Youth Engagement Coordinator - Community Liaison
Community Liaison - Youth Engagement Coordinator – Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities Grant - FT Days
St. Peter’s Health Partners – Albany, New York
Full-time
Salary: Hourly
Application Deadline: April 29, 2024
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St. Peter’s Heath Partners Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities (CDTFC) is currently accepting applications for a full-time vacancy based in Troy, NY. As part of a team of public health professionals, the Youth Engagement Coordinator will actively recruit, coordinate, and lead tobacco control youth action in Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer counties.
As a point person for CDTFC initiatives, the Youth Engagement Coordinator will develop and lead tobacco-control youth action teams (youth ages 13-18) to improve public health outcomes. Specifically, the successful candidate will engage, train, and mobilize youth to be active participants in the policy and community change process through data collection, community and decision maker education, and media engagement.
Position Highlights:
- Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
- Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development
- Work/Life: Positions and shifts to accommodate all schedules
- We offer great Benefits including: Competitive Pay, Paid Leave.
Position Overview:
The Youth Engagement Coordinator will plan and execute a range of community-based outreach initiatives. In this role, he/she will:
- Develop and maintain connections with youth-based organizations and local area schools
- Provide regular educational presentations to community youth groups and schools on the impact of tobacco marketing, promotion, secondhand smoke exposure, and tobacco product waste and the environment
- Provide training and technical assistance to youth to empower and build their capacity to educate and motivate community members and community leaders
- Increase youth knowledge and skills around public speaking, holding interviews with media, persuasive writing, and leadership skills
- Conduct Reality Check youth meetings to plan and implement youth-led events for community and decision maker education and opportunities for local media coverage.
- Participate in the planning and hosting of annual statewide Youth Summit
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree; experience working with youth
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
- Reliable transportation and a valid NYS license
- Availability to work an occasional evening and weekend hours
- Local travel and infrequent overnight stays
Preferred qualifications:
- Excellent organizational, leadership and relationship building skills
- Proficiency with social media
- Knowledge of and/or experience in public health and tobacco control
- Experience with public policy work
Location and Logistics
- While the position is 40 hours a week, based in Troy, NY on the St. Mary’s campus of Samaritan Hospital, we offer a flexible hybrid work schedule.
- The position is 100% grant funded.
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