefits for full-time employees, including generous vacation time, holidays, health, vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, discount programs, public service forgiveness loan, and an excellent retirement plan with matching contributions. 

Program:

Promise Neighborhood (PN) is a place-based, data-driven, community transformation model that brings together community organizations, institutions, and community residents under a common set of goals, priorities, and results. Promise Neighborhood is structured as a cradle-to-career pathway, serving target communities from as early as when there is a newborn in the home to when a youth goes to college. Through this pathway, youth, parents, and community residents are served under four core pillars: Early Learning, K-12 Academic Supports, College/Career Strategies, and Community Engagement. Through these pillars, Promise Neighborhood implements targeted programming and strategies aimed to improve the conditions of well-being for the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Promise Neighborhood Program Manager, the Community Engagement Program Director is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the Community Engagement pillar of Promise Neighborhood by providing services to community members living in the Promise Neighborhood (PN) catchment areas. The Community Engagement Program Director will be responsible for keeping with Promise Neighborhood’s goals, objectives, mission, style and theory of change provided within a collective framework congruent with the communities served.

Duties:

• Responsible for the overall management of the Community Engagement Program, including goal planning, program development, daily operations planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Responsible for hiring, training, supervising, scheduling, developing, motivating and evaluating a diverse team.
• Responsible for working with program staff to develop a strategic plan, program goals and objectives.
• Pivot community engagement team, as needed, to be responsive to i