Community Outreach Worker
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Job Description
PHMC is proud to be a leader in public health. PHMC requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID19 before the first day of employment. We will offer the vaccination at no cost via our Health Centers.
JOB OVERVIEW:
Position Type: Nonexempt; Hourly; Parttime
Reports to: Program Director PASHI
Location: 1500 Market Street Philadelphia PA 19102; Frequent travel required throughout Eastern PA
Under the direction of the Philadelphia Area Sexual Health Initiative (PASHI) Project Coordinator the Community Outreach Worker serves as a team member of the Adolescents and Young Adults Eliminating STD Stigma (AYAESS) Program. This position acts as a bridge between the LGBTQ community Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and other community service providers. The Community Outreach Worker is a trained and trusted professional who is respected by the people they serve preferably of similar and/or lived experience and applies their own unique understanding of the experience socioeconomic needs language and/or culture of the communities they serve.
This individual has an integral role in connecting the target population to communitybased resources offered by community partners and organizations. They are knowledgeable about STDs STIs and HIV/AIDS as well as prevention and treatment interventions to reduce transmission risks. The Community Outreach Worker also manages social media campaigns as a tool for conducting outreach engaging LGBTQ youth and facilitating community events.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work as part of a team to support and sustain communityled action around issues related to youth services and program goals.
- Work as part of a team to organize and hold events that draw in and involve Black LGBTQ youth (ages 1524 and partners.
- Recruit and support local people to become volunteers and active leaders in their community and ensure that they remain engaged and involved.
- Work as part of a team to design and deliver a range of innovative community outreach and engagement activities throughout the LGBTQ community.
- Develop and sustain positive relationships with youth communitybased organizations and partners.
- Support facetoface and online activities.
- Support the delivery and analysis of communitybased qualitative research.
- Attend meetings and work as part of the PASHI team and PHMC.
- Work in different environments (at the office in the field etc. at times best suited to the community including some evenings and weekends.
- Maintain case notes and participant files as needed. Ensure adherence to all reporting requirements as outlined by the funder and program for every client interaction.
- Work collaboratively with community partners the Program Coordinator and the AYAESS Community Advisory Board (CAB) to connect clients with needed services.
- Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Experience:
- Extensive experience in community outreach and engagement particularly with LGBTQ groups
- Experience in facilitating creative and engaging communitybased workshops and activities
- Experience in recruiting and supporting volunteers from diverse backgrounds to take part in communityled projects
- Experience in working with a variety of stakeholders including residents local groups and organizations across the voluntary and public sectors
- Experience in organizing creative and successful events which engage and involve people from a range of different backgrounds
Skills & Abilities:
- Willingness and ability to work some evenings and weekends as needed
- Willingness and ability to work in different environments (in the office on the ground in the community etc.
- Commitment to tackling inequality and putting people at the heart of social change particularly in relation to harm and stigma reduction
- Strong written and verbal communication skills (presentations facilitation relationship building etc.
- Knowledge of effective social media outreach methods including but not limited to the development and design of social media posts
- Strong computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Canva and Adobe
- Ability to manage a varied and challenging workload both as part of a team and individually
- Hardworking reliable and professional demeanor
- Understanding of and commitment to the mission and vision of Public Health Management Corporation
PAY GRADE: 14
PHMC is an Equal Opportunity and EVerify Employer.
EOE
Employment Type
Full Time
