Community Project Coordinator - Prevention & Community Health - Full Time - Days - Jackson, MI
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Provide coordination and support for community projects, meetings, and initiatives including partnership development, community engagement, capacity building, continuous improvement and evaluation and reporting.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree in public health or related field. Master's degree preferred.
- Three years of work experience in public health or related field, including experience in community-based collaboration.
- Experience with grant management and reporting.
- Experience collecting and analyzing data.
- Expert competency in Microsoft Office: Excel, Access, Word, Outlook.
- Expert competency in data collection, analysis, management and reporting systems.
- Expert competency in creating data reporting tools for diverse stakeholder groups.
- Experience applying critical thinking and excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks and project deadlines.
- Demonstrate professional, appropriate, effective verbal and written communication skills and teaching ability.
- Experience in planning, development, and implementation of sound process improvement solutions and participation in implementation of change.
- Experience self-directing in a challenging and ambiguous environment
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and coordinate the Drug Free Jackson (DFJ) Coalition, fostering collaboration among community partners, schools, healthcare organizations, law enforcement, and other stakeholders to advance countywide substance use prevention efforts.
- Plan, conduct, and oversee annual tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis retailer (vendor) education and compliance check visits in partnership with local law enforcement to strengthen environmental prevention strategies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience engaging children and teens through meaningful youth education, co-design, co-facilitation, and/or school-based programming in K–12 settings or community contexts.
- Experience implementing health communication plans, educational materials, multimedia content, or community awareness campaigns that translate public health concepts into engaging, actionable messages for diverse audiences including youth, parents, teachers, senior living communities, home health, veterans, nursing homes, pharmacies, and general public.
- Holds an active Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) or a Certified Prevention Consultant (CPC) certification through the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP) OR upon hire, is willing to pursue a CPS certification (can take up to 2-years and does require an exam) while receiving supervision. Employer will cover associated costs to achieve certification and all training and continuing education requirements for CPS.
Working Conditions:
- Must have a valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle, and be comfortable driving ~2,000 miles annually (January-August) to conduct vendor/retailer check and education for environmental prevention strategy activities. Reimbursement will be provided for mileage in alignment with the federally approved rate.
- Must be able to transport, set up and tear down materials for tabling or tent community booth events throughout the year at locations across Jackson County.
- This position is grant-funded, and responsibilities may evolve over time as community priorities, Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) findings, organizational initiatives, and funding opportunities change. While the current focus is substance use prevention, future projects may address other community health priorities based on identified needs and available funding. The successful candidate will be adaptable, collaborative, and excited to apply their skills across a variety of public health initiatives.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.