Community Engagement Associate

Job Title

Technical Assistance

• Co-deliver training on substance use, harm reduction, and restorative prevention to youth and youth-partnering organizations around the community
• With the Youth Prevention team, review existing training content, and adapt or enhance to ensure topics and content is up-to-date and relevant
• Provide assistance to community partners implementing a coping skills campaign
• Help build capacity of youth serving organizations and youth-serving providers through substance use trainings & resources

Community Engagement

• Build relationships and rapport with community-based youth-serving organizations & schools.
• Represent the Youth Prevention Program at tabling events, resource fairs, and other outreach opportunities.
• Serve as an additional point of contact for the Youth Prevention Advisory Board (YPAB), an advisory board of adults and organizations informing youth prevention activities.

Advisory Board (YAB) Members

• Help build capacity of partnering community organizations through trainings and Youth Advisory Board (YAB).
• Support the implementation/facilitation of YAB and coping skills activities with partner sites.
• Expand partnerships for annual coping skills campaign.

Administrative Duties

• Participate in RSB Team bi-weekly meetings and Youth Prevention Advisory Board monthly meetings and other meetings as assigned
• Participate in calls and meetings with federal funders and technical assistance providers.
• Support coordination of relevant fiscal activities, such as timely payments of gift cards/stipends, etc.
• Track participation in YAB, coping skills campaigns, and other related activities
• Gather data for report writing and other deliverables
• Additional duties that arise to fulfill grant and reporting requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in community work, public health, social work, communications, substance use continuum of care, or related field, OR Bachelor's degree +1 years' experience in relevant field OR Master's degree.
• Minimum 2 years' experience conducting outreach and engaging community organizations.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to learn:
• Substance use prevention, harm reduction, and substance use disorder
• Impact of structural and institutional racism, and other forms of oppression, as well as strategies to promote racial and LGBTQ+ equity
• Collaborative, strengths-based approaches when working with youth, families and providers to promote community-building, resilience, and healing.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work with a flexible schedule including weekends and evenings as assigned.
• Bilingual/bicultural strongly preferred
• Candidate must have strong interpersonal skills including ability to practice self-reflection, give and receive constructive feedback, strong verbal and written communication skills, and build meaningful relationships and partnerships with organizations across different sectors, youth, parents/caregivers, adults and elders.
• Candidate must have excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; must balance working independently and collaboratively to produce high-quality work and consistently meet deadlines.
• Strong writing skills, including the ability to develop accessible, clear and compelling materials such as slides, handouts, flyers, etc. for a variety of audiences.