Mary's Center is a federally qualified health center that served over 35,000 men, women and children in 2014. We provide comprehensive health, dental, social, and education services to underserved, underinsured, and uninsured individuals in the D.C. metropolitan region. Our mission is to build better futures through the offering of these services. We embrace culturally diverse communities and provide them with the highest quality of care, regardless of ability to pay.

Briya Public Charter School (Briya) serves as the Education Department of Mary’s Center. Briya provides a year-round, dual-generation family literacy program to over 500 immigrant families annually. Starting from the critical years of infancy, Briya combats generational cycles of under-education and poverty through a two generation model that provides children with high-quality early childhood education classes, helps parents foster their children’s language and literacy skills from birth, and simultaneously provides parents with the critical literacy and job skills needed to sustain a career. The family literacy model includes infant and toddler care, pre-kindergarten, and adult education/family literacy classes with wrap around comprehensive health and social services. The adult education component includes English as a Second Language, digital literacy, parenting classes as well as Parent and Child Together (PACT) time. Briya also provides workforce development options for parents including Child Development Associate (CDA) credential training,  Medical Assistant training, and a  National External Diploma Program to provide adult learners with a high school diploma. In addition to a long tradition of partnering with Mary’s Center (since 1996), Briya also collaborates with several community organizations to enhance and supplement classroom learning. Briya is a high performing charter school, regularly meeting 100% of our Public Charter School Board accountability plan targets for both adult education and early childhood education.

This position description incorporates the core responsibilities of the job. It is recognized that other related duties not specifically mentioned might also be performed and that not all listed responsibilities may be carried out, depending on operational needs.

Communications:

• Create written content that will engage key audiences through online media (including Facebook and Twitter) 

• Write promotional stories that feature Briya students and school activities for website and print media

• Create photographic content that will engage key audiences through online and print media (including social media, website, staff newsletter, brochures, and classroom use)

• Solicit information for, write articles for, and lay out monthly staff newsletter

• Strategize with staff on marketing of events and activities for the school

• Develop internal communications including fliers for school events such as field trips, school recognition ceremonies, Thanksgiving, Reading Challenge, etc. 

• Create marketing materials for school programs: CDA, MA, NEDP, and Family Literacy Program 

• Help strengthen school partnerships through use of social media, in-person networking, and other means

• Create and edit video for Early Childhood, Adult Education, and other departments as needed

• Research, gather information, and write applications for staff and student awards

• Assist with student registrations as needed

• Record minutes of school meetings as requested

• Participate in Briya information table at community fairs (approximately 1-3 times per year)

• Attend public hearings as needed

Board Liaison: 

• Provide ongoing administrative support to the Executive Director on board matters 

• Attend full board meetings, annual retreat, Development Committee meetings, and other board functions

• Assist the Executive Director with special projects

• Assist with preparing for full board meetings (including coordinating with board members via email, developing board packets, and helping arrange food and child care). 

• Take minutes during full board meetings and Development Committee meetings

• Communicate with each member of Development Committee to ensure that members are attending

• Maintain an updated board directory

• Maintain board member bios with photos

• Develop board binders for new members

• Assist in follow-up to potential board members

• Assist with coordination of events

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. It is the policy of Mary's Center to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Mary's Center will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.