Position Summary:The Community Coalition Coordinator will oversee the components of the HC3 Coalition that coincide with the Healthy People Healthy Carolinas ( HPHC ) grant and is primarily responsible for researching, designing and developing of community organization relationships; building operational readiness to implement the HPHC grant in conjunction with the HC3 Coalition; providing general oversight for HPHC coalition activities and associated projects; help identify and recruit additional cross-sector stakeholders to participate in the coalition work; grant development, submission, and management; ensure effective facilitation of all work group meetings and provide regular reports on group progress against goals and indicators; and technical assistance to local/regional coalitions and partnerships that focus on chronic disease reduction. The Coordinator will work to develop systems and implement strategies that will drive transformative change in the community.
Qualifications:Education:- Bachelor's degree required
- Master's degree in public health or similar field preferred.
Experience- At least 2 years of experience with health education programs in community setting required
- 5 years of appropriate experience in managing or coordinating a community-based public health or voluntary health-related agency preferred
- Knowledge of local community preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: To perform the job successfully, an individual must demonstrate the following competencies:
- Relevant experience in one of the following areas: community development or community health
- Experience in bridge-building with different groups and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated understanding of policy and systems change framework.
- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team and ability to work in a complex environment requiring significant collaboration.
- Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to think strategically in the design, integration, and execution of programs through utilization of different kinds of capital.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in written and oral communication; ability to communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences.
- Familiarity with Horry County and understanding of the local community.
- Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Skills
- Knowledge of grantmaking and philanthropy is a plus.
- Skills in facilitation and experience in conflict resolution.
- Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Constant Contact, WordPress, Canva, and all social media platforms.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, advanced interpersonal/relational skills, and presentation skills.
- Experience in building, developing, and retaining strong relationships.
- Demonstrable effective written and oral communication skills, and ability to establish effective working relationships.
- Ability to plan, prioritize and implement multiple assignments and projects simultaneously and maintain deadlines.
- Superior problem-solving skills as evidenced by the ability to work independently with minimum direction.
- Able to function in a stressful, fast-paced, multi-task environment.
Duties & Responsibilities: - The development of a shared vision for change that includes a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving the problem through agreed-upon actions;
- An agreed-upon way success will be measured and reported;
- Facilitate a coordinated set of activities through a mutually reinforcing plan of action;
- Continuous communication to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and create common motivation;
- Coordinate efforts with local and national evaluators and data partners;
- The identified opportunities to strengthen current services (through training, funding, or capacity building) while developing evidence-based programs that may be funded or fortified with volunteers;
- Assurance, throughout the whole process, that the community is a key component of the initiative, the Coordinator will coordinate community meetings, engage stakeholders, and fulfill a community communications plan for complete transparency;
- Build long-term sustainable support through advocacy, policy change and coordination of funding to assure access to chronic disease reduction resources to underserved residents of Horry County;
- Represent coalition through professional associations locally, statewide, and nationally;
- Recruit and maintain a diverse coalition membership with state and national partners;
- Develop instruments and protocols for testing effectiveness of coalition strategies;
- Collect, manage, and analyze community health indicators data;
- Assist coalition members in conducting annual strategic planning and guide coalition to develop a comprehensive action plan based on needs-assessment and strategic planning;
- Continually maintain and develop content for the coalition website;
- Direct and assist coalition to develop legislative action that promotes the coalition mission by developing position statements; reviewing and recommending endorsements of policies, and advocating for policies/legislation at state/federal levels;
- Continuously evaluate coalition effectiveness and coalition strategic plan;
- Document findings and progress of programs and activities in written quarterly reports to lead agency, other funding agencies. and coalition members;
- Manage and oversee expenditures of coalition budget (or contract). Seek and write grant proposals to obtain additional funding;
- Report and present coalition progress and program findings through publications and presentations at meetings/conferences.
- Completes other duties as assigned by department leadership.