Healthy Hoosier Communities Liaison; Institutional Advancement Consultant) Center Rural Engagement

The Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement improves the lives of Hoosiers through collaborative initiatives that discover and deploy scalable and flexible solutions to common challenges facing rural communities. Working in full-spectrum community innovation through research, community-engaged teaching and student service, the center builds vision, harnesses assets and cultivates sustainable leadership structures within the communities with which it engages to ensure long-term success.

The Healthy Hoosier Communities Liaison (HHCL) serves as a key connector between Indiana University (IU) and communities across the state, helping align community-identified health-related needs with university resources and expertise. The HHCL supports the development, management, and evaluation of community-engaged projects by coordinating project activities, monitoring outcomes, tracking key metrics, and helping ensure IU meets partner expectations. Working with a high degree of independence, the CRL helps advance the Center for Rural Engagement's (CRE) mission by fostering trust, supporting successful project delivery, and enhancing the impact of IU's engagement efforts across Indiana.

• Communicates frequently (remotely and in-person) with community leaders and project leads in the selected community to ensure that their needs are being heard and met by CRE initiatives.
• Facilitates community information sessions and other workshops and coordinates and participates in community-initiated health fairs.
• Works closely with the Director of Student Engagement to support the Student Success pillar of the IU 2030 Strategic Plan; includes serving as the lead on Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) health-related projects and managing up to 3 Rural Scholars.
• Generates scopes of work for community partners and communicates those plans and expectations to faculty, community leaders, and the CRE team; follows up with project partners when necessary and helps to problem-solve issues.
• Reports to the Director of Student Engagement.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with community partners, faculty, staff, and stakeholders, representing the CRE at meetings, events, and collaborative initiatives.
• Works closely with IU units such as the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and the Center for Community-Engaged Dissemination and Implementation Research (CCEDIR) to advance health-related projects and strengthen campus-community partnerships.
• Collaborates with CRE leadership to facilitate community projects, develop scopes of work, support the Sustaining Hoosier Communities program, supervise up to 3 Rural Scholars, and share project successes with communications staff.

• Serves as liaison to key stakeholders in public and private sectors on partnership opportunities advancing institutional initiatives.
• Initiates and maintains frequent interactions with relevant partners ensuring strong collaborative relationships and focus.
• Develops knowledge of issues and needs of initiatives, programs, and partners to make appropriate connections with university and external resources.
• Serves as a community resource facilitating programs, providing technical assistance, and ensuring communication to optimize project outcomes.
• Collaborates with university and external partners to identify funding needs and potential sources; participates in developing external funding proposals with education and outreach components.
• Communicates partner expectations with unit leadership to assist in operationalizing project outcomes; collaborates in the timely delivery of logistical, budgetary, and support functions.
• Determines and tracks key project metrics and assists in analysis and report development.
• May provide guidance to lower-level Institutional Advancement Consultants.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in related field.

Required

• 2 years of experience in outreach, engagement, public relations, or related field.

Required

• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Highly thorough and…