Temporary Position: Project Coordinator, CHCC

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates administration of the Project Alliance Coalition, following SAMSHA's Strategic Prevention Framework, including implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of coalition efforts.
• Works with the director, evaluator, and coalition members to develop needs assessments, goals, objectives, and strategies that support the reduction of risk factors and the enhancement of protective factors known to prevent or reduce substance use/misuse across the age span.
• Builds community relationships and engagement to ensure twelve-sector community representation, including youth, for coalition membership to strengthen community readiness and capacity building and meet grant requirements.
• Works with the director and coalition members, including youth, to organize and schedule various coalition events and meetings, including scheduling rooms, managing agendas, handouts, and minutes.
• Collaborates with partners to recruit, train, and supervise youth involvement in coalition efforts.
• Provides resources and technical assistance to coalition members, schools, businesses, and other organizations to raise awareness and promote evidence-based prevention practices.
• Participates in mandatory grant-related trainings.
• Performs bookkeeping functions: processes financial documents, purchase orders, and vouchers related to operating budgets, tracks expenses, and maintains financial records and reporting for grant-funded programs.
• Organizes and maintains financial records and reporting for grant-funded programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline preferred, or 4-5 years of equivalent and relevant experience.
• Proven success in community collaboration, youth engagement, health promotion, community education, and project administration and coordination.
• Experience working with diverse partners, including youth.
• Effective facilitation and communication skills to motivate, engage, and implement activities with community partners, including youth.
• Ability to develop new community relationships and work with stakeholders such as youth, parents, schools, law enforcement, and outside agencies in a professional manner.
• Must be detail-oriented, capable of creating project planning documentation, engaging and delegating efforts, and evaluating outcomes.
• Ability to work independently with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to manage a varied workload with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to travel within the service area (northern York County) and occasionally outside for trainings.
• Flexible work schedule, including occasional evenings and weekends.
• Strong technology skills including email, Microsoft Office (Excel & Word), Zoom, and graphic design/presentation software.
• Ability to work with multi-ethnic and multi-age populations of all socio-economic strata, demonstrating cultural competency.
• Current driver's license and reliable transportation.
• Provisional or Certified Prevention Specialist credential from the State of Maine, or willingness to obtain.

Nice to Have

• Experience with grant reporting and financial management.
• Experience in health promotion or community education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline preferred, or 4-5 years of relevant experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Hourly pay of $25/hour.
• Temporary full-time position until September 29, 2025.
• Work at office sites in Biddeford.