Communications Program Specialist - AmeriCorps

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Healthy Communities is CHC's Public Health AmeriCorps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services.

This is an AmeriCorps Member role - Communications Program Specialist - that supports the Communications Department in Middletown.

Terms & Program Benefits:

• 6 months of service starting March 4, 2024 through August 30, 2024

• Serve a minimum of 35 hours a week for a total of 900 hours during service term (*smaller time commitments may be considered)

• $8,800 stipend over the course of 6 months, paid in bi-weekly increments

• An education award of $3,447.50 at the end of successful service term completion

• This is not a staff or volunteer position.

This is the opportunity for you if you:

• Possess a positive energetic attitude

• Enjoy working with people

• Are extremely organized and pay great attention to detail

• Have a strong interest in public relations

• Thrive in a fast paced environment

• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team

As a Communications Program Specialist for the Community Health Center, Inc., you will:

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops; monitor the completion of pre-post surveys by workshop participants; and complete data entry of workshops and surveys.

• Track and document all completed patient engagement activities in patient's electronic health record.

• Support content creation for social media and digital platforms.

• Support team members at community and media events.

• Design and provide content for CHC AmeriCorps social media and CHC website.

• Use communications department resources to develop and maintain schedule of events and activities that AmeriCorps members can leverage to implement outreach activities.

• Work with AmeriCorps program to create and design content related to AmeriCorps member outreach and education sessions within the community, including distribution of marketing materials.

• Participate in community and internal meetings.

• Provide support for video production within studio and remote shoots for post Covid materials.

Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent required

• Proficiency in Microsoft office and internet-related applications

• Excellent time management and organizational skills

• Excellent oral and written skills

• Successful clearance of all required criminal history checks (NSCHC)

• Able to travel between CHC sites and in state Preferred:

• Associate's degree in public health, communications, public relations related field

• Bilingual Spanish/English

• Knowledge and/or experience utilizing various social media and technology platforms

• Experience creating, designing, marketing content

Organization Information:

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country's most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 600,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In addition, the organization has developed three wholly owned subsidiaries from the original pilot developments within the Weitzman Institute: the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC), the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA), and ConferMed.

Location:

Community Health Center of Middletown

City:

Middletown

State:

Connecticut

Time Type:

Part time

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