Description
Under the supervision of the Innovation and Planning Manager, conducts community health-related assessment, planning and outreach activities with various individuals and organizations in the community to determine community health status in relation to public health services and determine areas of unmet needs. Serves as a liaison to community organizations and coalitions. Uses health data and prepares reports, proposals, articles, and presentations on existing or anticipated health issues in the County to convey community needs. Directs, facilitates and coordinates community-based projects designed to improve the health and quality of life for residents of the County.
Essential Functions
- Provides technical assistance and guidance to local coalitions including program development, implementation, and evaluation to meet goals and objectives of coalition action plans.
- Establishes and maintain effective working relationships with professionals from agencies, organizations, institutions and representatives of community-based coalitions by attending meetings, working on projects as a team member, coordinating communication between team members, and participating in various functions and activities sponsored by agencies and organizations.
- Develops evidence-based programs, strategies and activities designed to improve the health and quality of life for residents of the County in collaboration with professionals from agencies, organizations, institutions and representatives of community-based coalitions.
- Acts as a liaison between coalitions, the Health Department, and a variety of agencies, organizations, institutions, and community-based coalitions regarding program development, implementation and evaluation issues. Assists coalitions in resource development, establishing linkages to appropriate resources and resolving problem issues.
- Translates health related research findings to write articles that communicate preventive health information targeted to the general public and at-risk populations. Analyzes data using various programs to produce charts, graphs, tables, and maps which summarize research findings.
- Interprets and synthesizes large amounts of written materials such as research reports and journal articles and prepares clear, concise reports, proposals, and articles for professional audiences.
- Conducts literature searches and reviews research findings to be included in technical and non-technical publications and reports. Develops materials and facilitates trainings, conference presentations, and symposiums.
- Assists coalitions in grant writing activities such as locating and compiling data, survey results, writing proposals, and attending meetings.
- Encourages the use of Health Impact Assessments to improve health outcomes by municipalities, developers and organizations in their planning and implementation of policies, projects and activities. Provides expertise and technical assistance as requested.
- Performs a variety of administrative functions such as preparing memoranda, publishing meeting minutes, and disseminating project-related information among appropriate persons using telephone, e-mail, fax, and in person.
- Convenes and facilitate meetings by sending out meeting notices, calling meeting to order, ensuring objectives of the meeting are accomplished, and coordinating planning of future meetings.
Other Functions:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Must adhere to departmental standards in regard to HIPAA and other privacy issues.
- During a public health emergency, the employee may be required to perform duties similar to but not limited to those in his/her job description.
(An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the above tasks. These examples do not include all of the tasks which the employee may be expected to perform.)
Employment Qualifications
Education: A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a Social Science, Business Administration, Public Administration or Public Health is required.
Experience: A minimum of two years of experience as a program facilitator or policy developer/advocate is required.
Other Requirements: None
(The qualifications listed above are intended to represent the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional criteria)
Requirements and Working Conditions
Physical Requirements:
- Sitting, walking, standing, bending over and lifting/holding/carrying objects found in an office environment.
- Ability to communicate and respond to co-worker and customer inquiries both in person and over the phone.
- Ability to operate a PC/laptop and to enter & retrieve information from a computer.
- Ability to handle varying and often high levels of stress.
(This job requires the ability to perform the essential functions contained in this description. These include, but are not limited to, the requirements listed above. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants unable to fulfill one or more of these requirements.) Working Conditions:
- The work environment is a typical office setting where sensory experience includes uniform temperatures, conversational noise and everyday office activities.
