Underserved Community Outreach Specialist (Program Management Specialist), Pediatric Traffic Safety Program

PED-TRAFFIC SAFETY (IN-PDTS-IUINA)

The Department of Pediatrics employs nearly 1,000 faculty and staff who work alongside employees of Riley Hospital for Children and students at IU School of Medicine to make Riley Children's Health Indiana's largest and most skilled pediatric system. At IU School of Medicine (IUSM) our mission and core values define who we are, how we act, and what we aspire to accomplish. If you choose to join our team, you can expect a culture that values excellence, respect, integrity, diversity, and cooperation.

The Underserved Community Outreach Specialist develops and support a statewide network of multiple language Child Passenger Safety Technicians and advocates and coordinate statewide training´s, campaigns, and projects to increase bilingual child passenger safety initiatives for children, birth through adolescence. The Underserved Community Outreach Specialist monitors the standardized Child Passenger Safety Technician process for multiple language technicians, including the coordination of all standardized Child Passenger Safety training´s, developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with multiple language participants and develops systems for technical updates.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Manages and recruits outreach coordinators and organizations in underserved communities throughout Indiana.
• Provides leadership and technical support to child passenger safety technicians and instructors; acts as a resource for the certification/recertification process.
• Serves as a liaison with the national certifying body, Safe Kids Worldwide; promote certification and recertification opportunities; recruits instructors and technician candidates for standardized courses.
• Plans statewide trainings (travel), including the National Child Passenger Safety Technician Training Program, the Renewal Course, School Bus Training and regional Refresher Courses.
• Plans implements and evaluate statewide and local child passenger safety projects and events such as: National Child Passenger Safety Week check-up events and other car seat clinics.
• Coordinates and/or staffs health fairs and exhibits; processes funding agreements and reimbursements.
• Provides education to the public, organizations, legislators, Department of Child Services, law enforcement, EMS and firefighters et cetera; instructs the National Child Passenger Safety
• Provides training; maintains instructors status; develops audience-specific educational presentations and materials.
• Provides one on one consultations with families; produces quarterly newsletters; assist with social media communications plan.
• Stays current through conferences, meetings, workshops, listserv, websites, and other appropriate avenues.
  
  

General Responsibilities

• Collaborates with team members to develop program objectives and create policies to meet them.
• Coordinates program operation with all collaborative units.
• Monitors progress and maintains all necessary data bases.
• Actively recruits program participants and researches new venues and methods of recruitment.
• Provides guidance to support and temporary staff and coordinates workflow for the program.
• Researches available grants and assists creating funding proposals that further advance support of the program. Writes grant reports.
• Administers program budgets.
  
  

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree
  
  

Preferred

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Experience in related field
  
  

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Preferred

• Valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University
  
  

Skills

Required

• Proficient in written and verbal communication skills
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrate a high commitment to quality
• Possess flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
  
  

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

This position will require travel mostly in state, but some out of state travel as well.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Indianapolis, Indiana

$50,000 - $55,000 per year based on experience

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
  
  

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Core

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: General Administration

Job Family: Program Management

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