Position Overview

SINA seeks a highly organized, relationship-oriented, and community-minded professional to serve

as its Community Engagement Manager.

This position will play a central role in strengthening SINA’s relationships with homeowners and

tenants, advancing homeownership opportunities for employees of SINA’s institutional partners,

coordinating the Hartford Leadership Academy, managing volunteer engagement, and helping

implement the Washington Street Development Plan.

The idóneo candidate will be equally comfortable building trusted relationships in the neighborhood,

managing programs and events, coordinating volunteers and institutional partners, and bringing

multiple stakeholders together to move neighborhood priorities forward. This is a position that

requires initiative, strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to move projects

from ideas and plans to implementation.

A key expectation of the position is to plan proactively. The Manager will develop and maintain an





annual and rolling calendar of homeowner and tenant engagement opportunities, volunteer events,

Leadership Academy activities, and other neighborhood initiatives. The calendar should provide

SINA and its partners with sufficient advance notice to participate, prepare, and contribute.

Key Responsibilities Include

Homeowner & Tenant Engagement - Develop and maintain meaningful, ongoing relationships with homeowners and tenants within SINA’s footprint.

Hartford Leadership Academy - Coordinate and strengthen the Hartford Leadership Academy as a meaningful leadership development and neighborhood engagement program.

Volunteer Coordination & Institutional Partner Engagement - Develop and manage SINA’s volunteer engagement efforts, with a particular emphasis on building long-term, recurring participation from SINA’s institutional partners.

Washington Street Development Plan Implementation - Serve as a key coordinator in advancing implementation of recommend

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