Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Community Engagement Specialist is responsible for coordinating community outreach and engagement. This position will work to identify, build and maintain community partnerships. This role will be integral in collecting program data.

The Human Dimension and Community Programs team is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to join our dynamic, interdisciplinary team whose purpose is to strengthen the School of Medicine’s collaboration with community partners in order to work towards improving health equity, while providing experiential community experiences that shape our future physicians’ ability to integrate all the determinants of health into their clinical practice.

A passion to serve and collaborate with underserved communities, with a focus on Paterson, is critical to this role. Being a visible representative of the School in the community, this role requires excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to connect with both community organizations and individual community members. Important for success in this role is being able to balance being in the field with administrative duties and strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Bilingual Spanish speaking candidates are highly preferred.

This is a four-year grant funded position with a potential for continued employment within the School of Medicine at the conclusion of the four years.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Community Engagement Specialist at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

Develops and maintains data for all community engagement activities. Ensures all logistics related to community engagement activities are organized in a timely, efficient and accurate manner. Acts as a liaison for community organizations in planning and implementing community health improvement projects. Maintains and nurtures community partnerships including keeping up to date contact database for partnerships, vendors, community resources and key constituents. Participates in various training, meetings, committees, and related activities as indicated. Articulates the mission, vision, values of the program and its, services as well as resources available throughout community health partnershipsOther duties and/or projects as assigned. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Bachelor's degree in Social Work or other relevant area of study. Minimum of 1 or more years of relevant work experience. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

Valid Driver's License from a USA state. 

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!   

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