COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST

Job purpose

A Community Outreach Specialist is responsible to engage and educate the community about the organization and its goals. The duties include but not limited to acting as a liaison with community partners to further the organization goals, take part in community fundraising events and identify a respective sponsor list, recruitment of potential clients, and volunteer recruitment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop and implement outreach strategies by organizing virtual workshops, events, and education/ training programs to increase community awareness about our organization and programs/projects
• Write content pieces, press releases, announcements, and newsletters, to inform internal staff and the public about organization’s projects, services, and upcoming events
• Collaborate with public relations/development team to ensure community outreach and engagement activities are consistent with our brand and organization’s culture
• Draft and submit reports, presentations, and pitches for related projects
• Conduct street/community outreach events on a weekly basis
• Create and distribute outreach materials
• Document each outreach contacts during or after each outreach excursion
• Responsible for tallying monthly outreach contacts and completing reports
• Conduct educational presentation and workshop on health-related topics at schools and community locations
• Develop and sustain positive relationship with a range of people, including community leaders, local groups and organizations, and local authorities
• Working as part of a team to support and sustain community-led action around issues related to health and wellbeing
• Working as part of a team to organize and hold events that draw in and involve local residents and partners
• Supporting face-to-face, online and print communication and marketing activities

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in communications, design or a related field or equivalent experience. Two years of relevant experience.
• Comfortable and knowledgeable of the health care and behavioral health industry
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience of using creative platforms for community engagement, such as design, art, photography or video
• Experience of producing deliverables for a range of audiences, including reports, presentations and blogs.
• Capability to work professionally with many constituencies, personalities and workstyles (e.g., staff, partners, participants, vendors, donors, and volunteers) to meet deadlines
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently. Must be flexible in a fast-paced setting and able to work under deadline pressure with multiple priorities
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships and actively contribute as a member of working teams to achieve results
• Must be customer service-minded in the interaction, planning and execution of all projects
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written
• Ability to work evening and weekend hours as needed
• Must have a valid driver’s license and clear Department of Motor Vehicles record. This position requires the employee to drive

Direct reports

Prevention Manager