Part-Time Training Coordinator Jobs

Organization: Tennessee Community Health Worker Association (TNCHWA)

Supervised by: TNCHWA Executive Director

About us:

Community Health Worker is an umbrella term and includes community health representatives, promotores, peers and other workforce members who are frontline public health professionals that share life experience, trust, compassion, cultural and value alignment with the communities where they live and serve.

The Tennessee Community Health Worker Association (TNCHWA) is working with the grant-funded Community Health Worker Training Program of Tennessee (CHWTPT) to provide professional development and training opportunities for new and existing community health workers in Tennessee.

We are supported by the Tennessee Disability Coalition.

Position Summary:

The Training Coordinator position has been funded as part of a three-year grant through 2026. This is a part-time 20-hour-per-week position. The Part-Time Training Coordinator will report to the Executive Director of the TN Community Health Worker Association.

This position is 100% remote with the expectation that the employee can work with limited supervision from home. There is minimal expectation of travel/travel up to 20% of time.

The Training Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and delivering the training curriculum to community health worker (CHW) trainees and monitoring the trainees’ self-paced progress in the educational platform. The curriculum is based on the CHW competencies including topics such as active listening, being a CHW, cultural humility, etc. This position will also be responsible for working with site supervisors to monitor the trainees’ progress at field/apprentice sites.

The Community Health Worker Training coordinator functions as an employee of the Tennessee Disability Coalition dba Tennessee Community Health Worker Association.

The Tennessee Disability Coalition is committed to providing equal opportunities to volunteers, employees, applicants for employment and those seeking our services, consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, The Tennessee Disability Coalition will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, and encourages both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations. The Coalition requires that each employee adhere to the same standard of non-discrimination. Each employee is required to have a signed Non-Discrimination Policy statement on file.

Position Benefits:

Part-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Coalition’s employer-sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan provided by Mutual of America. The Coalition matches the amount our employees contribute to the plan dollar for dollar up to 6% of employee salary after the employee has been with the Coalition for one year.

The Coalition observes 10 designated holidays each year. Paid time off (PTO) accrues per pay period (semi-monthly). Annual PTO earning for part-time employees who have been employed 0-5 years is equal to 18 of their regular working days and increases with tenure to a maximum of 32 days per year. Flexible scheduling is permitted.

Key Duties

• Assist with completion of program reporting
• Assist executive director with trainee recruitment, engagement, and retention efforts
• Conduct one-to-one/group meetings with CHWTPT trainees to monitor progress and engage/retain to the program
• Deliver curriculum and training with fidelity and in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner to up to 90 CHWs annually using popular/adult education methods
• Work with grantor to manage the education platform Brightspace
• Conduct site visits for field placements/apprentices
• Assist executive director and project consultant with developing course calendar and enhancing curriculum materials
• Coordinate training calendar and program tracks (field placements, apprenticeships and/or upskilling) for new and existing CHW trainees
• Enter program data into monitoring systems
• Inform continuous quality improvement efforts related to the curriculum and programming

Qualifications

• Strong in-person and virtual facilitation skills and ability to provide effective instruction to CHW trainees
• Ability to operate virtual learning platforms
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Experience with popular/adult education teaching and learning strategies
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Must be able to demonstrate effective communication with and between individuals and groups of people from varying socioeconomic, ethnic, and ability backgrounds
• Ability to maintain effective and professional relationships with trainees, team members, and community partners
• Organized and able to consistently meet deadlines
• Must be able to travel (mostly in-state)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• Ability to document data using online software
• Bilingual English/Spanish, a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Five years working as a Community Health Worker or related position

Application Process:

A cover letter and resume may be submitted via email to [email protected]