Coordinator, Outreach Services

Position Summary:
The Coordinator, Outreach Services (Rural Health Network Development Grant) position will perform a wide range of duties including coordination of regional projects, along with graphic design and continuing education functions.  In addition, this position will prepare article information and edit, design, and distribute internal and external AHEC publications/communications as requested. This position will also provide event planning and logistics for AHEC with emphasis on continuing education and community health programs.
    
Duties/Responsibilities:
•    Under the federally funded HRSA Rural Health Network Development Grant, serves as director of the Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response Coalition. Oversees all aspects of the Coalition, which includes eight member organizations and provides prevention, treatment, and recovery services in an 18-county service region.
•    Coordinates other outreach initiatives aimed at addressing northeastern Kentucky’s health disparities, to include radon awareness, cancer screenings, vaccine confidence, and so forth.
•    Assists in seeking, writing, and managing grants to fund community outreach projects.
•    Handles confidential information with discretion.
•    Assists in maintenance of office supplies and equipment to include setup of audiovisual needs for programs. 
•    Manages time well in order to be able to serve multiple educational projects.
•    Assists with management of continuing medical education database.
•    Coordinates, maintains and updates educational program records/files to include: community education, American Heart Association classes, continuing education programs and others as directed by the Education Coordinator.
•    Coordinates (and attends upon request of the Assistant Director, AHEC) meetings and maintains notes and records. Attends meetings in the absence of the Administrative Director for Education and Research or the Assistant Director, AHEC.
•    Assist the Health Careers and Students Services divisions with various tasks, as needed.
•    Proficiently utilizes the appropriate computer application for required tasks – Adobe Creative Suite; Microsoft Office Suite, with particular emphasis on Outlook for scheduling; and the AHEC Navigator for program files.  
•    Performs responsibilities with the appropriate level of self-motivation, independent judgment and willingness to work as a team requiring minimal supervision.
•    Facilitates all paperwork/applications, etc., for continuing education for programs with various licensure boards in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as needed. 
•    Processes all approvals from the CME/ACPE Committee members accordingly, as needed.
•    Performs other duties as assigned by the Assistant Director, AHEC.

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, public health, journalism, advertising, or related field required. 

Experience: 
One year experience directly related to specified duties/responsibilities required. Adobe Creative Suite experience preferred.

Licensure/Certification: 
None

Physical/Work Requirements: 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is required to communicate effectively. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision for reading and computer work. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.  

The work environment described here is representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in an area with good lighting and climate control. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.