Community Liaison

IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY: COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LIAISONOwnership Is The Future is looking for a deeply connected community leader/connector to help us expand our youth entrepreneurship and ownership programming in: West Harlem | Central Harlem | Kingsbridge Heights / Northwest Bronx We are open to hiring someone with strong relationships in one or more of these communities. This is not a traditional outreach position. We are looking for someone who already knows the community and can help us quickly build the right relationships with:• High schools and school leaders• Community-based and youth-serving organizations• Faith and neighborhood organizations• Parent and family networks• Community leaders and trusted local connectors Our ideal person has real relationships in the community, understands how things get done locally, makes warm introductions, follows through, and can help turn conversations into active partnerships and youth recruitment pipelines. Part-time consultant | Approximately 6–8 hours/week$40/hour | Initial 8-week engagement with opportunity to continue Immediate start We care much more about your relationships, credibility, follow-through and ability to get results than degrees or traditional credentials. Ownership Is The Future helps high school students develop an ownership mindset and turn their ideas into real ventures, skills and pathways for their futures. We are expanding our NYC-funded programming and want people who know these communities helping us build it the right way. Interested—or know the perfect person? Apply here or email nicole@ownershipisthefuture.org with a short introduction, the community you know best—West Harlem, Central Harlem or Kingsbridge Heights/Northwest Bronx—and a few sentences about your relationships there. Please share with the person everyone in the neighborhood seems to know.