Community Coalition Coordinator

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.