Research Center Health Equity Lead Community Health Associate (Hybrid)

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

3h•$34 - $53•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Community Health Associate (LCHA) conducts direct outreach with designated communities to provide education and build professional bonds, relationships, and sustainable advisory boards and partnerships. Under the direction of management, the LCHA is responsible for bringing together important information, resources, and evidence-based awareness and screening programs to identified communities. The LCHA is also responsible for data collection when necessary and will represent the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in community settings. The LCHA collaborates with colleagues and experts to conduct trainings in the community. This position will provide feedback to the director(s), principal investigators, clinicians, researchers, and administrators on community priorities, needs, and barriers on a regular basis to help catalyze the development of research projects and needed community programs.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED
Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Community Health, Social Science, or a related field
3 years of experience in a community health setting
5 years of experience with established relationships in community outreach with Latinx and African American populations
Established relationships with local community clinics, school districts, and community health/public health organizations
Experience organizing large-scale community events
Bilingual Spanish-speaking

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Public Health or Community Health.

Responsibilities

Develops and manages relationships with key community organizations and stakeholders, including developing and managing a partnership data-base and documenting key interactions.
Oversees education programs at the neighborhood-level, particularly managing programs within catchment areas identified as prioritized by leadership, increasing reach and numbers of community members and partners based on established targets.
Develops, manages, and evaluates partnerships within the designated geographic areas and develops innovative approaches to scale up efforts to reach all parts of the catchment area.
Oversees the community outreach/partnership process for community grants programs and manages progress for specific grants throughout the year.
Supports collaborative community-based research studies with investigators and provides regular input.
Conducts presentations related to community education, including train-the-trainer sessions and supports media events within institutional guidelines.
Supervises volunteers/community health workers and other designated staff.
Conducts evaluations of specific projects and collects appropriate data.
Develops social media content and supports the dissemination of public health information.
Manages digital assets/digital library development.
Develops and tests education materials and messages, including the design, production, and dissemination of collateral marketing materials (letters, brochures, and flyers) and toolkits per institutional guidelines by obtaining approvals.
Works with the Director to develop promotional plans for the community.
Implements strategic initiatives within the community as designated by leadership.
Establishes relationships with Federally Qualified Health Centers to increase cancer screening and support recruitment for cancer clinical trials.
Partners with the Director to establish and maintain a formal Latino/Latinx Community Advisory Board (CAB) or support a general CAB.
Participates in research faculty meetings, providing input on the development of grant proposals and pilot research projects.