City of Auburn Community Resource Coordinator
Position Summary
Position details
We are on a mission to build a better Auburn: to efficiently deliver quality services to meet the changing needs of everyone in our community and provide big city opportunities with a small-town feel.
The City of Auburn recognizes that health and wellness are incredibly important, and there are many variables that impact the health of our citizens, neighborhoods, businesses, and community. We work collaboratively with many community partners to promote a healthy city, by increasing access to resources and programming. Auburn is in central Maine and serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County, which falls within the Western Public Health District for the state of Maine. Auburn hosts three signature celebration events every year, including a lobster festival! Auburn is rich in opportunities to enjoy great food, shopping, art, and recreation while also being an easy commute to great summer hikes, beautiful ocean beaches, and state parks.
At the City of Auburn’s new Resource Center, the AmeriCorps member will serve to expand program offerings, resource coordination, and educational initiatives, in an effort enhance community health. The member will support public health programming, conduct educational outreach, and collaborate with community partners. Member responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with partners to develop and deliver educational materials on health topics.
- Organize workshops and seminars to increase health literacy in the community.
- Facilitate client connections with resource partners, ensuring exceptional customer service and upholding confidentiality.
- Welcome clients to the resource center and direct them to necessary resources.
- Assist with coordinated entry assessments for clients experiencing homelessness.
- Participate in community health assessments, planning, and activities, including Recovery Ready Community building efforts.
- Assist with sustainability planning, resource development, and program development initiatives at the community resource center.
- Attend mandatory trainings and meetings.
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Organization
City of Auburn
Auburn, MEPublic Health AmeriCorps
Goodwill NNE’s Public Health AmeriCorps program helps build the public health workforce in Maine and New Hampshire. We partner with health centers, substance misuse recovery centers, public schools and other types of agencies meeting public health needs to provide AmeriCorps members. Those members: engage youth in programs to prevent substance misuse; create food security programs, provide vaccination education, create community integration opportunities for people with disabilities, and research and implement public health interventions to meet the pressing public health needs of underserved communities. Members gain strong skills through their experiences and often get hired for professional public health positions immediately upon completion!