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Community Engagement Director

Schedule 

Monday-Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm. Flexible schedule for weekend and after-hours events. 

Compensation 

$60,000-$65,000/yr. 

Benefits 

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, Employer-paid life insurance, voluntary benefits (Short-Term Disability, Accident, Critical Care with Cancer, and Hospital Indemnity), Employer-paid employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick Time, and Personal Days, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, 403 (b), party room and after-hours event rental privilege, LCM Membership, discounts for LCM Camp, Acorn Café, and the Gift Shop. 

Reports To 

Chief HR & Diversity Officer  

Job Summary  

The Community Engagement Director is responsible for the management of external relationships through interaction with the local community. This position seeks out and builds productive relationships with targeted and under-resourced communities ensuring that LCM’s presence and support are strongly felt. The Community Engagement Director will also facilitate off-site programming activities in the community and coordinate the Community Advisory Committee and Parent and Youth Advisory Committee meetings. This position will attend community events throughout the city of New Orleans, build and maintain strategic relationships, and establish parameters to build collaborative efforts to identify needs and improve access to LCM.   

Supervisory Responsibilities   

• Recruit, onboard, train, and coach the Community Engagement Manager.  
• Conduct timely performance management.  

Responsibilities and Duties  

• Promote the culture and brand of LCM.   
• Project a positive image of the organization to employees, volunteers, guests, and the community.   
• Advocate LCM’s mission and work to further it through collaborative efforts.  
• Oversee community engagement planning, project management, and community relations activities and initiatives.  
• Build and maintain partnerships and relationships with a wide variety of cultures and communities and detect opportunities for meaningful collaboration within and across industries.  
• Identify under-resourced communities in New Orleans and develop an effective strategy for building and maintaining relationships.  
• Design and manage the community engagement event calendar and facilitate staff attendance as needed.  
• Organize and facilitate off-site programming events.  
• Develop and lead culturally competent listening sessions.  
• Elevate voices from under resourced communities, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) communities and those with special needs.  
• Serve as an organizational point of contact for new relationships, partnerships, and events and coordinate initial communication between new external contacts and the leadership team.  
• Manage data and reporting on community engagement and outreach activities and record and track relationships and specific community needs.  
• Represent LCM at community meetings to provide information, listen to community concerns, and participate in problem-solving.  
• Seek funding opportunities that support our strategic initiatives around community engagement.   

• Create and implement mechanisms to evaluate and improve engagement initiatives.   
• Coordinate and attend Community Advisory and Parent and Youth Committee meetings.   
• Collaborate with the Chief Learning Officer and Communications & PR Director.  
• Other duties as assigned.  

Minimum Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s Degree At least 5 years of professional community engagement experience  
• At least 2 years of formal or informal education experience  
• Valid Louisiana driver’s license   
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, time-management, problem-solving, communication, customer service, and presentation skills  
• Proficient in MS Office 365 Suite  

TO APPLY 

To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter to Athena Stanford: 

https://louisianachildrensmuseum.bamboohr.com/careers/55  

Thank you for your interest in the Louisiana Children’s Museum. 

The Louisiana Children’s Museum is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, representative of the people we serve. We believe a diverse and inclusive workplace helps Louisiana Children’s Museum foster its innovative culture of creativity and play. Louisiana Children’s Museum encourages all applicants to apply. Louisiana Children’s Museum is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of their diverse voices, perspectives and background; because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.  

The hiring department will conduct interviews of qualified individuals prior to requesting a criminal background check, and no job application submitted prior to such interview shall inquire into an applicant’s criminal history. If this position is subject to a background check for any convictions related to its responsibilities and requirements, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify a candidate.