Community Health Specialist Jobs

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General Summary
The Community Health Specialist assists with the development and implementation of community health strategies and initiatives, providing coordination and support of the community health team. Specialists will assist in managing community outreach projects including communications, special events planning and other related activities.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position.

• Demonstrates ability to manage, develop, plan and deliver projects with minimal direction while meeting deadlines.
• Communicates project updates and plans with key stakeholders both internally and externally. Manages deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously, and completes work quickly and with high attention to detail.
• Provides assistance with writing and/or purchasing collateral material to support community health initiatives.
• Assists in the development and implementation of community health programs for targeted community population.
• Represents local site and/or UMMS at a variety of local health coalitions or with external community partners.
• Works on planning and development of projects with a variety of internal and external partners.
• Plans, implements and monitors ongoing community health programs in support of the mission, values, goals and objectives of the system and local site as directed by manager or director.
• Supports department leaders in other projects as needed including internal and external events.

Education and Experience

• Two (2) to five (5) years of related or internship experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or at least 1-2 years experience and training in a health related field – i.e. health education, nutrition, exercise science.
• Current CPR experience and/or Emergency First Aid training preferred.