Community Coordinator for Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth

Job Title: Community Coordinator for Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth

Reports to: Program Director of Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth

Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Maui County

Deadline: Position to remain open until filled.

About Hawai‘i Public Health Institute

Hawai‘i Public Health Institute (HIPHI) is a nonprofit organization established in 1996 as the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i to address the high rates of tobacco use in Hawai‘i. In 2012, the organization moved from a singular focus on tobacco issues to a broad public health mission. Today, HIPHI’s mission is to advance the health and wellness of the people and islands of Hawai‘i by:

• Expanding understanding of what creates health of people and place, embracing upstream social, cultural, and environmental factors;
• Fostering partnerships among public health, health care, and other diverse sectors to improve health and wellness; and
• Cultivating programs including education, advocacy, research, capacity building and training—to improve policies, systems, and the environments where people live, learn, work, age, and play.

HIPHI’s advocacy and programmatic work spans multiple issue areas, including oral health, food and agriculture, nutrition and physical activity, tobacco control and prevention, transportation and public safety, and environmental health. HIPHI has become a go-to organization for public health advocacy, education, organizing, capacity building, and technical assistance.

Position Summary

The Hawai‘i Public Health Institute (HIPHI) seeks to hire an experienced community-driven individual to coordinate coalition and community-building efforts in Maui County to prevent and reduce the harms associated with drugs and alcohol. This position will be stationed on the island of Maui and will report to the Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth Director. The position duties include outreach, coordination, and leadership development of the youth and adult volunteers to reach the coalition’s goals of implementing community-level prevention strategies that reduce drug and alcohol-related harms in the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and facilitate an active and representative drug and alcohol prevention coalition in Maui County.
• Outreach and recruit youth and adult individuals and organizations within the community to address the needs and goals of the coalition, including disparate populations and populations that experience high rates of use and associated consequences, but have historically not been involved in the decision-making and planning processes.
• Coordinate with HIPHI staff to work on community-building efforts with the Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth.
• Develop annual work plans that support youth and adult partnerships, community-level prevention policy strategies and support the work of statewide strategic efforts.
• Educate individuals and organizations on the harms of substance use and the public health solutions to plan and coordinate a media strategy (social, print, TV) alongside coalition volunteers to build community readiness to act on the priority issues.
• Provide ongoing training and technical assistance opportunities to enhance the capacity of coalition and/or network members to successfully implement the priority strategies.
• Initiates community building and actively builds grassroots and grasstops networks and ensures equitable coalition representation and equitable processes.
• Prepare reports (funding-related and others) and related documents as required.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university or an Associate’s degree from an accredited community college, and/or 3 years of related experience, training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter, self-reliant, good problem solver, and results-oriented.
• Comfort with public speaking and presenting to large groups of people.
• Knowledge of public health issues and stakeholders in Maui County.
• Willingness to advocate on behalf of the coalition to decision-makers on proposed strategies that involve policy changes.
• Strong written, verbal, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Highly computer literate, including experience with Mac OSX, and Google Suite.
• Multitask-oriented with strong project management and facilitation skills.
• Familiarity with social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, others).
• Grant writing and reporting experience.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays when needed; some out-of-the-office, inter-island, and continental US travel is required. Have access to reliable transportation, a driver’s license, and car insurance.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this full-time position is $48,000-$52,000.

Benefits at HIPHI include:

• A hybrid working environment is an option, subject to prior discussion and management approval.
• A collaborative work culture with flexible scheduling promotes work-life balance.
• Laptop, virtual phone line, and other work-from-home supplies.
• 20 days of paid time off, 3 days of sick leave, 11 HIPHI-observed holidays, and 5 floating holidays of your choice per year (approval basis).
• Medical and dental insurance (100% of premium covered for the employee; 50% coverage for spouse/family).
• Flexible spending accounts for medical, dependent care, and other eligible expenses.
• Cell phone and internet stipend.
• Opportunities to attend conferences and other professional development opportunities.
• 401K retirement plan with an employer contribution (contribution starting after 1 year of employment).
• A qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, which forgives the balance of federal student loans for individuals working in public service.

HIPHI outsources HR functions to Altres Staffing, which has a number of additional benefits that would begin upon hire.

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter, a resume and a list with three professional references to Rick Collins via email at rick@ hiphi.org and hrinfo@ hiphi.org. Please reference in the subject line Please reference in the subject line “Community Coordinator for MCDFY.”

For any questions, please contact Rick Collins at 808-728-4656 or at rick@ hiphi.org.

Hawai‘i Public Health Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $48,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• coalition building: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kahului, HI 96732

Salary : $48,000