Community Engagement Coordinator

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of health care? Are you someone who values reproductive rights?

Then Planned Parenthood is the place for you.

Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York provides high-quality, affordable family planning and reproductive health care for nearly 12,000 women and men in the North Country each year no matter what. We have seven health centers throughout Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties.

The Community Engagement Coordinator is responsible for developing, scheduling, and presenting community education programs. Additionally, the Community Engagement Coordinator is responsible for delivering information on all PPNCNY’s services through enhanced outreach to priority populations within our service area. 

• Builds trust and rapport with potential patients and vulnerable priority populations through multiple encounters.
• Provide consultation and training, designed to meet community needs, for professionals, individuals, and groups.
• Provides agency representation in the community.
• Promotes and educates the public about the Family Planning Benefit Program, and schedules on-site appointments.
• Builds understanding of how priority populations access healthcare.
• Serves as a liaison between the health center and priority populations at community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, schools/colleges, food pantries, social service programs, mental/behavioral health providers, drug dependency/rehabilitation units, youth-oriented programs, and local businesses.
• Develops and maintains ongoing relationships with community members and leaders, keeps apprised of shifts in the designated communities and priority populations to address changing needs.
• Maintains community contact list and an up-to-date detailed schedule/calendar of enhanced outreach, community meetings, and any other activities. Schedule to be shared with supervisors and other outreach staff.
• Participates in ongoing feedback with supervisors, colleagues, and clients and is willing to adopt the use of feedback as a tool for decision making and performance evaluation.
• Recruits and trains volunteers.
• Collaborates with Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts on advocacy work.
• Facilitates PP Generation Action groups on local college campuses.

• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple tasks and data with accuracy, attention to detail, flexibility, confidentiality, and sense of humor.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability work cooperatively with internal and external clients.
• Is familiar and comfortable with issues related to human sexuality and reproductive health.
• Exceptional business, Microsoft Word, Excel, and database skills.
• Commitment to PPNCNY core values of teamwork, compassion, confidentiality and quality care, no matter what.
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and   weekends.
• Ability to travel locally to access clients.
• Acceptance and understanding of PPNCNY Personnel Policies.

• Bachelor’s degree in education or communications, or ability/experience equal to such background with emphasis on working with adolescents, public speaking, and training skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as necessary.

• Lift/carry 10 lbs. or less frequently, and up to 50 lbs occasionally.
• Bend/squat/kneel frequently.
• Twist/turn constantly.
• Climb stairs frequently.
• Type/keyboard constantly.

At Planned Parenthood we believe that diversity in identity and perspective enriches our agency and allows us to better serve our clients. We are committed to workforce diversity and aspire to reflect the communities we serve. To that end, we strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ identifying individuals, people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups to apply.