Community Engagement Coordinator

Community Engagement Coordinator

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Under general supervision, the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Community Engagement Coordinator serves as a community liaison to help people living with HIV navigate resources. The individual is responsible for maintaining community partnerships, conducting outreach strategies, and coordinating engagement efforts related to the EHE initiative. The position also serves as a liaison between Ryan White Grant Administration and community stakeholders to increase awareness of EHE-funded services, while fostering collaboration and feedback to enhance program impact.

The Community Engagement Coordinator must possess strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse communities, foster collaboration, and effectively report program outcomes.

• Community Liaison:
  Builds and maintains partnerships with community-based organizations, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), non-profits, civic groups, impacted communities, and other stakeholders to increase awareness and visibility of EHE-funded programs and services. Serves as the primary point of contact for community engagement efforts, ensuring subrecipients, local leaders, community-based organizations, impacted communities, and other relevant stakeholders remain actively informed and involved in EHE implementation activities.
• Community Engagement:
  Participates in the planning, development, and execution of community engagement strategies, initiatives, events, and outreach activities that promote EHE-funded services, advance program goals, and gather community feedback.
• Monitoring and Evaluation:
  Monitors, tracks, and evaluates engagement efforts, preparing reports and statistical analyses to assess community reach and inform ongoing program improvements. Conducts evaluations of community engagement activities using performance measures and timelines, and selects appropriate methods, tools, and procedures to assess effectiveness.
• Reporting:
  Maintains accurate stakeholder databases and reporting systems, prepares and delivers presentations to community and advocacy groups to promote EHE-funded services, goals, and progress, and presents findings and recommendations to leadership.
• Technical and Strategic Support:
  Provides technical assistance and strategic guidance to HCPH communications teams and EHE-funded subrecipients on messaging, outreach, and engagement strategies that align with EHE program priorities.

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Experience: At least three (3) years of experience with community engagement, public affairs/community relations/outreach, and/or communications or related field
• Certifications/Licenses: Current Texas Driver’s License (upon hire)

• Knowledge of community organizations and local agencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, problem-solving, reporting, and collaborative skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and foster teamwork in a diverse environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
• Ability to work well with teammates.

• Organizational Leadership – Understands the organizational mission; understands ethics and public good; concerned with public trust; demonstrates respect for the opinions and beliefs of others.
• Collaboration – Contributes to an inclusive workplace; demonstrates a sense of responsibility for the success of the group; collaborates with others to improve quality and address needs.
• Innovation – Ability to adapt to change.
• Interpersonal Abilities/Personal Characteristics – Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect; behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner; assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses; uses sound judgment; self-motivated; organizes and maintains work environment to allow for maximum productivity.
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