Community Connector - Somali Speaking - Part Time

Salary : $19.29 - $21.71 Hourly

Location : 1010 1st Street South, Hopkins

Job Type : Part Time

Job Number : 00141

Department : Administration Department

Division : Administration Department

Opening Date : 11 / 01 / 2024

Closing Date : 12 / 2 / 2024 7 : 00 AM Central

Class Summary

This position will be an ongoing commitment of 8 hours per week which will include regular office hours with community and every other week check ins with City Staff.

This position is likely to be a mix of regular business hours and night and weekend work.

The ideal person for this has established relationships with East African residents in Hopkins and is comfortable bridging relationships between these groups and the City.

CLASS SUMMARY :

Under direct supervision, this position works with City Staff throughout the organization to provide a connection to key communities and help build a relationship with local government.

JOB DETAILS :

This is a part-time position that intends to meet the following City goals :

• Evolving a stronger relationship between community and local government;
• Help build power of underrepresented communities most impacted by barriers to public engagement and increasing participation in meaningful and inclusive public engagement;
• Supporting a shifting culture of how city government engages with community in decision-making; and
• serving as a bridge for continuing dialogue, advancing racial equity, and surfacing the ideas, concerns, and dreams of community members.

Essential Duties

CLASSIFICATION ESSENTIAL DUTIES :

This job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.

• Hold consistent office hours in community one time per week.
• Serve as a trusted voice within a community.
• Assist with the evolution of the Community Connectors program itself to meet objectives listed above.
• Facilitate direct dialogue with City Staff, including regular updates to city council (e.g., written staff updates every other month, Community Connector spoken presentations to city council twice per year) to share a summary of ideas, issues, and concerns heard from communities.
• Sharing feedback on the Racial Equity Strategic Action Plan to help inform City decision-making.
• Supporting access to public engagement and programming opportunities City-wide and project based.
• Assisting with City communications and social media to engage underrepresented communities.
• Building power, collective self-interest, and community through a set of co-created techniques and potential gatherings or events
• Collecting feedback on reducing barriers to public engagement for underrepresented communities.
• Establishing reputation as go-to person in the community for addressing issues and accessing opportunities, while actively limiting gatekeeping
• Enhancing leadership skills to advance potential employment opportunities, including with the city.
• Co-designing and co-facilitating public events and education sessions.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS :

Skills

• Can communicate fluently in Somali.
• Lived experience as a part of an underrepresented community.
• Ability to meet schedules and deadlines.
• Ability to provide productive feedback.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Able to relate and interact with various cultures and language groups.
• Ability to build relationships with a diverse range of community members.
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and others sufficient to exchange or convey information.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS :

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

Fluency in Somali

Essential Knowledge and Skills

DESIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

Previous community engagement experience.

LICENSING REQUIREMENTS :

None

Physical Requirements :

Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Walking and standing are required only occasionally.

Working Conditions :

This position will work in an office at City Hall as well as expected spend significant time in community. While performing the duties of this position, this position is occasionally exposed to outdoor weather and working conditions.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required. To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

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Are you fluent in Somali?

Please select your years of experience with community engagement or similar work.

• None
• Less than 1 year
• 1 year experience
• 2 + years experience

Please select your highest education level.

• None
• Some high school or GED (did not graduate)
• High school diploma or GED
• Associates or technical degree
• Bachelors degree or higher

Required Question