Community Education Coordinator

Program Overview

The Office of Population Affairs’ (OPA’s) Title X Family Planning Program is the only federal grant program dedicated to providing comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services. Since 2014, The Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded funding from OPA to administer the statewide Title X family planning program, Georgia Family Planning System (GFPS).

GFPS ensures that women, men, and adolescents have access to high-quality, affordable, and evidence-based family planning and primary care services. Our approach fully-integrates family planning services into primary care settings. Through GFPS eligible clients have access to a broad range of contraceptives, pregnancy testing & counseling, and STI & HIV screening, regardless of the department where they are seeking services: Family Practice, OB/GYN, Adult & Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Behavioral Health.

The Georgia Family Planning System (GFPS) Community Education Coordinator is primarily responsible for increasing visibility of GFPS Title X services and overseeing community education regarding family planning, sexual and reproductive health, and preventive health.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Cultivate relationships across diverse communities to promote access to Title X services for identified target populations.
• Facilitate regular community meetings to increase awareness of Title X services.
• Provide ongoing input, information, and materials that support communication efforts about programming and opportunities.
• Conduct outreach, recruitment, and orientation for community partners and other volunteers.
• Ensure timely and accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement to assess the efficacy of programming and to drive programmatic refinements.
• Collaborate with Program Administrative Assistant to coordinate events and meetings.
• Collaborate with Marketing team to support statewide marketing and O&E activities.
• Keep up to date on trends, resources, and information related to community engagement.
• Assist in the development and/or modification of program guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Represent GFPS at local, regional, and federal meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education/experience.
• Basic knowledge of the social determinants of health.
• Knowledge of community groups and strong ambition to connect with groups.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to be organized, multitask, work independently, and be solutions oriented.
• Knowledge of family planning and primary care service delivery systems.

For more information please contact:
Sara Shay Sullivan, Program Director, ssullivan@georgiafamilyplanning.org