Job Description

Are you passionate about letting people know it’s okay to ask for help? Are you called to help connect diverse audiences with behavioral health resources and services? Do you have skills in social media content creation or graphic design? If so, we invite you to consider the Community Program Specialist role. Prevention Initiatives at CEI (the Community Engagement Institute) partners with community members to connect resources and support to serve the needs of individuals in our local area. Using new ways to share information and creating innovative ways to inspire and learn from different communities to prevent substance misuse and other harms is what this job is all about. People can harm or heal through relationships, and we want our neighbors to know how to help our communities heal. If you want to assist in our work to promote behavioral health, consider joining our team!

Summary of Responsibilities
Designs, develops, and proposes strategic planning, capacity-building or related processes to potential clients. Manages all aspects of the project, responding to client needs and expectations, and fulfilling agreed-upon commitments while managing multiple clients simultaneously.

Essential Functions
Proposes, secures and delivers work with external clients. Manages external partner relationships to ensure the fulfillment of expectations. Supports the conceptualization, design, and delivery of work related to ongoing center projects, working primarily in a team environment. Completes reports associated with respective projects according to project deadlines and requirements. Supports the monitoring of the project budget and resources to ensure that fiscal processes and guidelines are met. Provides assistance in understanding financial reports and data, in controlling costs and budgets, and in fulfilling budgetary requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field by hire date
• Three (3) years of experience in related field
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to lead the design and completion of project plans.
• Ability to work collaboratively with external and internal partners in team member and project leadership roles.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, tasks and deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to create social media content.
• Ability to successfully share information with users across a variety of channels.

Physical Requirements

Ability to remain in a stationary position. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time.

Wichita State University is committed to inclusive excellence. WSU is the only urban-serving public university in Kansas and has the most diverse student body of all the Kansas state universities. Wichita State University recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran. Wichita State University has a clear goal in this regard: to be the place where our talented faculty and staff reflect and promote the evolving diversity of our society. We pride ourselves on being the most innovative university in Kansas, delivering the best educational experience to our students with the distinction for opening pathways to real-life learning, applied research and career opportunities that make people want to stay in Kansas. Our campus provides an experience that promotes all forms of diversity, equity and inclusion, a place to learn, work, live and play.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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