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About the Role
The Family Enrichment Center is seeking a Family Advocate for a new center in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. This role supports the FEC Director in daily operations, builds relationships with community members and organizations, and facilitates community-driven activities.
Responsibilities
- Support the FEC Director with day-to-day operations of the Family Enrichment Center.
- Build relationships with community members and organizations.
- Build connections using a warm and patient communication style.
- Use a strengths-based and community-driven approach to organizing and collaborating.
- Build partnerships with community members and stakeholders.
- Co-design and deliver relevant offerings.
- Engage in advocacy.
- Continuously collaborate with the FEC Advisory Board.
- Work collaboratively with local organizations and community leaders.
- Develop and nurture collaborative and effective relationships with community stakeholders.
- Represent the FEC at community events and venues.
- Interact regularly and frequently with community members.
- Facilitate offerings in response to community priorities, needs, or interests.
- Collaborate with the Advisory Board to co-create surveys to understand community interest in offerings.
- Use Appreciative Inquiry and other strength-based tools to engage community members in co-designing offerings.
- Help community members connect to resources or services the FEC is unable to provide.
- Advocate for community members to connect participants to relevant resources.
- Create monthly calendars, website content, and other outreach tools to promote and document offerings.
- Engage in data tracking and analysis.
- Compile written reports for external stakeholders.
Requirements
- BA Degree and at least three (3) years of professional experience, or a High School Diploma and at least five (5) years of professional experience.
- Professional experience should be in community-driven programs working directly with children, youth, and families.
- Minimum five (5) years of experience living and/or working in the Brooklyn Stuyvesant area.
- Minimum two (2) years of experience working with children and families.
- Ability to stay calm and poised under pressure.
- Knowledge and experience working in the Bedford Stuyvesant Community.
- Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication, verbal, written, and people skills are required.
Skills
- Community-driven-programs
- Working directly with children, youth, and families
- Living and/or working in Brooklyn Stuyvesant area
- Working with children and families
- Working in the Bedford Stuyvesant Community
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Verbal skills
- Written skills
- People skills
- Strengths-based approach
- Community-driven approach
- Organizing
- Collaborating
- Advocacy
- Appreciative Inquiry
Location
- Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years professional experience with BA
- 5+ years professional experience with High School Diploma
- 5+ years living/working in Brooklyn Stuyvesant
- 2+ years working with children and families
Education Level
- BA Degree or High School Diploma
About the Company
- Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is a nonprofit organization that has worked to improve the well-being of children, youth, families, and people with developmental disabilities across New York City and Long Island since 1929.
- Our staff of more than 500 provides prevention services, foster care, residential treatment care, adoption services, medical and mental health services, and programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- A career with Little Flower can be rewarding in so many ways.
- We are looking for conscientious and caring people who are ready to commit to the work of strengthening families and supporting the well-being of children and adults with developmental disabilities.
- If you’re looking for a career where you can truly make a difference, we hope you will consider joining our team.
Equal Opportunity
- With more than 250 years of combined experience, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York and St. John’s Residence for Boys have a long-standing history of serving children, youth, adults and families of color.
- Our mission, vision and values are grounded in elevating the shared humanity of every staff member, community partner and those with whom we engage.
- We recognize that our DEIB work is continuously evolving as we strive for equity and inclusion for individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, religions and lived experiences.