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Assist in building community capacity, mobilizing partners, coordinating prevention services within human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) service areas, and the collection and analysis of prevention data to improve health outcomes within our marginalized and high-risk populations around the region. Assist in the management of a network that is a partnership of HIV and STI care across Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties.
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Facilitating and identifying aspects or areas to enhance network activities among partner organizations and ensuring cultural sensitivity, equity, and access to care across the three counties.
Partnership collaboration function:
- Mobilize partners and build community capacity to address STI disparities, engaging diverse community partners to identify societal issues contributing to disparities in the Linn, Benton, Lincoln counties.
- Identify and coordinate STI prevention resources among community partners within the region and among community partners.
- Convene a regional STI taskforce consisting of key agencies and collaborative community partners.
- Collaborate with regional partners, raise awareness of STI/HIV prevention and testing services, identify and address barriers to testing, coordinate outreach activities and facilitate and coordinate referrals.
Coordination functions:
- Foster coordination between key community partners to maximize collaboration and systems change.
- Facilitate and coordinate referrals for testing and treatment as support to Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) in the region.
- Expand existing prevention resources and services, focusing on increasing access to high-quality STI screening and treatment options.
Administrative functions:
- Collect and manage documentation (e.g., guidance documents, resources, and trainings related to focus populations).
- Disseminate updated CDC guidelines about STI screening and treatment standards.
- Ensure availability of culturally, linguistically, and literacy appropriate education and communication materials for regional partners and focus populations.
- Conduct program evaluation and continuous quality improvement efforts. Utilizedata, feedback, and performance indicators for ongoing improvement.
Other functions:
- Participate in Oregon Health Authority Communicable Disease and STI/HIV webinars and trainings.
- Provide surge capacity support for STI case investigations and outbreak response.
Minimum Education Level
Bachelors
Specifics: Public Health, communicable disease prevention and control, infection prevention and/or related field.
Minimum Experience Level
One year
Specifics: In one of the following areas: community organizing, HIV and STI prevention, and/or data management.
Substitution Note: 5 or more years' experience conducting outreach, community organization, or community health may substitute for minimum education level.
Driver's License
Oregon Driver's License required
Specifics: Must obtain within 30 days of employment.
Desirable Qualifications: Bilingual and/or bicultural competencies for the Latino population are preferred.
Knowledge of:
- Community engagement.
- Familiarity with communicable disease infections and their health effects, modes of transmission, prevention, treatment and effect on families and social institutions.
- State and Local policies, procedures, methods, and techniques specific to infectious disease control, prevention, and public health.
- Computer tools and software such as Microsoft Power Point and Word.
Skill or ability to:
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, clients, and the public.
- Coordinate interdisciplinary partners towards the improvement of HIV and STD health outcomes.
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Work independently and collaboratively.
- Be culturally sensitive and respectful of diverse views and beliefs.
- Follow written and verbal instructions
- Prepare and present written materials and oral presentations for the public.
- Convey information, ideas, and facts both orally and in writing to supervisors, colleagues, and individuals, inside and outside the county, using language and a format the audience will best understand.
- Utilize computers and other technology to communicate in written and verbal forms (e.g., word processing, texts, emails, spreadsheets, department-specific software).
- Effectively relate well with others, including supervisors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the county. Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and working to maintain constructive working relationships.
- Take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Show up to work on time, and follows instructions, policies, and procedures. Meet productivity standards, deadlines, and work schedules.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Job Conditions: This position primarily works some combination of hours Monday through Friday with the possibility of hours in the evening or on weekends.
Work Location:Benton, Linn, and Lincoln Counties.
Travel: Travel within Benton, Linn, and Lincoln Counties will be required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal interactions.
- Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
- Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
- Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed with limited exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential functions expected of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Employment Type: Full-Time
