Community Initiatives Coordinator (Remote- TX) (Finance)
Location:
Remote within a specific region within MHM's service area: either Mid-Border (Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, LaSalle, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, or Zavala counties), Tri-County (Jim Hogg, Webb, or Zapata counties), South Texas / Rio Grande Valley (Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, or Willacy counties), or Bexar.
Summary:
The Community Initiatives Coordinator is responsible for supporting Methodist Healthcare Ministries' evolving community-based initiatives-beginning with a focus on digital equity, but expanding in future years to address other critical issues impacting the health and well-being of our service region. This position will play a key role in coordinating internal staff, external stakeholders, consultants, and community partners to develop and implement collaborative strategies and initiatives.
The Coordinator will represent MHM in various coalitions, collaboratives, and regional/state-level planning efforts to ensure that community needs-particularly from underserved and rural areas-are reflected in public policies, funding strategies, and implementation plans. This role also supports cross-sector learning by helping align and elevate best practices across the region.
Salary:
Annual salary rate begins at $58,810. Mid range at $73,513. Actual starting rate will be commensurate with experience and education.
Essential Duties:
- Coordinate implementation of MHM-supported initiatives, beginning with digital equity and evolving to future community priorities.
- Facilitate collaboration among MHM teams, consultants, nonprofit partners, and public/private sector stakeholders.
- Identifies, cultivates and maintains strong relationships and communication with a variety of external partners ensuring key stakeholders and MHM staff are kept appropriately informed and engaged, timely and consistently
- Serves as a key point of contact and source of expertise for MHM's work with local governments, partners and coalitions, including leading working groups, delivering presentations and coordinating trainings as needed
- Support knowledge sharing and alignment of best practices across grantee and community collaborators.
- Develops and manages project scopes and schedules, ensuring deadlines and deliverable commitments are met
- Assists partners with the development, evaluation and revision of program-specific deliverables and outcomes
- Compiles and analyzes information to support assessment, evaluation, and reporting program progress
- Produces statistical and program reports for leadership use with the Board of Directors and Board Committees
- Assists with determining the type of investments MHM may want to pursue, and which investments would have the greatest community impact. Makes recommendations for strategically aligned grantmaking opportunities
- Plan and support convenings, capacity-building sessions, or technical assistance opportunities to strengthen the impact of community initiatives.
- Represents MHM at community meetings and events as needed
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Skills:
- Proven experience as program manager, including experience planning programs and projects from start to completion, delegating tasks, setting deadlines and milestones
- Expertise in convening, stakeholder engagement, and group facilitation, especially with underserved and historically marginalized populations
- Demonstrated process-oriented approach to work, and an ability to bring clarity and direction to ambiguous assignments
- Good organizational, leadership, and communication skills and a positive approach to working with peers and external partners
- Expert self-starter who can work independently and collaboratively
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Additional Desired Skills:
- Basic understanding of public health, digital equity, human services and disparities within Texas
- Experience with process development, program evaluation, and impact measurement methods (e.g., logic models, theory of change, design thinking)
- Familiarity gathering and working with qualitative and quantitative data
- Written and verbal Spanish language proficiency
Bachelor's Degree required. Experience working with administration, or grants management with community-based organizations or foundations preferred. Three years professional experience in one or more of these areas: digital equity and inclusion, rural health, economic mobility, food security, community development, project management, and/or public private partnerships required. Experience creating partnerships and successfully managing internal and external relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders required.
Language Ability:
Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Fluent in English required; Spanish bilingual preferred.
Certificates and Licenses:
N/A.
Computer Skills:
Excellent with Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to demonstrate working knowledge of the Internet, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Word and Excel applications.
Travel:
Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to community partner sites, MHM clinic and program sites, convenings, and conferences, including overnight stays. Must work some evenings and weekends as job duties may require.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position requires a significant amount of traveling, which may include driving throughout the MHM service area. It may also require overnight stays.
