Community Health Consultant - NC ROOTS

Description

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Summary:

UNC Health is hiring two Community Health Consultants / Community and County Engagement Liaisons to support NC ROOTS across Region 4. Each liaison will serve as the primary ROOTS contact for approximately two to three assigned counties, building trusted relationships with local leaders, healthcare providers, community-based organizations, nonprofits, faith communities, and residents.

Working under the direction of the ROOTS Executive Director, the Consultants will help advance the broader community health strategy by identifying and elevating local priorities, barriers, and opportunities; connecting community partners with relevant ROOTS initiatives and resources; and supporting the planning, implementation, and evaluation of community health programs. This work will include initiatives focused on health equity and social determinants of health, including healthcare access, transportation, health literacy, and food insecurity, as well as support for community outreach and social marketing efforts.

The Consultants will play an important role in ensuring ROOTS strategies and programming reflect the needs of the communities they serve. Ideal candidates will bring strong community engagement and relationship-building experience, preferably within the counties they will support, and be comfortable traveling regularly throughout Region 4 and attending occasional evening community meetings.

Responsibilities:

Community Engagement - works with coalitions and various groups to determine opportunities to collaborate on work utilizing the collective impact framework to assess community needs, assets, capacity, and partnerships to carry out community health programming.
Relationship Building - Functions in a way that builds trust internally within the health care system and externally with patients and community partners respectfully valuing input from all partners. Demonstrating Self-awareness and practicing open communication.
Cultural Competency - having knowledge about individuals and groups and translating to specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of care; thereby producing better outcomes.
Program Planning & Evaluation - conducting research assessing needs, setting goals and objectives, planning activities, implementation and measuring outcomes.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree required
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Minimum three (3) years' of experience in community engagement which should include: *Minimum one (1) years' experience initiating and developing projects/programs/initiatives in a complex organization *Minimum one (1) years' of training and facilitation experience *Minimum one (1) years' experience working in healthcare industry
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Shared Services

Organization Unit: NC ROOTS Grant

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Hybrid

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Morrisville

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.