Community Resource Coordinator
The Resource Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the Center of Reentry Excellence (CORE) main site in Oakland and satellite site in Hayward are both connected to partners in their surrounding communities that are able to provide appropriate supportive services to CORE Members. This role will also regularly coordinate community events designed to promote services available through CORE, bring needed information and resources to justice impacted communities, and foster collaboration among the various stakeholders throughout Alameda County that support CORE’s Members. This is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the CORE Site Manager. On-call evening and weekend work may be required, often on short notice.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Events and Forums: The Community Resource Coordinator will be responsible to provide CORE event coordination and facilitate monthly Community Resource Forums (CRF) – an event where clients re-entering the community can connect with a network of service providers at one time and place. The Community Resource Coordinator will partner with other CORE staff to ensure CRFs provide accurate and useful information to those in attendance. The Resource Coordinator will be responsible for the planning and execution of all CRF events.
• CORE Team Collaboration: The Community Resource Coordinator will partner with the CORE staff team to ensure Community Resource Forums and events cater to Members served at the CORE center. In addition, the CRF will be responsible for the administration and oversight of our  Ambassador’s program. 
• Facilitation: Create and deliver workshop curriculum to participants in a culturally accountable, participant-centered way; includes utilizing experiential and didactic facilitation techniques appropriate to adult learners, communicating information about participants to other CORE staff as appropriate, and filling in for other facilitators as necessary.
• Workshop Coordination: Includes the development and delivery of monthly recurring workshop schedules, and completing administrative tasks related to scheduling and administering workshops and facilitating workshop when requested to support CORE operations.
• Outreach: The Community Resource Coordinator will conduct outreach to ensure a variety of Skilled Providers who meet the needs of clients and the re-entry community as a whole attend CRFs. The Community Resource Forum Specialist will invite, encourage, and verify attendance and participation of Skilled Providers at CRF events.
• Calendar: The Community Resource Coordinator will create and maintain a yearly event calendar to share electronically with partners and collaborators. In addition, keep the community informed about CORE services and CORE informed about the community events.

COMPETENCIES:

• Solid proficiency with motivational interviewing and trauma informed care principles required; working knowledge of how to effectively coach and support others is desired.
• Experience with helping others navigate the multiple, complex obstacles to prosperity for people in poverty; solid understanding of social, institutional and systemic causes of poverty; strong knowledge of local service provider networks that work with communities most impacted by poverty.
• Incumbent must proactively further equity, justice and inclusion while providing exemplary service quality to the community.
•  Relationship building; interpersonal flexibility; valuing diversity; visioning; attention to detail; thoroughness; open mindedness, growth mindset.
• Skillful teamwork and leadership; solid organizational abilities; excellent oral and written communication and facilitation skills.
• This position requires the incumbent to travel efficiently throughout the East Bay. If this person opts to meet these travel requirements by driving, proof of a valid and current driver license, current auto insurance, and an acceptable Motor Vehicle Report are required.

COMPENSATION:

• $27-$31/hr. 
• Medical, Dental and Vision health plans. Kaiser and Sutter Health options.
• Paid vacation and sick leave, 13 paid holidays.
• 4 days paid restorative holiday between Christmas and New Year’s.
• Employer sponsored and matched retirement plan. 

About Rubicon

A $16M non-profit Rubicon, provides direct services at six locations in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and operates a growing commercial landscape social enterprise program that is a leader in sustainable practices. Rubicon transforms East Bay communities by equipping people to break the cycle of poverty. Recognized as a national leader in workforce development, Rubicon provides individualized one-on-one career advising, job search support, financial education, wellness and legal services, to very low-income people who face significant barriers to achieving economic mobility.

Rubicon is a 2022 Great Place to Work, on a journey towards becoming a high-road employer and an anti-racist organization. We are committed to systems change and advocacy through efforts like expanding and deepening Employee Resource Groups; the launch of an internal Racial Justice Task Force; and implementation of talent and culture supports that acknowledge and facilitate healing from the direct and indirect effects of racial trauma.

Rubicon actively recruits staff members with a diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences who are not only highly skilled, but who consistently demonstrate a commitment to our vision of an East Bay without poverty and are passionate about this work.

Rubicon is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veteran Friendly Employer. We value diversity of culture, thought, and lived experiences. We seek talented, qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, conviction history, uniform service membership/veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical conditions, genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression regardless of physical gender, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws

 Rubicon uses E-Verify to validate the eligibility of our new employees to work legally in the United States.