Community Outreach Coordinator - Violence Prevention Consortium

Community Outreach Coordinator 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 enhancing the quality of life within families.

The Coordinator would not only inform community "players" of the existence of the VPC and its mission and services, they would also be responsible for actively following up with contacts and reporting back to the advisory committee. 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 involving residents to develop initiatives and programs aimed at preventing violence and keeping children from becoming involved or influenced by street violence.

The Coordinator will need to attend mandatory monthly committee meetings to provide the group with updates on recent outreach efforts and to assist with the identification of community "players". The Coordinator will be a "Face" for VPC initiatives and serve by preparing residents, business owners, educators and clergy for meetings, attending meetings, supporting media relations and correspondence, budget management, personnel management, etc.

This is a remote/virtual position however, the preferred candidate will live/work in the Chicagoland area.