Position
Coalition Coordinator
Reports To
Executive Director (job performance) and Coalition Chair
(progress on coalition plan)
Supervision
Bi-weekly (Executive Director) and monthly (Coalition Chair)
Job Type
Full-time with flexible hours; work may occur on evenings and
weekends
Compensation
Competitive salary and benefits including: a) full time paid
vacation, sick and holidays; b) the offer of medical and dental benefits;
and c) a retirement savings plan that may include employer match
Career Pathway
Increasing responsibilities as project scales, addresses
additional priority substances, or adds additional evidence-based
strategies; opportunities for upward mobility in organization
Essential Duties
- Planning, implementing, and evaluation activities
associated with community substance abuse prevention coalition
- General oversight of coalition activities and associated projects
- Coordination of all coalition resources and partnerships
- Grant development, submission, management, and reporting
- Technical assistance and capacity building to local coalition partners
- Volunteer recruitment, training, coordination and management
- Develop effective prevention and health promotion strategies that will lead
to long-term involvement of community institutions, organizations, and
individuals in health promotion and substance abuse prevention leading to
reductions in substance abuse rates in the community
Education & Credentials
Masters’ degree and at least one year relevant
experience in public health or related field such as health education,
administration, policy/planning, or in community/organizational psychology;
or bachelor’s degree and at least three years of experience in managing or
coordinating a community-based public health or voluntary health-related
agency
Good standing as a Certified Prevention Specialists (CPS) or commitment and
action plan to secure CPS within 12 months of employment
Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development and/or education on
topic relevant to health promotion and prevention field
Competencies
Knowledge
Training and mastery of facts and range of information in subject
matter areas such as:
- Mastery of basic prevention concepts and relevant models such as:
- Fundamental mechanisms of addiction and recovery – including impact on the
brain for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD)
- Strategic Prevention Framework
- Social Development Model
- Asset Development Model
- Social Influence and Social Learning Model
- Public Health Model
- Community-Specific Action Approach
- Rick and Protective Factors
- Youth Resilience Factors
- Child and Adolescent Development
- Genetic and Congenital Predispositions
- Community organizing and mobilization
- Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity
- Population-based Health Approaches
- Evidence-based prevention and health promotion strategies and best
practices
- State, regional, and local trends and patterns in alcohol and drug use
- Working knowledge of related subject matter areas such as HIV, suicide
prevention, problem gambling prevention, harm reduction, restorative
practices, social and emotional learning, and trauma-informed care
- Working knowledge of prevention stakeholders such as Department of Mental
Health and Addiction (DMHAS), Department of Public Health (DPH), Department
of Children and Families (DCF), Department of Social Services (DSS),
Department of Consumer Protection (DCP); Regional Behavioral Health Action
Organizations (RBHAOs) and Local Prevention Councils (LPC’s)
- Working knowledge and/or awareness of relevant initiatives such as Change
the Script, Healthy Campus Initiative, and youth mentoring
Skills
Manual, verbal or cognitive skills, proficiency or expertise
relevant to prevention and health promotion:
- Relationship building with diverse, multi-cultural partners and engaging
these partners in collaborative actions
- Coalition building and management
- Completion of community needs assessments (qualitative and quantitative
methods)
- Communication including effective public speaking and presentations
(similar to pitches or sales calls) to diverse audiences
- Group facilitation and leadership of teams
- Fundamental computer literacy and technology skills including mastery of
Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel) and PowerPoint
- Advanced technology skills relevant to social media, website maintenance,
and customer relationship management software
- Analytical skills relevant to analyze and interpret community-level and
program-level data sets (qualitative and quantitative)
- Project planning, management, and organization of work streams (e.g., logic
models, work plans) and events to implement the prevention plan
- Develop and/or manage continuous quality improvement processes, including
stakeholder experience and satisfaction
- Multi-cultural sensitivity and a practical understanding of both community
and workplace standards and inclusion practices
- Bi-lingual (English & Spanish) preferred
Abilities
Demonstrated performance to perform tasks - using knowledge and
skills appropriately
- Participatory leadership style and ability to build consensus, mediate, and
negotiate
- Professionalism across attitude, behavior, and workplace attire
- Interpersonal communication style relevant to work with others, relate to
diverse audiences, or manage partner relationships
- Decision making, problem solving, and adaptability to deal with emerging
situations and/or opportunities
- Plan, direct and manage complex community-level change processes
- Time management and prioritization of tasks
- Self-starter, motivation and energy level sufficient to invigorate others
- Ability to work as part of a team
Other
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Criminal background check (especially for youth-facing positions and/or
strategies)
- Flexible schedule to work afternoon, evenings, and/or weekends as necessary