Community Health Organizer

Job Title

Community Health Organizer

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

Center On Population Health & Aging

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

College Station, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Glimpse of the Job

Are you passionate about community health and excited to support impactful initiatives? Join us as a Community Health Organizer for the Texas A&M Opioid Prevention for Students (TOPS) program. In this role, you'll manage administrative tasks, coordinate educational campaigns, and engage with the community to create a lasting impact on the lives of Texas youth.

Opportunities to Contribute

• Engage stakeholders and mobilize key decision-makers to ensure the success of the TOPS program.

• Conduct needs assessments to identify gaps in youth opioid prevention education and resources.

• Supervise and train staff to effectively deliver opioid prevention education.

• Manage fiscal activities and reporting to maintain transparency and demonstrate program growth.

Minimum Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience: Four years of related experience

The well-qualified candidate should also have experience in public, community, or external relations, or event planning, as well a Master's or Doctorate in Public Health (or other doctoral level degree). Certification as a Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) or Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) is desirable.

What you need to know

Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to the selected hire’s experience.

Schedule/Travel: This position may require up to 25% or more travel and the flexibility to work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.

Location: This position can be located in College Station, Houston, McAllen, Dallas, Fort Worth or Abilene, Lubbock, San Antonio, Midland-Odessa or El Paso . Please note your preferred location at the next step of the application process.

Please note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding.  

What you need to do

Apply! A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended and will help in our review. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section. 

Some of the Responsibilities Include:

• Community Engagement/Stakeholder Relationship Management: Serve as a liaison between community and school decision-makers, coordinate engagement events to ensure program success, to include planning, implementing, and evaluating health programs. Mobilize key decision-makers for TOP project activities, facilitate services between health care providers and the community, and collaborates with Community Health Workers to plan targeted opioid prevention awareness campaigns in Texas.

• Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation: Conduct community needs assessments to identify gaps in youth opioid prevention education, assist with establishing/monitoring policies and strategic planning, oversee opioid prevention awareness activities, expand knowledge of community resources and programs, support schools in accessing mental health resources/services, and attend routine project meetings and training sessions.

• Fiscal Management and Budget Oversight: Perform routine fiscal monitoring of allocated budget spending and report to the TOPS leadership team, coordinate purchasing needs, and assist with preparing budgets for programs and events. ​

• Staff Supervision and Training: Complete training in the TOPS K12 opioid prevention education program, serve as a peer leader to train community partners, develop audience-specific training materials, and may supervise program staff.

• Reporting and Documenting: Maintain daily activity logs, ensure transparency in reporting project activities, monitor and report TOPS deliverable milestones, and assist with data collection for opioid prevention programs.

Why Texas A&M University? 

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, core values , and a community of caring and collaboration. 

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts , and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums  

• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays   

• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave  and at least eight hours of paid vacation  each month  

• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas  

• Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time   

• Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning  training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more   

• Educational release time and tuition assistance  for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee  

• Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees 

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application. 

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.