Native Connections Project Coordinator

Tucson Indian Center•Tucson, AZ

6d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Native Connections Project Coordinator is responsible for the coordination, implementation, and performance measurements of the Native Connections Program (NCP)’s goals, objectives, and activities. This program focuses on preventing suicide and substance misuse, reducing the impact of trauma, and promoting mental health among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth through the age of 24 years. The role involves collaborating with the Wellness Director to manage the program and its contributors, including engaging an Inter-Agency Task Force for policy development and implementation.

Requirements

Knowledge of the health needs and strengths of the Tucson urban American Indian community, such as protective factors and risk factors for suicide and substance abuse.
Ability to coordinate a grant program and comply with reporting requirements.
Ability to develop meaningful, strategic partnerships that are effective in accomplishing goals and objectives.
Ability to communicate effectively, in a timely, responsive, courteous, and professional manner both orally and in writing, including daily emails.
Ability and skills to recruit and engage youth and other community members in multiple health and suicide prevention activities.
Skills facilitating staff and community training.
Knowledge regarding program evaluation and data collection.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred in health, human services or business fields, such as public health, social work, education, or business.
Bachelor's degree in health, human services or business fields, such as public health, social work, education, or business; and preferred minimum of (3) years experience that includes policy work and/or partnership development.
A minimum combination of (7) years of work experience in the in health, human services or business fields, such as public health, social work, education, or business, with preferred experience that includes policy work and/or partnership development.
Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act (Title 25, U.S. Code, Section 472 and 473).
Additional consideration is also given to Internal candidates and honorably discharged and protected veterans.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Wellness Director to convene, facilitate, and strategize with task force members to complete joint review and development of policies and procedures that promote coordination of services to prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Maintain effective and collaborative relationships with community leaders, including behavioral health professionals, tribal agencies, schools, as well as with TIC clients including youth and Elders.
Conduct inventory, review, and assessment of TIC policies and procedures as they relate to behavioral health service delivery; collaborate with Wellness Director and TIC leadership on needs/gaps assessment and resulting recommendations for improvement.
Deliver and report on evidence-based suicide prevention curriculum in afterschool program settings and/or other settings.
Become certified as a Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) or similar trainer, and attend intensive Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) or similar trainings. Provide ASIST and/or similar trainings to Wellness Department staff and collaborating professionals. Deliver QPR and/or similar trainings to community members. Conduct/coordinate small discussion groups, such as talking circles and/or sweat lodges, for interested clients.
Create and submit for approval behavioral health-related education via TIC website, social media outlets, and newsletter. Provide event planning for, and behavioral health-related education at community activities during National Suicide Prevention Awareness month (September) or similar event, using the Hope for Life toolkit and/or other local tools.
Track and analyze performance measures to be reported monthly to the Wellness Director and Evaluator, collecting project specific data including documentation of activities, participation, and survey data.
Prepare and submit monthly reports on all program activities, measuring and analyzing completion of all program deliverables.
Write, edit and contribute to the monthly TIC newsletter.
Perform other duties and tasks as assigned.