at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Position Title Community Program Coordinator
Position Number 995022
Position Status Full-Time
Regular Work Hours 8 to 5, Monday – Friday
Location Remote
Position Specific Responsibilities: The Heartland Environmental Justice Center (HEJC) at Wichita State University University supports communities and organizations who serve underrepresented and disadvantaged communities in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, and adjoining Indigenous Nations capitalize on their capacity to make meaningful advances towards environmental justice and energy equity.
The HEJC helps a variety of audiences identify and pursue sources of funding and other innovative pathways to improving environmental conditions and engaging communities in environmental decision-making processes. Community Program Coordinators are cooperative partners that provide assessment, training, and technical assistance that promote advancement of environmental and energy justice in the communities we serve. Community Program Coordinators:
- Identify potential program participants eligible for services.
- Assist program participants with community assessments to identify opportunities to address environmental and/or energy justice challenges.
- Coordinate and/or assist with community engagement activities (e.g. public meetings, listening sessions, online engagement) to gather input on local environmental and/or energy justice challenges.
- Coordinate and/or facilitate training for program participants on a variety of topics including grant writing/management and effective community engagement.
- Assist participants through grant application and management processes.
- Provide other training and technical assistance identified through community assessments and engagement.
Summary of Responsibilities: Assists in service delivery to community, governmental and/or associated organizations which may include, but is not limited to, training, technical assistance, financial analysis, survey development, strategic planning, and regulatory review.
Essential Functions
- Performs program research, financial analysis, survey development and analysis, regulatory analysis, social media analysis, and other data collection and analysis.
- Develops and provides training, technical assistance and community engagement to organizations.
- Prepares, processes and edits financial or operational information, data and documents, including budgets, materials for meetings, special projects and reports.
- Assists with preparation of work plans, budgets, and reports.
- May represent organization and present at regional meetings and/or conferences.
Requirements
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in public administration, finance, environmental or related field by hire date
Preferred Education
Minimum Experience: One (1) year of experience in research, data collection, analysis and reporting or related field
Preferred Experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Understanding of environmental justice and/or energy justice issues experienced in rural and/or urban communities.
- Ability to work with traditionally underserved populations, in either urban or rural and remote communities
- Demonstrated ability with grant writing, management, and/or grant budget and concept development
- Demonstrated ability to speak in front of groups, lead and/or teach groups of adults, and work one-on-one or in small groups to provide guidance and information on environmental and/or energy justice topics.
- Understanding of community engagement and/or community organizing strategies
- Ability to build and sustain effective professional and courteous interpersonal relationships with a diverse constituency that may include university staff, faculty, and students, environmental professionals and practitioners, elected and appointed officials at the local, state, and federal level, agency professionals, nonprofit leaders, and community organizers.
- Ability to travel regionally and nationally, including overnight trips.
Licenses, Certificates and Registrations None
Sponsorship
User Export Compliance No export control requirement.
Additional Information: This position can be in person or remote. However, if working remote, you must live in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, or Missouri.
Department Information: Department - 102204-Environmental Finance Center
Salary Information: Pay Information - Salary range begins at $43,000 and is commensurate with experience
Overtime Eligibility No
Eligible for Shift Differential? No
Benefits Eligible? Yes
Requisition Details:
Posting Date 07/10/2023
Closing Date
Proposed Start Date
Physical Demands / Physical Requirements
- Ability to remain in a stationary position. – Frequent 60-90%
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment including but not limited to phone, printers, copiers, and calculators. – Frequent 60-90%
- Ability to communicate with others and accurately exchange information. – Frequent 60-90%
Physical Weight Category: Sedentary: Exerting 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.
Supplemental Questions - Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status?
- Yes
- No
- * Can you meet all educational, experiential and knowledge, skills and ability requirements for this position?
- Yes
- No
Documents Needed to Apply:
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter/Letter of Application
