Community Outreach Worker – Youth Outreach

Cambridge Preschool Program; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community program in Cambridge is searching for a part-time Community Outreach Worker to actively engage with youth and local organizations. This role involves building relationships with youth serving providers, facilitating youth participation in community events, and supporting outreach efforts to ensure diverse community representation. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, be motivated, and ideally have experience working with underserved communities. A preference for Cambridge residents is significant, as this position requires deep local engagement.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English for effective communication.
• Comfort working with youth from diverse backgrounds.
• High motivation and strong time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage youth in CDD programs and services.
• Build relationships with local youth serving providers.
• Support outreach efforts and community engagement activities.

Skills

Community Engagement

Group Facilitation

Time Management

Interpersonal Communication

Cultural Competence

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE:

CDD has an immediate need for a part-time community outreach worker to engage with youth and children and youth serving organizations in Cambridge as part of its Community Engagement Team. Reporting to the Community Engagement Manager, a Community Outreach Worker is expected to be a highly visible presence in Cambridge neighborhoods, support departmental outreach efforts to reach a diverse community, and encourage community leadership.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Become familiar with resources that CDD provides to Cambridge residents.
• Build strong relationships with youth serving providers, including schools.
• Engage youth in learning about CDD programs, services, and planning processes while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
• Encourage youth to participate in CDD public events and city planning work in developmentally appropriate ways. This work may include placing flyers around the community, posting to social media, attending events, hosting focus groups, visiting community based organizations, partnering with youth serving organizations, implementing surveys, and other engagement opportunities.
• Participate in discussions and educate the staff of CDD about outreach strategies for building relationships with communities in Cambridge, including youth of all backgrounds.
• Attend all required meetings and training sessions and complete all assignments: document outreach activities and participate as needed in the evaluation of the program.
• Support in removing access barriers to CDD resources, programs and planning processes.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUN QUALIFICATIONS:

• Comfortable facilitating groups of young people in Cambridge.
• English language skills to communicate fluently and spontaneously.
• Cambridge resident strongly preferred.
• Sincere desire to work with underserved and underrepresented Cambridge communities.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, CDD programs, services, and processes.
• High motivation and good time management skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• The City of Cambridge's workforce, like the community it serves, is diverse. Applicants must have the ability to work and interact effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds, and ideologies.
• Familiarity with Cambridge’s youth serving community preferred, and an understanding of the impacts of historical and structural racism on this community.
• This position may be eligible for hybrid work under the City's Telework Policy, depending on operational needs.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

• Resume
• Cover Letter