Outreach Coordinator

Native Directions•Stockton, CA

About The Position

The Outreach Coordinator coordinates and supports culturally responsive prevention, education, harm-reduction education, and treatment-referral activities related to opioid use disorder, stimulant use disorder, and polysubstance use. The role develops the program’s outreach calendar, coordinates community events and partner relationships, provides direction to outreach staff, and ensures program activities and grant deliverables are completed and documented. The coordinator works with Native communities, schools, treatment providers, behavioral-health agencies, community organizations, and other partners, engaging respectfully with people who use substances, people in recovery, families, youth, elders, and 2S/LGBTQ+ community members. The position is grant-funded and may be modified or discontinued based on program needs, continued funding, and organizational requirements. It requires regular local and regional travel, driving, extended periods of standing or sitting, setting up outreach tables, and transporting educational materials and supplies. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required based on outreach and event schedules. The stated compensation is $22.00–$24.00 per hour. Native Directions, Inc.; Three Rivers Indian Lodge was established in 1972. Its mission is to provide chemically dependent treatment services using spiritual and traditional education within a social-model program. The organization’s vision is to provide culturally relevant, client-centered treatment and support sobriety through connections to history, culture, tradition, and spirituality.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Relevant experience in community outreach, substance-use prevention, harm reduction, behavioral health, social services, public health, or Native community programming.
Experience coordinating events, outreach schedules, partnerships, or community-based activities.
Ability to communicate respectfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
Ability to maintain accurate records and complete reports on time.
Basic computer skills, including email, calendars, word processing, spreadsheets, and electronic data-entry systems.
Valid California driver’s license, reliable transportation, and an acceptable driving record for work-related travel.
Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends based on outreach and event schedules.
Ability to successfully complete required organizational screenings and trainings.
Strong organization, scheduling, communication, and community-engagement skills.
Ability to build trust and maintain productive community partnerships.
Ability to communicate without stigma or judgment.
Understanding of cultural humility and culturally responsive services.
Ability to manage multiple deadlines, activities, locations, and documentation requirements.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in public health, behavioral health, social work, human services, Native American studies, or a related field.
Experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Knowledge of opioid use disorder, stimulant use disorder, polysubstance use, overdose prevention, naloxone, harm reduction, MAT/MOUD, and recovery-support services.
Experience supervising or providing work direction to outreach staff or volunteers.
Experience with grant-funded programs, data collection, referral coordination, and program reporting.
Lived experience with recovery or close familiarity with recovery communities is valued but not required.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a 12-month calendar of mobile outreach, workshops, town halls, trainings, coalition meetings, and other program activities.
Coordinate at least 80 mobile outreach and education visits at 40 or more community sites during the grant period.
Coordinate approximately two mobile outreach and education trips per week throughout San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne counties.
Establish and maintain professional relationships with tribes, Native-serving organizations, schools, treatment providers, behavioral-health agencies, social-service organizations, and community partners.
Coordinate recovery education workshops for Native men, women, boys, and girls.
Coordinate hybrid community town halls featuring professionals knowledgeable about substance use, treatment, and recovery.
Assign outreach activities and provide day-to-day direction and support to outreach staff.
Provide or coordinate education about opioid use, stimulant use, polysubstance use, overdose prevention, naloxone, medication safety, safe drug disposal, treatment options, and recovery resources.
Coordinate assembly and distribution of medication lock boxes, drug-deactivation pouches, educational materials, and other approved harm-reduction education supplies.
Ensure naloxone and other program materials are stored, transported, distributed, and documented according to organizational and funding requirements.
Provide respectful, nonjudgmental engagement and culturally appropriate education to people who use substances, people in recovery, families, and community members.
Coordinate warm referrals to substance-use treatment, MAT/MOUD providers, behavioral-health services, recovery support, and other community resources.
Participate in the San Joaquin Opioid Safety Coalition, CCUIH activities, Unite California, and other approved community partnerships.
Assist with developing and maintaining memoranda of understanding and referral relationships with treatment and community partners.
Help enroll additional referring agencies into the Unite California network.
Coordinate with staff and the media contractor on culturally and linguistically appropriate anti-stigma messaging, storytelling, presentations, public service announcements, and social-media content.
Ensure campaign materials receive required organizational and funder approvals before publication or distribution.
Maintain complete and accurate program documentation, including outreach logs, participant counts, sign-in sheets, demographic information, supply inventories, referral logs, surveys, evaluations, partnership records, and meeting minutes.
Protect confidential and sensitive participant information and follow organizational privacy policies.
Monitor progress toward grant goals and promptly report concerns, delays, or unmet targets to the Program Director.
Participate in weekly program meetings, staff training, grant monitoring, site visits, and evaluation activities.
Assist the Program Director and Grant Manager with narrative reports, data collection, invoices, and the cumulative final report.
Represent Native Directions and Native C.O.R.E. professionally at outreach events, meetings, coalitions, trainings, and community functions.
Perform other related duties consistent with the position and program needs.