Community Engagement Specialist HealthMPowers
- Date Posted October 19, 2017
- Location Jonesboro, GA
- Category Education / Nonprofit
- Job type Full-Time
Community Engagement Specialist–
Serving: Bibb and Clayton County
- Assist with internal communication and coordination of all HealthMPowers work being conducted in the partnering communities
- Seek press and recognition for the SNAP-Ed and HealthMPowers community projects
- Consistently engage with community leaders to ensure HealthMPowers work complements and supports (not duplicates/supplants) the goals established by the community (e.g. Family Connection and/or Department of Public Health action plans)
- Schedule and conduct periodic conversations with parents, community members and food growers/retailers targeting healthy food access
- Partner with local food retailers (inclusive of grocery stores, corner stores, farmers markets, farm trucks, mobile vending, etc.) to increase access to fruits and vegetables
- Reinforce the social marketing messages of Eat, Drink, Move with local non-profits, community centers and food retail outlets
- Schedule and conduct adult education and fruit/vegetable taste-testing demonstrations that reinforce the importance of healthy eating and physical activity at food retail outlets, local non-profits and community centers
- Represent SNAP-Ed and HealthMPowers on committees addressing community mobilization and health improvement
- Support school and community healthy eating and physical activity promotion events
- Document work with community to show progress toward accomplishment of program objectives
- Collect and submit sector data as required
- Provide technical assistance and advice to schools and community
- Assist other HealthMPowers programs as needed.
- Perform clerical and non-instructional assignments as assigned
- Ensure program implementation is consistent with HealthMPowers quality standards and evidence based practices
- Maintain accurate travel logs and expenses
- Meet regularly with program manager and sector director for training and support
- Ongoing documentation of policy, systems and environmental changes in the community and food outlets
- Capacity for home office and storage for educational reinforcements and materials
- Other duties as assigned