Community Outreach Specialist - Temporary

Description

Community Outreach Specialist - Temporary  

Washington, DC | On-Site | $19.00 - $20.96 | Washington Post Top Workplace

Do you have a passion for working with families and individuals in need of healthcare, housing, and community support services?

Community of Hope is seeking a Temporary Community Outreach Specialist to work 30 hours per week with an anticipated end date of 12.31.26. In this role, you will collect meaningful data and feedback from community members to help inform and improve programming at the Bellevue Family Success Center and Community of Hope’s health centers. You will also help raise awareness of Community of Hope’s resources, programs, and services offered through the Bellevue Family Success Center’s place-based initiative and at Community of Hope’s health centers. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to ending homelessness and making a difference every day. This position is located at Conway Health and Resource Center in Southwest, DC. 

Our Approach and Values:

• We celebrate people’s strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people’s lives.
• We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.
• We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.
• We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do

What You’ll Do

• Canvasses various locations and maintains outreach presence in Wards 5, 7 & 8, including door-to-door outreach. 
• Identifies community outreach and engagement activities, to include events held at Community of Hope and/or partner locations. 
• Tables at public events as well as partner events. 
• Engages in patient/client/resident/family feedback following appointments/service interactions at Conway Health and Resource Center, Family Health and Birth Center, Marie Reed Health Center, and other COH sites, including (but not limited to) patient satisfaction surveys and needs assessments. 
• Engages with the community, answers COH related questions, and disseminates COH program information. 
• Gains community interest for Community of Hope’s Bellevue Family Success Center services, events and activities, to include attending community meetings, events and engagement opportunities in the Bellevue, Washington Highland, Fort Stanton and Anacostia communities.  
• Identifies engagement and partnership opportunities and assists Vice President of Community Impact and Evaluation (VPCIE) with being an interdepartmental liaison for partnership information. 
• Support special projects, events, and initiatives to include, but not limited to, Back to School Bash, Holiday Market, MLK parade, Ladies Night In, Face Mask Giveaways, etc. 
• Provides administrative support to the Bellevue Family Success Center Community Advisory Council, and to the Director of Family Success Centers. 
• Report success center outreach outcomes monthly from all outreach and engagement activities. 

Requirements

Must-Haves

• GED or High School Diploma or equivalent experience required. 
• Must have reliable transportation. 
• Able to stand or walk for long periods of time (sometimes outdoors in extreme weather conditions) and able to lift up to 50 pounds. 

Nice-to-Haves

• Strong knowledge of neighborhoods in Ward 5, 7 & 8 preferred. 
• 3 + years of outreach or equivalent experience (i.e., door-to-door, tabling, information sharing) preferred.  
• Ability to work evenings and weekends and travel to other sites preferred. 
• Experience working in a non-profit social service environment a plus.  
• Experience working with Microsoft Outlook, TEAMS and Excel a plus. 

Why You’ll Love Working Here! At COH, we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits: 

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner
• 8-hour workdays with paid lunch
• 3 weeks vacation (additional week after two years), 2 weeks sick leave, + 11.5 paid holidays and one personal floating holiday on an annual basis.
• Annual performance-based raises, up to 5% of your annual pay.
• Tuition reimbursement & loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP), Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding.
• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance + 403(b) retirement.
• Leadership development, internal promotions and career growth opportunities.
• A culture grounded in equity, compassion, and well-being.

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven, innovative, rapidly growing nonprofit, and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years, we have provided health and housing services, perinatal care coordination, and community support services to make Washington, DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health, with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DC’s largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center, our WIC nutrition centers, and our various partnerships, we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy, housed, and hopeful.With the help of our amazing staff, we have successfully provided:

• 50,000+ medical visits
• 6,300+ dental visits
• 17,000+ emotional wellness visits
• 1,384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community? Apply today!To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope, contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email: [email protected] Phone: 202-407-7747. Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.