Education Access Coordinator

Description

We are seeking a passionate, outgoing, responsible, and experienced professional to work with families experiencing homelessness. The Education Access Coordinator works directly with families to coordinate support around their children’s educational needs. The Education Access Coordinator is responsible for connecting with families immediately upon shelter entry to assess the educational needs of all children and youth. They ensure that youth are connected to school, transportation, and other McKinney-Vento supports as quickly as possible to minimize the number of days that children miss school.

The Education Access Coordinator actively engages in Mary’s Place racial equity work—striving for equitable outcomes and taking responsibility for creating, maintaining, and affirming communities for people of color, immigrants and refugees, trans and gender-non-conforming people, and other populations who routinely encounter systemic oppression. As an equal opportunity employer, we highly encourage people of color to apply.

The Education Access Coordinator reports to the Youth Services Director. This is a full-time, non-exempt position that works across Mary’s Place sites. Standard work hours are 9:00am-5:30pm, with the flexibility to work some evenings to meet the demands of the job. The starting hourly pay rate is $28.00 DOE.

Key Responsibilities

• Connect with all guests with school-aged children to assess educational needs of families upon shelter entry

• Assist families with school enrollment and establishing school transportation

• Promptly enter and update data in Mary’s Place internal database (Agency) to accurately track students’ school information

• Act as the primary liaison for local schools and McKinney-Vento representatives

• Maintain a thorough understanding of the McKinney-Vento law in order to advocate for students and families at school and school district levels

• Collaborate with other staff and teams within the organization to best support families’ needs

• Assist with planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programs, services, and activities

• Model mature work behaviors to ensure a productive work environment

• Ensure confidentiality of guest data, school data, and other member information

• Provide crisis management and set appropriate limits as needed

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Skills/Qualifications

• College degree in social services, education, or related field, or three years of relevant work experience

• Experience working in a shelter setting or with people experiencing homelessness desired

• Knowledge of the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act

• Experience managing community partnerships; experience working with schools and school districts desired

• Highly organized and attentive to detail; strong written and oral communication and documentation skills

• Ability to work as a part of a team and independently lead projects

• Demonstrated understanding of racial equity and trauma informed care

• Demonstrated problem solving, conflict mediation, and crisis management skills

• Ability to set appropriate boundaries and maintain professional demeanor in an environment that can be high stress

• Highly motivated, resourceful, flexible, and possesses a positive attitude and sense of humor

• Exhibits compassion and empathy; works well with adults and children from all ethnic, social, economic and sexual orientations and backgrounds

• Understanding of youth development principles, ability to motivate youth and families in a positive way

• Ability to model and guide youth and families in strengths-based problem solving and goal setting

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint 

• Current CPR and First Aid Certifications or ability to complete within 30 days

• Must have valid, current Washington State Driver license, a personal vehicle (mileage reimbursed), and an ability to work at multiple Mary’s Place sites throughout King County

• Attention to detail, interacting with others in-person, on the phone, and through email, using critical thinking skills to strategize, develop and implement project plans, create and edit documents, listen and participate verbally at meetings.

• Able to proficiently speak, read, write, and understand English.  

• Proficiency in another language is preferred, particularly in Portuguese, Amharic, Spanish, Lingala, Oromo, French, Russian, Tigrinya, or Marshallese. 

 • Willing to take a TB test within 30 days of hire 

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, type, and reach with hands and arms; and requires the ability to occasionally push, pull, lift and/or carry supplies up to 25 pounds.

• Work takes place in a social services environment where long periods of sitting, working on a computer, walking to various work areas, going up and down stairs, and standing are required.

• Travel to program sites and meetings outside the office and around the county are necessary.

In compliance with the ADA Amendment Act, should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources department.

Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation. A qualified person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical requirements of the position. Mary’s Place will attempt to satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable and no undue hardship to Mary’s Place would result.

Details

In addition, Mary's Place offers the following benefits to full-time staff:

• Medical and dental insurance with the cost for core employee coverage paid at 100% by the company and competitive family rates
• Basic Life Insurance of $50,000 at no cost to employee; option to buy up for additional coverage
• 403(b) plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% employee contribution. Eligible to participate upon hire; eligible for the match after first year of employment.
• Unlimited use ORCA pass for a small deduction per pay period
• 10 days paid time off (PTO) each calendar year (accrued by pay period)
• 10 days of sick time each calendar year (accrued by pay period)
• 10 days of flexible floating holidays each calendar year (accrued 40 hours on January 1st and 40 hours on July 1st). Prorated based on date of hire for first year of employment.
• Personal vehicle Mileage Reimbursement for traveling across sites
• Employee Assistance Program

Mary’s Place is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, people of color and other underrepresented groups, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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