MD Environmental Health and Justice Education and Outreach Coord

Green and Healthy Homes I•Baltimore, MD

68d•$60,000 - $70,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing unhealthy housing conditions in low-income communities across the United States. GHHI focuses on housing, environmental health, and energy efficiency services, with direct service delivery in Maryland and other sites. Their model integrates public and private funding to address the energy, health, and safety needs of homes comprehensively. GHHI values transparency, excellence, and racial equity in all its operations. The Community Engagement and Education Coordinator for the Baltimore, Maryland office will be a key member of the Maryland Programs Department, responsible for outreach, community engagement, and partnership development for programs serving various counties in Maryland. This role involves building relationships with community organizations and stakeholders, and collaborating with the Communications Department and Maryland Programs team to enhance outreach and education efforts for families and seniors.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, Communications/Marketing, Social Work, Health, or relevant field.
2+ years of experience in outreach and education working with diverse communities, including low-income communities of color.
Cultural competency and strong interpersonal skills for interacting with colleagues, clients, and program partners of all demographic and professional levels.
Experience in Environmental Health, Healthy Homes, Child Advocacy, or Public Health.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to deliver information concisely and understandably, including strong presentation and training skills.
Experience in grassroots advocacy and organizing efforts.
Strong social media skills.
Ability to work nights or weekends as required.
High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
Flexibility, initiative, and a collaborative spirit.
Ability to competently handle and coordinate multiple projects and competing priorities.
Willingness to travel for meetings and events.
Valid driver license and reliable automobile with state-required insurance for job duties, including travel to in-person outreach events, presentations, and meetings.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual proficiency (English/Spanish) in speaking, reading, and writing.

Responsibilities

Conducting outreach and education events, presentations, and trainings to meet grant and contract requirements, including deliverables, reporting, and data collection.
Assisting with the implementation of plans for major outreach events like Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Healthy Homes Month, and the annual Maryland Asthma Summit.
Planning and organizing outreach events in priority target areas including Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Prince George’s County, Western Maryland, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Conducting outreach and education, and cultivating cross-sector stakeholders to support climate and health awareness initiatives.
Building and maintaining strong relationships and effective communication with key external stakeholders such as state agency officials, statewide partners, local health departments, healthcare partners, and local community organizations and leaders.
Annually developing new community and stakeholder partners to expand GHHI’s networks statewide, including with public health agencies and health care insurers and providers.
Recruiting partners and assisting in conducting bi-monthly Maryland Partnership meetings.
Coordinating with outreach and program staff to cover all outreach events, trainings, and deliverables.
Recruiting, developing, training, and utilizing external outreach event volunteers as part of the GHHI Volunteer Program, which is overseen by the Coordinator.
Participating in monthly internal outreach program meetings and reporting on deliverables and goals.
Participating in monthly Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and other state and local agency grant/contract meetings to report on progress on contract deliverables.
Organizing, attending in-person, and conducting outreach events, trainings, presentations, webinars, and advisory committee meetings with parents, agencies, partners, and community-based organizations on lead poisoning, asthma, household injury prevention, and climate change mitigation and energy efficiency awareness.
Preparing and maintaining a GHHI Outreach Calendar of Events with the Community Engagement and Education Manager, shared monthly with GHHI Maryland Programs Department and Communications Department staff.
Helping to maintain an Events Calendar on the GHHI website of key outreach events, webinars, and trainings.
Overseeing the development and maintenance of the directory of all community partners and health organizations.
Creating new and updated marketing, outreach, and training materials for Maryland Programs, including pamphlets, educational materials, flyers, and newsletters on lead, asthma, healthy homes, energy efficiency, and climate programs.
Providing content and event photos for regular social media, Constant Contact, and other postings.
Creating and updating PowerPoint presentations for training, webinars, and presentations.
Reviewing and revising all outreach and education materials as necessary.
Organizing and inventorying outreach collateral and materials on at least a monthly basis.
Ordering outreach materials in coordination with the Community Engagement and Education Manager to maintain adequate supplies.
Developing and completing the Maryland Statewide Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Resources Guide.
Engaging in community outreach and marketing to reach partnering organizations and clients directly in at-risk, target communities in Maryland.
Producing effective community and prospective client engagement that increases awareness and results in measurable client applicants and enrollment in GHHI, local, and state health prevention, housing intervention, and energy efficiency services programs.
Implementing GHHI tracking methodologies for all outreach event attendees, including participant sign-in sheets and pre-intake data entry into the Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) Database.
Ensuring proper data collection and ETO database data entry in adherence with program requirements for reporting and evaluation.
Collaborating with the Community Engagement and Education Manager to ensure ETO Outreach data touchpoints have proper functionality, data collection, and program reporting capabilities.