Community Engagement Coordinator

Community Engagement Coordinator (In-Unit Position)

About Access Matters

Access Matters, a non-profit, public health organization located in Center City Philadelphia, envisions a future where every person has the health care and information they need to thrive. In service to that vision, Access Matters' mission is to protect, expand, and enhance access to sexual and reproductive health care and information for all people. Our team strives to advance our mission in accordance with these guiding principles: (1) sexual health is an essential component of health and wellbeing across the life span;

(2) access to quality, affordable health care - including sexual and reproductive health care - is a fundamental human right; (3) every person, family, and community deserves to be treated with dignity and respect; (4) programs and services should be evidence-based, prevention-focused, and person-centered; (5) organizational excellence is best achieved through a culture of various perspectives, innovation, and accountability; (6) clients, volunteers, staff, partners, and supporters should be treated with kindness, dignity, and respect in a trauma-informed and culturally responsible environment;

and (7) everyone deserves a caring workplace environment that fosters trust, teamwork, creativity, and work-life balance where work is enjoyable and where staff are supported in their professional development and their pursuit of excellence.

Access Matters partners with health centers, community-based organizations, and educational organizations to implement the Adolescent Health Initiative. This project is federally funded by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), and as grantees Access Matters will be responsible for the replication of evidence-based TPP interventions with youth ages 13-19, focusing on those who are living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level in Philadelphia.

Through this project, Access Matters provides evidence-based sexual health programing and training to youth, families, and youth serving professionals.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Senior Partnership Manager, the Community Engagement Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and executing a robust outreach engagement strategy to youth, parents and families. This includes recruitment, enrollment, and retention efforts, as well as facilitating ongoing engagement with our key audience. The Community Engagement Coordinator is primarily responsible for ensuring that youth are enrolled into the Adolescent Health Initiative annually.

The Community Engagement Coordinator also collaborates with the Senior Partnership Manager to support organizing partnership activities. The Community Engagement Coordinator organizes network partnership committee meetings and performs other day-to-day administrative activities to ensure that project deliverables are met in a timely way. The Community Engagement Coordinator will work together with Access Matters' internal and external stakeholders, including selected community-based partners, pediatric hospital partners, consultants, parents and families, government representatives, and members of the general community.

The ideal candidate for this position is a connector, one who can deliver information about the project succinctly and accurately to various stakeholder groups. While this position is hybrid, the candidate should expect to spend at least 50% of their time in the community, meeting with stakeholders, giving presentations about the project, and engaging in a variety of outreach and implementation activities.

This position will be a member of the Training and Capacity Building team, which resides within the Strategic Initiatives department of Access Matters, and will participate in all departmental meetings and activities as needed. This position is full-time and non-exempt.

Essential Functions:

Reporting to the Senior Partnership Manager, the Community Engagement Coordinator will:

Collaborate with Network Partners to Recruit Youth, Parents and Families to the Program

• Cultivate and promote positive relationships with participants and network partners.

• Work closely with select partner…