Program Coordinator
Organization: L’Arche North Carolina
Location: Raleigh and Durham offices
Job Type: Full-time
Program Coordinator Job Description:
L’Arche North Carolina seeks a passionate and dynamic Program Coordinator to join our team. The Program Coordinator will play a key role in planning inclusive weekly events, managing communications, and strategic outreach for participants and volunteers. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to inclusivity, creativity in event planning, excellent communication skills, and a drive for community engagement.
About L’Arche NC:
Join this small and growing nonprofit! L’Arche North Carolina is a start-up nonprofit organization connected to a larger international federation. L’Arche (French for ‘The Ark’) makes explicit the dignity of every human being by building inclusive communities where people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities share life together. Community members are transformed through relationships of mutuality, respect, and companionship as they live, work, pray and play together.
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are at the heart of L’Arche. They are not clients, patients, or recipients of services, but rather, they are friends and teachers. People without intellectual and developmental disabilities grow through their encounters in L’Arche. Through daily acts of care, trust, and friendship, we develop into ambassadors of compassion and leaders of social change and the common good. L’Arche North Carolina is working to establish the first L’Arche community in our state, with a special focus on the Triangle area.
Responsibilities:
Plan and lead weekly events for individuals with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Develop plans for weekly social and educational programs
- Lead inclusive activities that encourage engagement with one another and individual skill-building for participants of all abilities.
- Maintain sign-up database for participants and volunteers.
- Create and lead an Advisory Council for quarterly input and suggestions from consistent participants.
- Provide welcome and help orient all participants and volunteers.
- Ensure a safe and inclusive environment with opportunities for growth.
- Use inclusive communication tools to create opportunities for participants to give and receive feedback and input on program design.
Create and maintain strategic outreach to expand and increase participants and volunteers.
- Develop outreach strategies to attract participants and volunteers.
- Manage communications through social media, email newsletters, and other channels.
- Collaborate with team members to create innovative and inclusive programs.
- Maintain relationships with community partners and stakeholders.
- Assist with fundraising and development efforts as needed.
Organize Program evaluation and assessment.
- Develop and implement surveys for program participants to gather feedback on their experiences and identify areas for improvement.
- Collect qualitative narratives from participants and volunteers to better understand the impact of programs.
- Analyze evaluation data to identify trends, strengths, and areas for growth, and use this information to inform future program development and improvements.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Director or Operations Manager.
This is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the responsibilities of the Program Coordinator position. Duties and responsibilities may change without notice.
Skills and Qualities needed:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in designing programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Preferred knowledge and understanding of intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Energized and animated
- Effective organizational abilities
- Experience with social media platforms and online hosting services
- Proficient in Canva or other graphic design programs
- Seasoned communication and public speaking skills
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills
- Aptitude in problem-solving
- Ability to listen to both verbal and non-verbal communication
- Committed to one’s own personal and professional development
- Has knowledge of/is willing to learn about the mission and philosophy of L’Arche
- Ability to self-manage and to focus on the needs of others
- Availability to work occasional nights and weekends
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Healthcare stipend
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
- Supportive and inclusive work environment
- Meaningful work that makes a difference in the community
