Job Title

Community Health Organizer

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

Center for Community Health & Aging

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Lubbock, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

What we want

The Program Coordinator II performs administrative duties, community engagement activities, and curriculum training and implementation for the Texas A&M Opioid Prevention for Students (TOPS) program.

 

What you need to know

Required Education and Experience

• Four years of program management, coordination, public/community/external relations, event planning or related experience.

 

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Community Health Worker (CHW) and/or Community Health Worker Instructor (CHWI).

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in public/community/external relations or event planning.

• Experience working within a State of Texas-certified Community Health Worker (CHW) training program/site

• Experience providing CHW training sessions.

• Education in public health, community health, health education, or similar.

Responsibilities

Program Coordination & Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Serves as a liaison between community and school decision-makers to build capacity.

• Coordinates cultivation and engagement events with high schools, middle schools, and community key decision-makers to ensure TOPS program success, including program planning, implementation, and evaluation of health programs.

• Engages with school and community key decision-makers to plan, develop, and implement opioid prevention awareness and education programs.

• Mobilizes and engages key decision-makers in the delivery of TOPS project activities.

• Works with the Area Team to expand area knowledge and understanding of youth opioid prevention community resources and service programs across a multiple-county service area.

• Collaborate with the Area Team on logistical support to plan community events, including scheduling, room setup, technical support, catering services, and ensuring a seamless transition from inception to post-event activities.

• Provides appropriate support and information on opioid prevention awareness and education.

• Attends routine TOPS program meetings and required training sessions.

• Assists in establishing short- and long-term goals and strategic planning.

• Works with the Area Team on cultivation and engagement events with high schools and key decision-makers to ensure program milestones are achieved.

• Conducts site visits across area counties to monitor TOPS activities and provide ongoing support to community and school partners.

 

Community Engagement and Training

• Assists with establishing short and long-term goals and strategic planning for the TOPS project by planning and implementing meetings with community partners to identify strategies and develop short and long-term goals that will address needs and gaps in youth opioid prevention education and resources.

• Oversees planning and implementing opioid prevention awareness activities in coordination with community partners.

• Expands knowledge and understanding of youth opioid prevention community resources and service programs.

• Provides support to schools to access TOPS resources and services for at-risk students, including parent awareness activities.

• Completes training in the TOPS opioid prevention education program and collaborates with the Area Team as a co-peer-leader to train community partners in the curriculum.

• Engage with school and community key decision-makers to promote and educate about the TOPS initiative.

• Delivers community opioid prevention awareness campaigns, specifically fentanyl, in targeted Texas locations.

• Works with the Area Team on data collection for opioid prevention awareness and education programs, including completing training to perform these duties.

• Collaborates with the Area Team to prepare monthly reports and track progress with youth opioid prevention education and service program activities.

 

Reporting and Administrative

• Maintains activity logs regarding client activity, travel destinations, and other program-related activities.

• Performs routine reporting of all program activities to monitor progress toward achieving program milestones.

• Oversee daily fiscal and purchasing activities.

• Maintains transparency in reporting all project activities.

• Monitors and reports area-specific TOPS deliverable milestones and demonstrate growth in yearly outreach to communities and schools.

• Assists with data collection for opioid prevention awareness and education programs, including completing training to perform these duties.

 

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.