Community Program Coordinator

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• 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.

TheHEJChelps 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:** Bachelors 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 professio al 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.**\

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• 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\

**Eligibl**