Community Engagement Coordinator - Bilingual in Spanish Required

Thurbers Ave - Providence, RI 02905

• Position Type: Full Time
• Job Shift: Any
• Education Level: Not Specified
• Travel Percentage: Road Warrior

FSRI is always looking for candidates that want to make a positive impact on the community!

Position Summary: The Community Engagement Coordinator is a vital member of the backbone agency responsible for stakeholder and resident engagement and participation; community building; identification of assets and needs; assessment of community impact through collecting data and supporting the goals of the Providence 02905 Health Equity Zone (HEZ). The Community Engagement Coordinator is primarily responsible for relationship building with existing HEZ partners, recruitment of new organizations, individuals and other stakeholders, disseminating information and collecting data; scheduling and facilitating HEZ meetings and attending RIDOH meetings as necessary outlined in the project. Works in collaboration with the HEZ Project Director to ensure progress toward initiative activities and goals are met.

Specific Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support the Project Director in providing leadership to the Providence 02905 HEZ collaborative.
• Engage community support and involvement in HEZ collaborative; manage existing partnerships and recruit new partners, residents, and stakeholders.
• Provide meeting organization and facilitation for the initiative in coordination with Project Director.
• Facilitate regular work group meetings to develop strategies and action plans specific to areas of focus.
• Ensure initiative activities align with goals.
• Attend all meetings relating to HEZ including meetings at RIDOH as representative for the Providence 02905 HEZ as needed.
• Work with Project Director to produce timely and high-quality reports and correspondence as required by project.
• Build and maintain positive, working relationships with funders, community organizations and all partners and act as a community liaison.
• Work with Project Director to identify potential funding sources for HEZ goals and priorities, and for sustainability of the initiative.
• Attend supervision as scheduled.
• Maintain accurate and accessible reports, files and statistics as required by the initiative.
• Perform additional responsibilities consistent with initiative needs and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Formal education, or relevant certification and/or related experience in community engagement.
• Critical thinking skills, creativity and flexibility in meeting changing priorities and demands; attention to detail; identifying and resolving obstacles to improvement/goals.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Familiarity with the 02905 area and/or goals of the HEZ initiative.
• Ability to provide culturally competent services.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships internally and externally with community partners.
• Demonstrated ability to organize self and others.
• Ability to work independently and to take initiative; to prioritize and to proceed logically.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Physical Requirements: This position requires:

• Travel within the community, to and from agency site locations, which could include using walkways, stairs and/or elevators.
• Ability to work a nontraditional work schedule to include some nights and weekends.
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to work in person and remotely.
• Ability to manage various software platforms and databases.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Here at FSRI, we’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about one of our career opportunities, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be the perfect fit for this or another opportunity!

We offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental and work life benefits.
Only together can we continue to grow and make a difference in our communities.
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Family Service of RI (FSRI) is a statewide organization with a 130 year track record of improving the health and well-being of children and families. We are passionate about our mission to advance opportunity and hope. FSRI’s diverse and inclusive teams – working across the Health, Healing, Home and Hope divisions, are experts in their fields, delivering strategies to positively impact lives. We provide services statewide, and currently operate in three locations in Providence; and four locations in East Providence, Smithfield and North Smithfield.

Family Service of Rhode Island provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

FSRI determines pay based on a candidate's relevant and transferable experience, certifications, licenses, degree and language ability.