Community Outreach Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $28.50-$29 / hour ($47,424-$48,256 annually)

Position : Community Outreach Specialist

Supervisor : OCDEAF Regional Director

Location : Cypress, CA

Classification : Non-exempt, FTE 32 hours per week, possibility of position ending on June 30th 2026

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Under the supervision of OCDEAF Regional Director, the Community Outreach Specialist :

• Educates individuals or communities to receive Home Visitor services and resources to address the communitys needs and reduce social isolation.
• Coordinates one Resource Fair with our collaboration group with the goal of gaining awareness and referrals to the program
• Contacts companies and organizations to promote Home Visitor program and OCDEAF
• Assists with editing and captioning vlogs
• Provides presentations to deaf community, events and any others requests.
• Extensive fieldwork and ability to travel within agency service area is required.
• Performs such tasks and responsibilities as may be delegated.

Qualifications :

Note : As part of our hiring process, the selected candidate must complete and pass a background check of references, criminal background screening, and drug screening.

About GLAD :

The Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness is a private non-profit organization that was founded in 1969 and now has 13 locations serving 10 counties in Southern California.

Our goal is to protect the civil rights, and ensure equal access for the deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled communities in particular areas of California, including the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, Riverside, Mono, Inyo and San Luis Obispo, to all of lifes opportunities.

GLADs general purpose and powers shall be to promote the educational, health, housing, vocational, cultural, social and recreational welfare of its deaf and hard of hearing constituents.

The organizations specific and primary purposes shall be to act as a coordinating agency addressing the broad social service needs of deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf disabled individuals through direct service provision, advocacy, research and dissemination of information to the consumers, professionals and parents.

GLAD offers the follow benefits for full time employees :

Employee insurance plans are able to begin after the first 30 days of employment.

Part time employees (employees regularly scheduled to work 19 hours per week or more) earn sick leave on a prorated basis based on regularly scheduled hours.

Salary Range $28.50-$29 / hour ($47,424-$48,256 annually)

Open Until Filled

GLAD is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

GLAD is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of GLAD and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of GLAD, including supervisors and co-workers.

This is an at-will employment position. Both GLAD and the employee may end the employment relationship at any time, without notice, and without good cause.