Hybrid Community Health Extender, Program Coordinator – Cancer Prevention and Control

Posted last month

Apply now

About the role

  • Identify, develop, and maintain partnerships with strategic stakeholders, community, and professional partners, and various community-based organizations throughout West Virginia and the Appalachian region
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to build capacity to address cancer burden; assist with community needs assessments, attend and coordinate community meetings, and provide bidirectional communication
  • Conduct, in partnership, at least two monthly community focused cancer control activities in the assigned region
  • Design, develop, and implement community outreach and engagement plans for the assigned region, including dissemination of public/patient educational materials, outreach and promotion materials, and communication campaigns
  • Coordinate and facilitate internal and external programmatic meetings: develop agendas, facilitate meetings, record meeting minutes, disseminate meeting minutes and action items, and monitor progress on action items and deliverables
  • Contribute to the design, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of culturally appropriate, evidence-based programs, content, and services; provide technical assistance and expertise in program planning, implementation, evaluation, and applied research
  • Foster bidirectional research between WVUCI and the community and assist with implementation or recruitment of research projects in the community
  • Document program progress and submit monthly reports, assess strengths/weaknesses, and develop and implement strategies to improve outcomes and deliverables
  • Develop and disseminate cancer information and resources such as handouts, flyers, presentations, internal and external communications, videos, photographs, posters, infographics, social media, and websites
  • Assist with applications for additional funding opportunities for CPC projects and provide data to support development of documentation as required
  • Participate in implementation of the mission, vision, and strategic plan for the WVU Cancer Institute and Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Develop and deliver presentations on cancer prevention, cancer screening, health literacy, and cultural competency
  • Serve on local and statewide coalitions and taskforces and submit or assist with submission of articles, abstracts, and posters to promote programmatic work, research, and outreach of CPC
  • Function as a member of the CPC staff: participate in regular team meetings, training sessions, program meetings, conferences, and training seminars; complete required WVU training and certifications
  • Collaborate with other CPC staff and programs to extend the reach of CPC and assist with other CPC program activities as requested by leadership
  • Support assigned counties: Berkeley, Grant, Jefferson, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton, Preston, Tucker (West Virginia) and Garrett County, MD; frequently travel throughout the state and occasionally stay overnight

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in appropriate discipline: public health, health communications, social work, social sciences, nursing, health education, healthcare administration, marketing, or other healthcare professions degree
  • Master's degree is preferred
  • A minimum of two (2) years of combined experience in: Coordinating health education programs; Community event planning; Group dynamics, leadership; Program assessment; Data collection; and project management
  • An equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered
  • All qualifications must be met by the time of employment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong time management, organization, and multi-tasking skills
  • Ability to establish priorities, adhere to deadlines, have high attention to detail and follow through, and ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Skilled at writing correspondence and preparing reports
  • Ability to operate the necessary computer, software (Microsoft Office), web-based and other high-tech equipment relative to the program
  • Skilled in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships
  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary team environment and to coordinate participation of team members from various backgrounds
  • Skilled in group facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution
  • Ability to manage health education programs, event planning, group dynamics, leadership, program assessment, evaluation, and practice facilitation
  • Ability to work as part of a team and with a significant degree of independence
  • Ability to travel frequently with occasional overnight stays, working outside the traditional work week as needed
  • Ability to maintain proper attendance and punctuality standards
  • Willingness to seek consultation and supervision as needed
  • Knowledge of current health issues, health education and behavioral theories, and health information needs of the medically underserved preferred
  • Ability to interact sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons from various cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, ethnic, and professional backgrounds, including persons of all ages and orientations
  • Ability to rapidly learn institution, federal, and state statutes and regulations impacting the work
  • Preferred: Experience with community outreach and education, public communication, evaluation, community event planning, program assessment, and research preferred
  • Preferred: CITI Certification preferred

Benefits

  • 37.5-hour work week
  • 13 paid holidays ( staff holiday calendar )
  • 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year ( employee leave )
  • 18 sick days per year (for when you’re ill, for when you need time to care for sick family, for your own, or your family’s, regularly scheduled medical appointments. Who is family for the purpose of this leave? A lot of people in your life including immediate relatives and in-laws as well as others considered to be members of your household living under the same roof)
  • WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits
  • 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks
  • Wellness programs
  • On-campus work station provided for on-campus work

Job title

Community Health Extender, Program Coordinator – Cancer Prevention and Control

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

Report this job

See something inaccurate? Let us know and we'll update the listing.

Report job