Health Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY

The Community Health Impact Coordinator will work in partnership with the Director of Health to support United Way of Lane County (UWLC)/Live Healthy Lane's (LHL) efforts to create a community where all kids are successful in school and life. This position will provide administrative, coordination, and project support to Lane County's Community Health Needs Assessment (CHA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHP).

Responsibilities include helping to coordinate the implementation of the CHA/CHP, cultivating and strengthening new and existing relationships with local groups and professional sectors including those in rural Lane County, coordinating UWLC events and trainings including those for LHL, and supporting LHL marketing initiatives. An interest in community health improvement, as well as the ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail, and thrive in a fast paced, team and partner-focused environment with complex work are necessary.

A day in the life of the Community Health Impact Coordinator: You'll be spending a lot of time working in the community, talking with people about United Way's work to improve the public's health, engaging in multiple LHL partner meetings, and building relationships that help United Way and LHL stay connected to local public health initiatives. In addition to working in the community, this position will spend time carrying out detailed office work with team members from our community impact and marketing and communications staff. We are looking for someone who is passionate about community health, will champion our work, is comfortable talking one-on-one and in large groups, and has an eye for detail.

This position works closely with community impact and marketing and communications staff and with all UWLC staff and departments; businesses; donors; nonprofit agency partners; community service groups; government agencies. This position is connected to and engaged with peer CHA/CHP initiatives, Local United Ways and United Way Worldwide colleagues for continuous learning, growth and consideration of new ideas.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF POSITION

An individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed below as a satisfactory level:

• Ground convening and coordination efforts in anti-racism, systemic oppression, equity, wealth disparity, intersectionality, and other areas important to social justice.
• Communicate with, build, and maintain excellent rapport with diverse public health partners and community members.
• Demonstrate deep respect and sensitivity for individuals of all racial and ethnic identities, sexual orientations, gender identities, countries of origin, belief systems, ages, and abilities.
• Build and maintain authentic, positive relationships with cross-sector partners to facilitate collaboration and coordination of LHL activities.
• Cultivate and continue community partnerships, bringing voice to community to better understand needs and circumstance and inform CHA/ CHP implementation.

Represent UWLC and LHL at various community meetings that focus on improving the health of our community.

• Participate in LHL newsletter, website, social media, and print content development, and other marketing activities that help increase the community's understanding and use of the CHA/CHP.
• Arrange and attend frequent meetings: Coordinate meeting schedules, prepare meeting materials, take meeting minutes, track and follow-up on action items initiated during meetings.
• Maintain a tracking system for LHL's partnership documents, keeping accurate and complete records.
• Work with UWLC Marketing and Communications staff to coordinate events and engagement activities, including those hosted by the Lane Equity Coalition.
• Collect, analyze, and report data to track progress of community improvement efforts.
• Partner with Resource Development staff to manage a portfolio of workplace fundraising accounts, building on established relationships and content expertise.
• Engage in cross-departmental UWLC meetings, helping to advance shared efforts to support healthy, successful kids.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimum requirements include:

• Associate's degree or higher in public health, health promotion/education, health management and policy, social sciences, human services, or related field and at least 1-5 years' full-time experience; OR more than 5 years' experience in public health, marketing and communications, community organizing, equity advancement, project management, or related area.
• Demonstrated experience in community organizing, meeting facilitation, or working in diverse teams and groups.
• Demonstrated ability to actively listen to and facilitates diverse input and contributions.
• Bicultural, Bilingual (Spanish/English) proficiency preferred

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all required duties, responsibilities and skills. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.

SALARY STATEMENT

The budgeted lifespan salary range for this position is currently $18.11 to $22.64 per hour. Proffered salaries are determined by several factors including applicant's knowledge, skills, experience, position, equity, and market.

COMPETENCIES

An individual must be able to demonstrate the following competencies at a satisfactory level:

Commitment to Anti-Oppression - Committed to advancing in anti-racism and anti-oppression and embedding it at the core of all facets of work. Considers various perspectives and prioritizes marginalized voice and experience in decisions and actions. Willingly learns, adapts, and grows continually personally and professionally.

Accountability/Results Orientation - Assumes accountability for the achievement of assigned work activities/tasks. Collaborates with others to agree upon desired results/outcomes and timeframe. Takes ownership of work methods/processes and seeks to continuously enhance them. Behaves ethically and honestly in all activities done on behalf of UWW and the movement. Demonstrates a commitment to UWW's values, including diversity and inclusiveness.

Decision-Making/Risk-Taking - Gathers and analyzes pertinent information to aid in decision-making. Helps others to make effective decisions by providing needed information in an organized and thoughtful way.

Teamwork Collaboration - Contributes to the achievement of team objectives by helping others to complete tasks on own initiative. Shares information/ideas with other team members. Carries out assigned work projects. Identifies ways to make a greater contribution to the team. Able to adapt quickly to changing conditions or performance expectations. Able to focus on assignments during periods of change and/or uncertainty.

Relationship Management - Utilizes rapport to build trust and collaboration with others. Identifies and shares mutual benefits/needs in working together. Is ethical in dealing with others to achieve the desired results. Interacts and communicates with diverse stakeholders effectively. Fosters and maintains working relationships across the United Way system.

Communications - Expresses basic ideas in a clear, concise manner. Writes routine office correspondence. Communicates work results to team leaders in a timely manner. Shares information with team members willingly.

Innovation/Creativity - Adopts techniques to new situations. Finds new ways of utilizing existing information, ideas, concepts and/or strategies. Willingly shares recommendations for improvements to work systems, procedures or products. Uses initiative and ingenuity to decide how best to meet commitments.

ABOUT UNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY

United Way of Lane County brings people, organizations, and systems together to create a community where every child succeeds in school and life. We work toward this vision by focusing on four primary outcomes: families are healthy and stable; kids enter kindergarten ready to learn; students are successful in elementary school; and youth have the knowledge, skills and credentials to pursue their dreams. We know that when we invest in our children today, we benefit our collective future.

We are a member of a national network of local United Ways, each bringing people together from all walks of life to address local challenges and be a part of local solutions.

United Way of Lane County is located in Springfield, OR with local and remote employment opportunities; all positions will begin remotely as we continue to refine our policies regarding office presence; we are open to considering candidates who may need to work remotely and/or out-of-area full-time. We offer a competitive salary and generous benefits package including flexible work schedules and professional development opportunities; "dress for your day" dress code; volunteering opportunities and leave; and paid time off (PTO).

Additionally, we offer access to comprehensive health, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance; employee assistance program (EAP); and a 403(b) plan. We encourage growth and upward mobility and want you to succeed in a diverse, inclusive, and ethical workplace.

United Way of Lane County seeks diverse, qualified professionals who want to make a difference in our local communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, genetic information, and other legally protected characteristics, in accordance with applicable laws. Learn more in the "EEO is the Law" poster here. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please e-mail jreynolds@unitedwaylane.org or call 541-741-6000 and provide the nature of your request and your contact information.

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UNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY'S DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE

We value the visible and invisible qualities that make you who you are.

We welcome that every person brings unique perspective and experience to advance our work building a community where every child succeeds and we all thrive.

We strive to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at the center of our daily work.

We believe that every community member, donor, volunteer, advocate, and employee has an equally valuable role in helping solve community problems.

We commit to using these practices for our business and our communities.

Join us in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and creating a community where every child succeeds in school and life.

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