Community Health & Promotion Manager

Northside Neighbors, LLC•Tulsa, OK

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a grant-funded position supported by Oklahoma Complete Health. Northside Neighbors is a resident-driven nonprofit serving North Tulsa through work in mixed-income housing, cradle-to-career education, community wellness, and economic vitality. As a member of the Purpose Built Communities Network, it uses a holistic, resident-centered approach to neighborhood revitalization and serves as a community quarterback connecting residents, organizations, resources, and strategies. The Community Health Prevention and Promotion Manager leads development and implementation of a Health Empowerment Zone serving the Hawthorne and Walt Whitman neighborhoods and greater North Tulsa. The Health Empowerment Zone is a place-based, community-led approach to improving health by addressing social, economic, and environmental conditions that shape health. Working closely with the Director of Community Wellbeing, the Manager leads health promotion and prevention strategies, strengthens partnerships, expands connections to primary care and mental health services, and coordinates initiatives including the “Know Your Numbers” campaign, expanded doula training and services, and two annual Community Baby Showers. Resident voice and community priorities guide the work, which is integrated with the organization’s broader neighborhood revitalization efforts. This full-time, in-person position is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; occasional evening and weekend work and local or out-of-town travel may be required. The position is primarily office-based and also involves work in community settings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Health Promotion, Social Work, Health Education, Nursing, Human Services, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based health programs or initiatives.
Experience working directly with residents and community organizations, particularly in historically underinvested communities.
Experience building and managing partnerships across healthcare, nonprofit, government, and community sectors.
Experience coordinating multiple projects, programs, events, or community initiatives simultaneously.
Experience collecting, tracking, interpreting, and reporting program data and outcomes.
Knowledge of community health, health promotion, prevention, social determinants of health, and health equity principles.
Ability to develop and implement community-based programs from planning through evaluation and manage workplans, priorities, timelines, and measurable outcomes.
Strong community engagement, facilitation, relationship-building, written and verbal communication, analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Ability to communicate health information clearly, accessibly, and in culturally responsive ways; facilitate meetings, presentations, workshops, and health education activities.
Ability to build trust, establish referral networks, manage multiple responsibilities, and work independently and collaboratively.
Cultural humility and respect for community knowledge, history, culture, and lived experience; a resident-centered and strengths-based approach.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and shared file systems.
Comfort using databases, program-tracking systems, virtual meeting platforms, and other technology.
Ability to adapt to changing community needs; initiative, creativity, sound judgment, and commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
Commitment to Northside Neighbors’ mission, values, and resident-centered approach.
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally; stand, walk, and remain physically active during events and outreach; and work in indoor offices and outdoor community settings.
Ability to travel locally and occasionally out of town as required.
Valid driver’s license, active automobile insurance, and reliable transportation for local meetings, programs, and community activities.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Four to six years of relevant professional experience in public health, community health, health promotion, healthcare, nonprofit programming, community development, or a related field.
Experience in health education, prevention, maternal and infant health, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, or healthcare access.
Experience managing grant-funded programs, monitoring grant deliverables, and preparing reports.
Knowledge of North Tulsa and familiarity with its residents, community organizations, healthcare resources, and neighborhood assets.

Responsibilities

Lead development, implementation, and ongoing coordination of the Northside Neighbors Health Empowerment Zone.
Develop annual workplans, goals, strategies, timelines, and measurable outcomes for Health Empowerment Zone activities.
Identify community health priorities through resident engagement, health data, partner input, and community assessments.
Coordinate prevention and health-promotion strategies responsive to residents in Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, and greater North Tulsa.
Align Health Empowerment Zone activities with Northside Neighbors’ organizational strategies and identify ways to address social, economic, environmental, and neighborhood conditions affecting health.
Develop and coordinate the “Know Your Numbers” campaign, including access to biometric screenings, preventive health information, and appropriate follow-up care.
Build partnerships with healthcare organizations and qualified providers to offer screenings and health education at events and neighborhood locations.
Develop culturally relevant health education and outreach, and coordinate workshops, campaigns, events, and other activities based on neighborhood health priorities.
Promote residents’ relationships with primary care providers and access to preventive services.
Partner with the Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative and other maternal health organizations to expand access to doula training, education, and services in North Tulsa.
Support a network of doulas and maternal health resources, and coordinate two annual Community Baby Showers.
Build partnerships and connect expectant parents and families with prenatal, postpartum, maternal, infant, and family support services.
Develop strategies to increase awareness and use of primary care, behavioral health, and mental health services.
Strengthen referral pathways among residents, healthcare providers, community organizations, and social service partners; promote services along the 36th Street North corridor and throughout North Tulsa.
Work with healthcare partners to identify and reduce barriers to care, coordinate with Community Health Workers and frontline staff, and address gaps in available healthcare resources.
Ensure resident voice and lived experience guide planning, implementation, and evaluation; build trusted relationships with residents and recruit them for initiatives, advisory groups, and events.
Conduct and participate in community meetings, listening sessions, focus groups, outreach, health events, and other engagement activities, including strategies that reach residents facing barriers to traditional healthcare.
Collaborate with faith communities, schools, neighborhood organizations, healthcare providers, businesses, and other trusted institutions.
Develop and maintain relationships with hospitals, clinics, healthcare providers, public health and behavioral health organizations, community organizations, funders, and other partners.
Convene partners around shared health priorities, represent Northside Neighbors at meetings and coalitions, leverage partner resources, and follow up on collaborative commitments.
Track activities, participation, referrals, partnerships, outputs, and outcomes; maintain systems for accurate program and community health data.
Use data and resident feedback to evaluate effectiveness, identify gaps, and recommend improvements.
Monitor grant goals, deliverables, timelines, and performance measures; prepare required program and grant reports, presentations, summaries, and documentation.
Maintain records and supporting documentation for grant-funded activities and expenditures, and communicate accomplishments, challenges, impact, and emerging needs to organizational leadership.
Support identification of additional funding opportunities to sustain and expand successful strategies.
Work with the Director of Community Wellbeing and other staff to integrate health initiatives across organizational strategies; participate in meetings, planning, events, and organizational initiatives.
Represent Northside Neighbors professionally, maintain confidentiality, participate in occasional evening and weekend activities, and perform other duties in support of the organization’s mission.