Community Relations Liaison

Trinity Health

10d

About The Position

Advancing Tobacco Free Communities Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties St. Joseph’s Health ~ Regional Health Ministry of Trinity Health Community Engagement Coordinator - 2024 Advancing Tobacco Free Communities Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties, a grant-funded program of St. Joseph’s Health, promotes policy changes that prevent teen smoking and vaping, reduce adult tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, and encourage community-wide tobacco-free norms. The Community Engagement Coordinator will be a highly motivated public health self-starter who will work to advance local tobacco-free initiatives through community education and mobilization in Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie counties. This position reports directly to the Director of ATFC-DOS and will work in close collaboration with the ATFC-DOS Youth Engagement Coordinator.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to work with and engage various target segments of the community.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Ability to effectively multi-task and shift priorities as needed to meet goals.
• Reliable transportation and a valid NYS license
• Occasional evening and weekend hours; local travel and infrequent overnight stays

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 years’ experience in community organizing, community advocacy, public health policy.
• Master's degree in public health
• Experience engaging media outlets.
• Proficiency with social media
• Knowledge of tobacco control

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to: Educate and motivate community members, organizations, and decision-makers to support initiatives that reduce the impact of tobacco marketing & promotion on youth and community members. Educate and motivate multi-unit housing stakeholders, organizations, and decision-makers to support equitable smoke-free housing. Motivate and assist landlords to transition multi-unit housing to smoke-free housing. Provide technical assistance to public housing with implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies. Motivate and assist employers to make outdoor worksites tobacco-, smoke- and vape-free. Educate community members and local decision-makers about the benefits of tobacco-, smoke- and vape-free municipal properties, including parks, beaches, and recreation areas. Educate community members and local decision-makers regarding the damage to the environment caused by tobacco-product waste and creating environments where policy change to address tobacco product waste is possible.
• Integrate health equity goals into all work with particular focus on addressing tobacco use among groups disproportionately affected by tobacco use including low-income communities, BIPOC, people living with disabilities and/or mental illness and members of the LBGTQ+ community.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of local level evaluation projects that advance tobacco control initiatives.
• Develop relationships with local media outlets to encourage coverage of tobacco control issues and activities.
• Participate in annual meetings with State Legislators to educate on the value of local tobacco control programs.
• Attend regional and statewide meetings and trainings as required by NYSDOH Bureau of Tobacco Control.
• Complete all reporting in a timely and accurate manner.
• Complete all required trainings and educational webinars for St. Joseph’s Health in a timely and accurate manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees