Bilingual Youth Engagement Coordinator

This class provides administration and coordination of city-wide community programs within the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Engagement. Incumbents work with community groups, neighborhood associations, and various commissions and foundations to enhance the quality of life for Richmond citizens. Incumbents may: recruit citizen volunteers; solicit vendors for reduced or free supplies; present programs to and act as liaisons for community and neighborhoods groups. Provide fiscal management of an assigned program; and prepare reports and documents. Supports client and family needs connecting them with community resources. Provides direction, cultural and languages support to participants and their families. Conducts community outreach and engagement support. 

Exercised: As assigned, incumbents typically do not supervise but may serve as lead workers, assigning work and monitoring work completion. 
Received: This classification typically reports to a manager or supervisor. 
Note: Other reporting relationships may apply.TYPICAL CLASS ESSENTIAL DUTIES: These duties and percentage of time are a representative sample; position assignments may vary. 

Typical Percentage of Time (none less than 10%) 
1. Researches and identifies program opportunities, recruits' participants, identifies resources, and participates in public relations outreach with community groups in order to promote Latino focused programs and establish collaborative efforts. 25% 
2. Develops and conducts programs directed to empower and support Latino Youth residents such as entrepreneurship, college and career support, as well as referrals to community partners. 35% 
3. Meets with community groups, civic associations, neighborhood associates, and City departments and representatives. Offers classes to the community intended for adults and children related to the assigned program. 25% 
4. Handles the day-to-day administration of the program to include fiscal management, annual reports, updating databases, etc. 15%MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Bachelor's degree in the assigned area or a related field 
• Three years related experience 
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification Bilingual and bicultural (English and Spanish) native speaker proficiency level. 

LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and/or OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Valid Driver's License with an acceptable driving record 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: 
These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary. 

• Community and City resources needed for the development and expansion of an assigned program 
• Community relations, outreach and engagement, and organizing 
• Technical aspects of the assigned program such as organic agriculture practices or recycling 
• Budgeting 
• Federal, state, and local regulations and laws pertaining to assigned area 
• Microsoft Office Suite 
• Databases

Skills (some combination of the following): 

• Program planning and evaluation 
• Data collection and management
•  Public speaking and presentations 
• Business, technical, and report writing 
• Oral and written communication Customer service 

Abilities (some combination of the following): 

• Working with diverse populations, including hard to serve and low-income communities to generate trust and cooperation
• Identifying funding to address program service needs 
• Multi-tasking and managing competing priorities 
• Interpreting and applying relevant policies 
• Operating equipment related to assignment
• Critically think 
• Analyze information 
• Prioritize Organize
• Manage time

Supplemental Information
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple and concurrent tasks with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, see, use hands, wrists, or fingers in a repetitive motion; and finger (pick, pinch, type or otherwise work primarily with fingers). The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, reach extending hands and arms in any direction, lift, and push or pull. Some assignments may involve frequent stooping and kneeling, and moderate crouching and crawling. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be medium work, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

* Internal use:  HR Generalist to review.

Salary : $53,456 - $78,686