The Education and Outreach Coordinator is responsible primarily for the strategy, planning and delivery of community development, volunteer utilization and education/ outreach efforts for their Regional office service area. Additional responsibilities would include the recruitment and management of program volunteers around all aspects of the Alzheimer’s Association mission
Areas of Responsibility:
- Conduct community engagement efforts and provide educational programs to Chapter constituencies including: professional providers, family caregivers, persons with disease and community stakeholders
- Develop and implement comprehensive community engagement plan to engage partners and volunteers
- Plan, implement and oversee portions of the Portfolio of Common Programs & Services (PCPS)
- through the use of staff and volunteers
- Ensure quality assurance and tracking measures are in place, i.e. Personify, CSQEI, etc.
- Coordinate Association participation in high profile community events including: community forums/expos, conferences and other community presentations
- Targeted outreach to key constituencies to promote the Association, assess community needs and identify new opportunities for service delivery
- Engage new communities and volunteers towards Chapter efforts in support of our vision of "A World without Alzheimer’s
- Maintain working knowledge of key Association priorities
- Ongoing recruitment and training of volunteer community educators
- Identify, engage and partner with community organizations to expand the impact of Alzheimer’s Association care & support efforts
- Maximize company exposure and participation with diverse audiences.
- Actively engage new volunteers and partner organizations through year-round outreach
- Participate in community outreach and fund development activities
- Assist in newsletter preparation and submit articles as requested
- All staff are required to support and participate in special events and fund development activities as requested
- All staff are expected to informally advocate for those we serve and the services offered by the Chapter
- All staff are expected to support and participate in formal advocacy and public policy activities as requested
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in voluntary health, human services, gerontology, nursing or a related field
Skills/Experience:
- Two years experience in human service program service delivery, preferably in aging field and/or within diverse communities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel
- Strong Public Health, Voluntary Health experience highly preferred
- Ability to work effectively with volunteers, staff and external contacts to build and maintain successful teams
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities
- Ability to anticipate, identify, organize opportunities to expand services
- Ability to coach, mentor and develop volunteers
- Ability to communicate effectively in person, in writing, and electronically to variety of audiences
- Ability to work effectively with diverse population
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed
- Ability to travel as needed to perform job duties
- Ability to operate designated office equipment
- High level of integrity, diplomacy and initiative
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Apr 18 2019
Active Until:
May 18 2019
Hiring Organization:
Alzheimer's Association
industry:
Nonprofit