Community Partnerships Manager

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Compensation: $20.00 - $30.00 Hourly Commensurate with Experience and Location

Work Location: Hybrid On-Site/Remote

Position Overview
As a member of the People & Operations team, the Community Partnerships Manager is responsible for supporting recruitment initiatives and activities in Los Angeles focused on local community colleges, community and government-based organizations. Reporting to the Managing Director of People & Operations, they will supplement the efforts of the National Corps Talent Acquisitions team by identifying and building local partnerships to create a strong pipeline of prospective AmeriCorps Members ages 17-25 to serve with City Year LA.

As an effective relationship manager, the Community Partnerships Manager will inspire and grow relationships with strategic partners to attract applicants well-suited to and well-prepared for City Year. They will be an engaging and effective storyteller who can bring our educational equity work to life, increasing awareness of the opportunity to serve, inspires potential applicants to apply, and providing excellent customer service to leads and applicants. They will implement tailored partnership engagement that builds genuine connection and advances this important work, including prioritizing time and resources to ensure maximum return.

This position will require travel in and around LA county. A significant portion of this role’s time will be in the community, building relationships with partners and prospective AmeriCorps members.

City Year values and continuously works to build an equitable and inclusive culture where people with diverse lived experiences feel they belong.

This is a temporary position from mid-November 2026 through June 2027, with the potential opportunity to transition to a permanent position.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Recruitment Events & Activities (50%)

- Represent CYLA in community initiatives and at events that support our organizational goals and strategies.
- Identify opportunities to promote City Year service directly to prospects through school tours, events, community presentations, champion introductions, facilitating professional development workshop, elected official meetings, etc.
- Participate in external engagements in local communities, at local community colleges and with community organizations including presentations, career fairs and information sessions.
- Regularly compare recruitment activity to applicant and acceptance yield and assess return on investment at recruited organizations.

Partnership Development & Management (25%)

- Build a strategic partnership plan inclusive of goals, strategies, and tactics to facilitate recruiting leads for City Year Los Angeles.
- Implement cultivation strategies to increase City Year brand awareness among champions within each partner institution/organization and opportunities for them to promote City Year to prospects.
- Build strategic relationships at local community colleges and with external partners such as community-based organizations (CBOs), community leaders, and higher education staff through event attendance, communication, and partnership at school or community-based events.
- Deepen opportunities to source candidates from local community colleges, by partnering with staff across the site on a holistic partnership approach.
- Identify and assess youth facing organizations and educational institutions within Los Angeles and California to supplement national recruitment partners.

Lead Management (15%)

- Partner closely with members of the national Corps Talent Acquisition team to support a successful hand-off from local sourcing to the nationally led application and admissions process.
- Consistently tracking leads and recruitment activities in TargetX.

Additional Team and Site Support:

- Team player that facilitates cooperative and collaborative community and institutional relationships.
- Partner with all City Year Los Angeles departments through site events, projects, and cross-departmental committees as needed to ensure site-wide goals are met.
- Actively engage and participate in team and department activities that contribute to the achievement of team/department goals and vision.

Key Competencies:

In order to succeed in this role, an applicant must have the following competencies:

- Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and written tailoring communication for the audience and situation. Empathetic team player who listens well and asks good questions.
- Executes to Results: Strong ability to create and execute against work plans. History of meeting goals, achieving benchmarks, and holding self and others accountable. Able to identify the information needed to solve a problem, link decisions to potential consequences, and know when to escalate or seek guidance.  Strong attention to detail with a focus on results and process.
- Relationship Management: Able to cross manage their peers and supervisor against internal project deadlines and initiatives. Balances their own projects against the needs of others.  Able to work independently as well as on a team.  Understands urgent versus important.
- Desire to learn: City Year has a unique service model and organizational culture. Successful applicants will have strong experience and a proven track record of success in the above areas but must also be willing and eager to continue to learn as well as be self-aware of their areas for continued professional growth and development.

Minimum Qualifications:

- 2-6 years of experience in recruitment, community partnerships, outreach, relationship management, higher education, youth development or comparable experience.
- Demonstrated experience building and sustaining partnerships with educational institutions, community-based organizations, or other external stakeholders.
- Experience developing and executing outreach plans, managing multiple relationships, and using data to assess progress and improve strategy.
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills for engaging a range of audiences.
- Organized and can support multiple candidates & partnerships at varying stages in the recruitment process.
- Authorized documentation to work in the United States of America.
- Ability to complete required background clearances for work connected to school-age children, when applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with AmeriCorps, national service, college access, workforce development, or early-career recruitment.
- Knowledge of LA Area schools, colleges, universities, youth-serving organizations, and community networks.
- Experience using a customer relationship management or applicant tracking system to document outreach and analyze engagement.
- Background in education is a plus
- City Year/AmeriCorps experience is a plus

Physical Requirements:

- Ability to sit, stand, and walk around for extended periods.
- Move about the office or event locations as needed throughout the workday.
- Occasional lifting and carrying materials and supplies up to 25 pounds.
- Manual dexterity for typing, writing, and handling office equipment
- Visual acuity to read screens and printed materials.
- Hearing ability to participate in conversations and respond to phone calls.
- Speak clearly and be understood by candidates, partners, and colleagues
- Ability to communicate clearly in person, by phone, and in writing.

Working Conditions:

- Based in LA with an average 3-4 in-person days per week, typically at our locations across Los Angeles
- Regular travel across LA. Locations vary based on events.
- Flexible schedule and location based on role responsibilities.
- Typical schedule: 40 hours per week with occasional extended hours as needed.
- Some early or after hours and weekend work.
- Must have reliable internet access for remote or flexible work arrangements.
- Requires a valid driver’s license when driving is necessary to perform job duties.

Benefits

This role will not be eligible for City Year's benefit packages and is contingent upon completion of all satisfactory background checks, verification of your eligibility to work in the United States, and any other documentation that may be required.

Employment at City Year is at-will.

City Year does not sponsor work authorization visas.