Community Director - Web jobs in Lawton, OK

Safe Families Oklahoma (SFO), a program of It’s My Community Initiative (IMCI), is a mission-driven, innovative strategy for strengthening vulnerable families offering temporary living solutions for children. We focus on minimizing the risk for abuse or neglect, while giving parents the time and support they need to help their families thrive, through the engagement of community partners to recruit and support a volunteer network of host families, coaches, and family friends.

The Safe Families Community Engagement Leader provides leadership and direction for the development and execution of church, volunteer and community partner engagement in their region. Establishing relationships with churches, volunteers, and community stakeholders to ensure a robust network of resources and connections to support vulnerable families in their respective communities.

• Build and cultivate partnerships with government entities, nonprofit organizations, religious institutions, or service providers for the purpose of generating referrals and support services for families in crisis and their children
• Collaborate with the Safe Families Director, program team and marketing partners to ensure outreach and development strategies and materials are effective for local community
• Support the ongoing development of the Safe Families program including assisting with fundraising efforts, proposal writing, record keeping, report generation
• Track partner engagement and follow-up of resources and referrals
• Raise community education and awareness of vulnerable families and Safe Families Oklahoma
• Point person for recruitment efforts, to include church recruitment, volunteer fairs or community networking events throughout the year
• Point Person for engaging area volunteers through recruitment and beginning the volunteer onboarding process
• Develop Community Outreach Team to further support engagement
• Support Regional Hosting and Referral Coordinator related to participant families
• Other duties as assigned

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