Community Outreach Coordinator - Violence Prevention

Community Outreach Coordinator - Violence Prevention responsibilities:

Identify contacts, and perform direct/ongoing outreach efforts with community organizations, businesses, churches, schools, hospitals, healthcare providers, and government officials for the purpose of enlisting them in the Violence Prevention Consortium (VPC) goal of engaging residents in discussions, seminars, training and workshops focused on reducing violence in the community.

The Coordinator would not only inform community "players" of the existence of the VPC and its mission and services, but he/she would also be responsible for actively following up with contacts and reporting back to the Program Director.

These ongoing outreach efforts are designed to encourage participants to take specific measures within their own organizations that would contribute significantly to violence prevention efforts. All efforts are aimed at strengthening families, engaging residents and keeping children from becoming involved or influenced by street violence.

The Coordinator will need to attend mandatory meetings to provide the group with updates on recent outreach efforts and to assist with the identification of community "players". This position will specifically shadow the VPC Program Director and serve as "right arm" by preparing for meetings, attending meetings, supporting media relations and correspondence, budget management, personnel management, etc.

Candidates must live in the United States and preferably in the Chicagoland area.