Organization and Program Summary

The Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization (CAIRO)’s mission is dedicated to enhancing social justice and achieving parity for the diverse African immigrants and refugee communities in Oregon and Central Minnesota through community organizing, collaborative leadership, and service advocacy. We envision a more just and equitable society in which children, youth, and families live in sustained, supportive communities, which reinforce the cultural wealth and lived experience of the family.

The Schools, Parents and Community Engaged (SPACE) Program within CAIRO is a school-based support program that works closely with African students, parents and schools to build spaces where children feel safe, supported and ready to learn. We work with African immigrant students in classrooms, within families and in the broader community. We currently serve schools in the Beaverton, Reynolds, and Hillsboro school districts where we provide academic support within the school and out of school tutoring, mentoring, socio-emotional support, and connecting families to community services that they need. We have staff assigned at the schools to address barriers related to language and culture and build bridges between the schools, students and parents.

Position Summary

The Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) Education Coordinator focuses on the development and implementation of STEAM programming for the SPACE Program. The current goal is to build students’ confidence and experience in STEAM subjects so that they can expect academic and career success in those subjects. The Coordinator will work closely with SPACE Program manager and SPACE staff to create and implement a culturally-specific STEAM curriculum and family outreach that focuses on STEAM in the African Immigrant community.

This position serves our SPACE Program in both Washington and Multnomah counties. This position reports to the SPACE Program Manager.

This is a full-time, non-exempt position. This position typically works remotely but does require in-person work for site visits, events, in-person tutoring, and in-person meetings/professional development. Therefore, reliable transportation is required. Regular hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm M-F, but work on the evenings and weekends will be required semi-regularly for community events.

Salary: $23.50 - $26.00 per hour, depending on experience.

Benefits

CAIRO offers the following benefits for this position:

• 16 days of Paid Time Off.
• 5-day paid spring break in accordance with school district schedule.
• 16 paid company holidays.
• 100% employer-covered medical and dental premiums for employee coverage; employee-covered vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with an up to 3% employer match.

Duties and Responsibilities

Long-term planning

• Decides the goals of the STEAM program, with assistance from the SPACE Manager and team
• Decides the main deliverables of the STEAM program, with assistance from the SPACE manager and team
  • The current deliverables are:
    • External activities and field trips (outside of schools)
    • STEAM academic support (in-school and after-school tutoring)
• Works with CAIRO administrators to organize finances of the STEAM program
  • Includes grant research and writing, budget management, and expense reporting

Supervision

• Oversees the STEAM Instructor
  • Works with the Instructor and SPACE Agents to design school visit schedule that supports students in need of tutoring
  • Manages and supports the instructor’s deliverables (reports, instruction, etc)
  • Deals with administrative needs of the instructor (finding supplies, coordinating with schools and the rest of the organization, etc)
  • Provides support and counsel through the instructor’s work challenges

Tutoring

• Assists the SPACE team Supervisor with organizing in-school and weekend tutoring

Partnerships

• Represents CAIRO for STEAM-related community partnerships (such as the STEAM BIPOC Ecosystem)
• Actively pursues new STEAM-related community partnerships

External events and field trips

• Plans outside-of school activities and field trips with the assistance of the Activities Coordinator
  • Includes both original programming (like a CAIRO-run field trip) and providing access to existing programming (like a public STEAM event organized by a community partner)
• Plans STEAM aspects of larger events (for example, inviting STEAM experts to a career panel)

Miscellaneous

• When time allows, supports the SPACE Manager, SPACE team supervisor, Events Coordinator, and Lead SPACE Agents in other administrative planning, not necessarily related to STEAM

Education and Experience

• BA/BS in a STEM subject and/or Education or equivalent combination of education and experience. Training or classes in education theory, pedagogy, and/or human development strongly preferred.
• Experience working with community organizations and/or experience working with children ages 5 to 17 required.
• Minimum 1 year of coordination and project management skills
• CPR First Aid Certificate, or willing to get it within 3 months

Abilities and Skills

• Demonstrate a commitment to or willingness to explore issues of racial justice and equity.
• Demonstrated ability to manage conflict through equitable decision-making and effective problem solving.
• Commitment to professional reflection and ongoing collaboration.
• Ability to present science processes and content in an engaging way with a diverse population of learners.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks at once and take initiative in CAIRO’s partnerships and projects.
• Ability to follow instructions and contribute to a positive team dynamic.
• Ability to maintain a growth mindset
• Commitment to engaging students in experiences that result in a positive STEM identity in students
• Professional communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of Google workspace Office Suite products

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee will extensively work with a computer, headset, mouse, and keyboard; walk, stand, and sit for long periods; lift up to 20 pounds.

CAIRO is a participant in the E-Verify program.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.