JOB TITLE: Community Liaison

Job Summary: The job of "Community Liaison" is done for the purpose/s of establishing and maintaining communication between staff, students, and their parents in order to improve the students' success in school.

Essential Job Functions:

* Collaborates with school programs and outside agencies for the purpose of achieving program objectives for staff, parents, or students.

* Makes home visits for the purpose of gaining or sharing information.

* Prepares documentation and logs for the purpose of fulfilling program requirements.

* Assists counselors for the purpose of enhancing student communication.

* Coordinates meetings, including mailings, phone contacts, and sign-in sheets for the purpose of increasing parent knowledge and skills regarding students' education.

* Attends meetings as required for the purpose of meeting program objectives.

Other Job Functions:

* Establishes cooperative working relationships for the purpose of achieving program objectives.

* Translates parent conferences and written documents from English to Spanish for the purpose of increasing communication.

* Maintains confidentiality of information for the purpose of meeting privacy requirements.

* Assists the project coordinator in other duties, as needed for the purpose of complying with program requirements.

Essential Job Requirements - Qualifications:

* Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities Required:

Skill to operate standard office equipment including use of basic computer applications, to use English in both the written and verbal form; use correct spelling, grammar and punctuation; proofread and edit documents; communicate effectively, establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, students, parents and school administrators; problem solve.

Knowledge of relevant special program rules and regulations, district policies, and resources available from outside agencies.

Ability to maintain the image of the district as an agency committed to the concept of customer satisfaction; to communicate with persons of varied cultural and educational backgrounds, to maintain accurate records, meet schedules, work independently, understand and carry out oral and written instructions. Significant physical abilities include talking/hearing conversations, near visual acuity/visual accommodation.

* Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required:

Valid California Drivers License, Health Physical Examination, Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance; Tuberculosis Testing/Clearance