Sharon Public Schools is looking for a part-time (20-hour/week) liaison to support new families residing in our local shelter. This is a grant funded position. 

 

REPORTS TO : Superintendent of Schools and Director of DEI 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Serve as a liaison between SPS and Homeless Shelter management and caseworkers. 
• Communicate with students, parents, teachers and administrators. 
• Facilitate communication between families and schools. 
• Facilitate new enrollment. 
• Update schools on all new enrollments and unenrollments.
• Facilitate the transfer of educational records. 
• Maintain an updated list of students.
• Facilitate transportation for large school events. ( ie. open houses, chorus concerts, homecoming, etc)
• Collaborate with nursing and the EL department to ensure all student needs are being met. 

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal and organizational skills. 
• Attention to detail. 
• Ability to effectively communicate with a diverse population including multilingual families
• Proactive problem solver. 
• Able to adapt to sudden work assignment changes in response to immediate school/district needs. 
• Ability to work occasional nights and weekends.. 
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment.
• Experience using work processing, spreadsheets and web-based applications. 
• Work independently and in a team environment. 
• Multilingual language skills strongly preferred (Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese)