Program Coordinator, JMU Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies; JMUPREIS

Program Coordinator, JMU Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies (JMUPREIS)

James Madison University is seeking a Program Coordinator to lead the implementation of its PREIS (Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies) grant-funded program. Based within the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services (IIHHS) and SexEdVA, the Program Coordinator will oversee the planning, coordination, and day-to-day management of grant activities. This is a grant-funded position. SexEdVA aims to ensure that young people across Virginia have access to sexual health information that is evidence-based, and medically accurate to make informed decisions regarding their health.

SexEdVA seeks to advance health and education by addressing social determinants of health through programming for youth and quality training for the adults who work with them. SexEdVA is one of many programs and clinics within the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services (IIHHS). IIHHS is a forward-thinking and dynamic organization that strives to cultivate a shared sense of purpose in building healthier and safer communities where all individuals can thrive and flourish.

IIHHS is housed within JMU's College of Health and Behavioral Studies (CHBS).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide supervision, management, and leadership for the JMU Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program (JMUPREIS).
• Coordinate logistical details and ensure grant compliance.
• Oversee development and maintenance of relationships with fourteen implementation sites.
• Non-personnel budget management.
• Long-range planning for VPREIS student enrollment and site recruitment.
• Supervise JMUPREIS program staff.
• Assist the Program Manager with the monthly facilitator observations.
• Conduct support calls with fourteen partner sites and ensure all implementation procedures are followed to the standards outlined in the curriculum and grant.
• Provide grant research and grant development to sustain existing SexEdVA programs for the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services.
• Support JMU's and IIHHS' mission and vision to provide outreach programs to the community, provide quality experiential learning and opportunities to JMU students, and to enhance engaged learning and scholarship in the field of health and human services. Collaborate with academic programs to develop pathways for JMU faculty and student involvement in the PREIS program including supervision of JMU student interns, volunteers and work-study students.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

Significant professional experience working with youth and/or facilitating youth programming. Knowledge of adolescent development and best practices in teen pregnancy prevention and experience with planning effective public health education programs. Experience managing teams and supervising employees. Ability to write grants and research funding opportunities. Ability to relate to teens, parents, and families of varying abilities and backgrounds as well as with agency professionals, school staff, and community members.

Ability to compose reports and organize presentations. Must possess good oratory, organizational, administrative and interpersonal skills. Additional Considerations:
Significant professional experience in public health. Experience with youth development and outreach to youth in the foster care system. Experience with prevention programming design and delivery.

Conditions of Employment:
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check. E-Verify Notice:
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