Community Health Extender – Program Coordinator, Cancer Prevention and Control
WVU Online
Community Health Extender, Program Coordinator – Cancer Prevention and Control
WVU Online
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Virginia, West Virginia
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About the role
- Participates in and contributes to the mission, vision, and strategic plan of WVU Cancer Institute (WVUCI) and Department of Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC)
- Organize and implement efforts related to community outreach and engagement, navigation, and research in cancer control
- Establish, maintain and cultivate positive long-term relationships with community partners
- Coordinate and implement community cancer prevention and risk reduction education and cancer screening programs
- Assist with building capacity for community research and foster bidirectional research between WVUCI and the community
- Design, develop, and implement community outreach and engagement plans for the assigned region, including dissemination of educational materials and communication campaigns
- Conduct, in partnership, at least two monthly community focused cancer control activities in the assigned region
- Coordinate and facilitate internal and external programmatic meetings, develop agendas, record and disseminate meeting minutes and monitor action items
- Contribute to the design, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of innovative, culturally appropriate, evidence-based programs, content, and services
- Assist with implementation or recruitment of research projects in the community and submit or assist with articles, abstracts, and posters
- Document program progress and submit monthly reports, assessing strengths/weaknesses and developing strategies to improve outcomes
- Develop and disseminate cancer information resources such as handouts, flyers, presentations, videos, photographs, posters, infographics, social media, websites, etc.
- Assist with applications for additional funding opportunities and provide data for documentation required by stakeholders
- Serve on local and statewide coalitions and taskforces and function as a member of the CPC staff, participating in regular team meetings and trainings
- Complete all required WVU training and certifications
- Collaborate with other CPC staff and programs to extend the reach of CPC
- Assist with other CPC program activities as requested by leadership
- Position is remotely based within a designated multi-county region of West Virginia and will require frequent travel throughout the state; attend meetings and training at the CPC office on campus at least one day per month
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 the following: Coordinating health education programs; Community event planning; Group dynamics, leadership; Program assessment; Data collection; 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
