Community Support Specialist

Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives? Join our Community Service department team as a support specialist and help empower individuals to thrive through personalized support and advocacy.

For over 46 years, Horizon has been at the forefront of providing high-quality care and education, significantly shaping the lives of children. Horizon offers programs for children 6 weeks to 14 years of age. Our Mission: to provide high-quality early childhood education, care and youth development programs. Horizon Education Centers proudly serves a range of communities in Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, North Olmsted, Berea, Parma and Lakewood. These primary communities are at the heart of our commitment to early childhood education. The Community Services Department is a division of HEC that operates a Comprehensive Literacy program, and two community collaboratives powered by the United Way: Ready, Set, Go… to Kindergarten (RSG) and South Side Pride (SSP).

Community Support Specialist

Location: Administration Headquarters, North Olmsted, Ohio (local travel required)

Wage Information: Part-time, in-office, hourly position 25 hours per week; pay rate of $16.00 per hour (October 5th, this position will have a pay rate of $16.00 per hour)

Hours: 9am - 2pm Monday through Friday (some flexibility allowed)

Reports to: Community Services Director

Job Description:

Will primarily be involved with the work of the RSG and SSP Collaboratives

• Monitors and posts on blogs, social media for the collaboratives

• Assists with outreach and promotion through social media and attendance at community events

• Creates flyers as needed for programs and events

• Participates and takes minutes at monthly Steering Committee meetings for SSP and RSG

• Create monthly newsletter for the RSG collaborative

• Promotes, plans, and delivers monthly playgroups for children ages 2-5

• Plans, assembles, and delivers monthly kinder kits

• Assist with monthly data collection for collaborative reports

• Ensures that the Pioneer Freedge is stocked and cleaned at least weekly. Facilitates and/or delivers food from local partners.

• May require frequent lifting and carrying of larger items, including but not limited to deliveries

• All other duties as needed/assigned