What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Health Specialist position at City of West Allis?
Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including contributory medical coverage, fully paid dental benefits, a dual pension program, and paid time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range.
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Daily Senior Center Operations:
- Answer phone calls and assist Senior Center members with questions about programming.
- Staff the reception desk of the Senior Center as needed.
- Prepare and distribute monthly and weekly schedule of senior center activities.
- Coordinate with Health Department staff on website content for Senior Center and posting of new content.
- Assist Senior Center Coordinator in development of content for social media and marketing.
- Enter membership information, programming, and payments into MySeniorCenter.
- Collect payments for programming and processes and remits monies through City of West Allis finance program.
- Develops and maintain policies, and procedures for Senior Center.
- Support the development and delivery of Senior Center programs and activities by assisting program volunteers in setting up rooms for programming and preparing for activities.
- Facilitate evidence-based programming such as AARP Senior Planet, Walk with Ease, and Stand Up for your Health.
- Based on personal interest/experience and center needs facilitate additional senior center programming.
Participation on meetings, committees and workgroups:
- Participate in internal or external meetings, committees, workgroups, collaborations and coalitions involving community members and community partners. I.e., Age-Friendly West Allis, CHIP action teams, etc.
- Positive representative of City, Senior Center and Health Department
- Participate in community events and activities that support Senior Center programming and fosters collaborative community partner relationships
- Experience with group processes
- Assist with data collection, and generating reports from MySeniorCenter
Professional development:
- Attends all mandatory trainings.
- Completes all required self-assessments and results used as input for own development plan.
- Assumes responsibility for own professional growth based on development plan- able to identify own goals and challenging areas for growth.
- Self-motivated and directed.
- Active learner
- Reports to staff on knowledge gained from trainings that will assist colleagues and provides direction on how to implement knowledge to improve divisional services.
Emergency Preparedness activities:
- Actively participates in internal and external emergency preparedness trainings and drills for emergency situations
- Considerable knowledge of disaster/emergency preparedness services
- will serve as an active member in the agency ICS structure
- work with agency leadership to coordinate senior center emergency drills
- Considerable knowledge of disaster/emergency preparedness services
Salary : $29 - $35