Community Outreach Specialist

Community Outreach Specialist

Location:

Indianapolis, IN (Hybrid) Duration: 12+ Months

The Client seeking Community Engagement and Systems Building team serves to connect families, organizations, and providers locally and statewide. This mission is accomplished by building and strengthening systems that serve Hoosiers throughout their life span.

Current Initiative:
Moms Helpline, a program that helps reduce Indiana's infant mortality rate with dedicated communication specialists that provide valuable pregnancy information, referrals, and accessible resources to pregnant women and families with babies. The client seeks to grow its reach of this initiative across the state and be more fully connected to families, providers, and social service organizations.

Purpose of Position/

Summary:

The purpose of this position is to represent the client's Systems Building and Community Engagement Team (ClientE) in the community, to build relationships with a wide variety of local and state-wide partners, and to promote client projects and programs. Specifically, this position will focus on serving as the liaison between the community, families and the client’s system. The Outreach and Education Specialist will support the awareness and visibility of Moms Helpline (MHL) to the state.

This position will fulfill this purpose by:

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Be knowledgeable of community service programs and resources, behavioral health care, specialized children services, and education/training opportunities.
• Promote and support Moms Helpline by attending conferences, expos, community events, and other networking opportunities that bring awareness to the program initiatives.
• Communicate effectively with families in the community and agency partners to ensure all needs are met, linking them to the Moms Helpline systems.
• Network with organizations and exhibitors at all conferences, expos, health fairs, and other community-based events.
• Participate in community committees within your assigned county block (as well as assist colleagues as needed).
• Participate in the development of any other state activities as assigned.
• Work across the MCH Division with outreach efforts.
• Establish partnerships with social service agencies, including, but not limited to, WIC, hospitals, Healthy Families, Child Care Resource and Referral, Head Start, Early Head Start, NICUs, childcare providers and other providers within the Maternal and Child Health population.
• Identify Point of Contacts to community resources and maintain updated contact information in Excel spreadsheet.
• Prepare and distribute MCH informational and promotional materials to providers that serve the MCH population throughout the state upon receiving requests from providers.
• Assist in preparing and updating presentations to deliver to community organizations.
• Assist or act as a substitute for the Community Outreach and Education Supervisor in work group meetings and/or monthly meetings that increase awareness of Moms Helpline.
• Seek and identify resource events, conferences in which Moms Helpline will benefit from exhibiting.
• Assist in maintaining an updated spreadsheet of all distributed program/division promotional items.
• Research and recommend ideas for any marketing initiatives.
• Assist with the development of creative program material (i.e. promotional items).
• Help coordinate all the artwork and creative process from the design phase to print phase.
• Collaborate with Office of Public Affairs (OPA) to maintain a positive rapport regarding feedback and suggestions about the artwork and design process.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in any field of study related to human services, social services or early childhood education.
• Experience and interest in working with children and families.
• Valid Indiana Driver's License and ability to travel throughout the state.
• Maintain a flexible daily schedule and be available during non-traditional work hours and days.
• Preferably reside in one of the following northern counties or surrounding area:
  Allen, Elkhart, Grant, Lake, LaPorte, Porter, St. Joseph.
• Willing to work evenings and weekends.
• Remote position requires TRAVEL to events, expos, conferences, etc. in personal vehicle.
• Minimum one year of coordinating experience and outreach efforts.
• Proficiency in…