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Community Liaison Specialist Bilingual

Description of Duties

This is a bilingual liaison position responsible for supporting a school district’s initiatives to improve student achievement and promote positive relations between the district, students, parents, community and criminal justice agencies.  Duties include initiating parent involvement in decision making opportunities that address such issues as school environment and instruction. Work is conducted in both the English and Spanish languages, written and verbal. The employee reports directly to, and works under the general supervision of the Coordinator of Office Parent Engagement or other higher level staff member with wide leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment in developing work methods.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must meet the following minimum requirements on or before the date of the written exam: 

Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma, plus EITHER: 

1. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s degree plus five (5) years paid full-time   or its part time equivalent** professional* experience in counseling, casework, or youth advocacy, all of which must be in an educational, government or community agency setting dealing with youth or student services; OR,
2. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Education, Social Work, Human Services, Community Services, Sociology, Psychology or a closely related field, plus two (2) years paid full time or its part time equivalent** professional* experience as defined in (A) above; OR, 
3. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's degree, plus three (3) years paid full-time or its part-time equivalent** professional* experience as defined in (A) above; OR, 
4. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s degree in one of the fields mentioned in (B) above, plus one (1) year paid full-time or its part-time equivalent** professional* experience as defined in (A) above; OR,
5. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s degree, plus two (2) years paid full-time or its part-time equivalent** experience as defined in (A) above; OR,
6. An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above.

*professional experience, for the purposes of these minimum qualifications, does not include clerical, secretarial, or similar work experience. 

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