Community Research Coordinator, Maya Angelou Ctr for Health Equity
Job description
The position reports to the Director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity and the program manager. The position demonstrates expertise in community engagement and is responsible for improving community understanding of Brain Health and Related Disorders and research and recruiting individuals into a brain registry. The position works closely with community-based organizations, local healthcare providers, and individual stakeholders, among others, to build community capacity and meet the health equity goals of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining networks of individuals and organizations necessary for program success, becoming very informed of outreach practices and policies, and making oral presentations within MACHE and in the community.
This position will be responsible for developing and disseminating written, well-designed brain health communication materials for community and research partners in various formats, such as web content, blogs, posters, training materials, etc. Additionally, this position will support the clearance of developed materials as needed and briefings to management and partners. The Community Research Coordinator will develop and implement a community communications strategy, manage and produce a public media campaign, and create content for recruitment and community engagement activities, including but not limited to social media management and website maintenance.
The Community Research Coordinator will be responsible for collecting participant data in standard databases and spreadsheets, running analyses on the data, and submitting it to MACHE and to the Coordinating site. The position will also attend monthly meetings and provide site-specific input and progress with teammates across research sites. and manage travel and purchasing for the outreach team.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Health Communications, Social Science, Psychology, Biology, Nursing, Economics, or basic science with relevant experience in patient engagement or chronic disease management or awareness. Master's Degree preferred.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS
- High proficiency in oral and written communication
- Knowledge of research practices
- Have experience engaging public health preventions partners at the community level and above
- Ability to develop and implement a social media strategy and campaign
- Ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing with a wide range of people to implement community-based projects
- Ability to prioritize effectively competing for requests
- Organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrates cultural competency and sensitivity toward diverse populations
- Ability/temperament to adapt to changing conditions and diverse job tasks
- Strong initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision
- Demonstrates teamwork and professionalism
- Basic computer skills required
- Flexibility with work schedule and travel
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Assists the Director and other team members with planning, developing, and implementing community outreach strategies.
- Plans, develop, and coordinates community organizing strategies and event planning.
- Assists the Director in working with community-based organizations, churches, community health centers, and other stakeholder organizations and persons as assigned.
- Participates in developing focus group activities, as needed.
- Works in clinical research and community-based activities.
- Educates community members about health equity, research, and community-academic partnerships.
- Recommends and participates in outreach strategies, including oral presentations, and identifies trends impacting outreach efforts in underserved populations.
- Initiates, and maintains contacts with community leaders and organizations to introduce the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity and generates positive community relations to ensure the success of future outreach, education, and research projects.
- Maintains up-to-date, complete, and accurate documentation and tracks programmatic activities, regularly reporting to demonstrate outcomes and performance improvement using databases and spreadsheets.
- Identifies, locates, and enlists the cooperation of individuals, groups, agencies, and organizations in outreach activities.
- Designs and tracks forms, newsletters, web pages, and other tools as appropriate to ensure the success of assigned projects.
- Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
- Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate traditional and message strategies that meet public health mission and goals.
- Provide marketing and communications expertise in the development and implementation of printed and online publications, websites, presentations, and collateral materials.
- Develop content for posting on various digital media outlets, ensuring consistency across communication channels and working within institutional requirements and guidelines. This may require working with partners or contractors.
- Ensure communication activities are based on accepted principles, methods, and best practices.
- Coordinates travel schedules and manages purchases for the outreach team.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Clean, comfortable, office environment
- Some travel required
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