Job Summary:

Early Childhood Alliance Coordinator is a newly created position to develop, coordinate, and facilitate a county-wide collaboration engaging all sectors of the community including, government, businesses, faith community, education, non-profits, economic development and general community members. The Coordinator is responsible for facilitating the work of multiple committees addressing early childhood (birth to five) in Oswego County and implementing a comprehensive system of care, focusing the county on a single set of goals, measured in the same way to assure the best success in early childhood development. Coordinator would lead the development and implementation of strategies, policies and practices relative to addressing early childhood care and development in Oswego County.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently manage Alliance objectives and related requirements.
• Organize, plan and facilitate meetings and sub-committee meetings of the Alliance.
• Facilitate the alignment of existing committee outcomes, goals and objectives.
• Secure commitments of participants and task forces.
• Facilitate the ongoing development of partnerships across the region
• Facilitate the development of performance targets.
• Facilitate the development of shared measurements, measurement practices and systems.
• Compile performance and community data and act as a clearing house for data.
• Research, coordinate and develop grant submissions aligned with Alliance goals ensuring sustainability.
• Coordinate the development and submission of grants amongst partner agencies.
• Assure communication of Alliance activities and progress.
• Work with all forms of the media to promote, market and advertise early childhood initiatives.
• Develop and maintain systems for communicating with all task forces, community and community leaders.
• Maintain central calendar for activities, meetings, special events, etc. related to the work of the project.
• Attend community events, meetings, or conferences to promote organizational goals and/or solicit donations or sponsorships.
• Contact corporate representatives, government officials, or community leaders to increase awareness of organizational causes, activities, or needs.
• Schedule regular presentations to service clubs, community groups and potential funding organizations; provides consistent messages to educate and recruit new support.
• Manage on-line presence of Alliance.
• Provides support, consultation project management to entities needing support in applying for grants.
• Monitor budgets, expense reports, or other financial data for project.
• Prepares reports for executive committee, funders and task forces.
• Leads effective reporting, information flow, tracking and planning.
• Promotes a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning, a commitment to quality and achievement of high organizational standards.