Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator

Keewaytinook Okimakanak; Ontario; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator to enhance health education in First Nations communities. This role involves developing and implementing telemedicine educational programs, engaging with community health workers, and ensuring culturally relevant content delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in health education, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of Aboriginal culture and values. Join a dedicated team committed to improving health outcomes through innovative educational strategies and community involvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years experience working with First Nations communities in health or education.
• Knowledge of adult learning and training strategies essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates development of telemedicine educational programming for First Nations communities.
• Analyzes and reports on educational program relevancy and participant feedback.
• Develops community engagement strategy aligned with health priorities.

Skills

Communication Skills

Cultural Awareness

Program Planning

Community Engagement

Analytical Skills

Oral and Written Communication

Knowledge of Aboriginal Culture

Education

College diploma or university degree in health, education, or social services

Tools

Video Conference Network Systems

Database Programs

Job description

Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator

Job Category: eHealth Services

Requisition Number: COMMU001211

Posted: April 14, 2025

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: 8 Eric Radford Way
PO Box 340
Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0, CAN

Reporting to the Director of KO eHealth, the Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator develops the framework that supports a distance format continuing education and professional development program for community health workers in First Nations communities. The Education Program Coordinator also supports community health workers to provide healthy lifestyles oriented and culturally appropriate educational sessions of relevance to community members.

The Community Education Program Coordinator works closely with community health workers and organizations to identify their health education and training priorities and to identify the healthy lifestyles educational interests of community members. S/he develops strategies to address these priorities and secures presenters to host these telemedicine educational sessions. S/he then evaluates the sessions to ensure they have addressed the participants’ needs.

The Community Engagement and Education Program Coordinator documents the KO eHealth education strategies for application to other First Nations health regions. In addition, S/He develops and supports KOeTS community engagement activities and will ensure that engagement functions and resources are effectively integrated, organized and leveraged to meet strategic and operational needs of KOeTS.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinates the development of regional telemedicine educational programming
  • Researches and stays current on the educational needs of community health workers in First Nations by designing and implementing a needs assessment strategy
  • Works with Community Telemedicine Coordinators (CTCs) and community health stakeholders to identify First Nations community members’ healthy lifestyle interests for local eHealth education program development
  • Interprets community members’ healthy lifestyle interests holistically, incorporating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual educational elements in program development
  • Develops, coordinates, and implements a culturally appropriate, holistic, and sustainable model of delivery for distance education and training programs relevant to First Nations community members and community health workers’ needs
  • Secures presenters/educators to deliver programs identified as priorities
  • Works with the Clinical Schedulers, CTCs and CTC supervisor to advertise upcoming educational events
  • Produces an advance calendar monthly to advertise upcoming educational events
• Analyzes and reports on educational program relevancy
  • Compiles and analyzes participant evaluations from each educational session and compares responses with program objectives
  • Maintains ongoing contact with the communities, including site visits, to ensure the relevance of educational programming and explore potentials for program expansion
  • Gathers statistics to produce quarterly reports for the Director of eHealth Services that document and analyze achievements and challenges with strategies for addressing problems and future program development plans
• Coordinates social animation activities on the network
  • Coordinates events and activities that enrich the social and cultural fabric of First Nations communities, e.g., Elders gatherings, music festivals
  • Books regional videoconference forums and roundtables as requested
  • Looks for other opportunities to utilize KO eHealth networks in a socially cohesive capacity
• Community Engagement Coordinator Role
  • Develop and support community engagement strategy involving KOeTS affiliated communities
  • Participate in health engagement activities of KOeTS affiliated communities
  • Organize community engagement activities that are integrated with identified health priorities and align with KOeTS strategy
  • Identify communication opportunities and develop material in collaboration with KOeTS team
  • Assist in the rollout of communications materials to KOeTS affiliated communities working in collaboration with KOeTS team
  • Manage and oversee KOeTS social media accounts
• Demonstrates commitment to KOeTS team
  • Participates in KO eHealth staff meetings and on committees as required
  • Participates in annual performance evaluation as required
  • Works collaboratively with KO eHealth management and Community Telemedicine Coordinators to ensure high quality telemedicine service delivery
  • Participates in training and updating activities to maintain knowledge and skill level as per goals set during annual performance appraisal
  • Other duties as assigned by Assistant Director of eHealth Service

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• College diploma or university degree in health, education or social services or equivalent working experience in the education field
• Minimum three years experience working with First Nations communities in health or education
• Knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and values, and of the geographical and health care challenges of First Nations in the Sioux Lookout district
• Ability to speak Cree, Oji-Cree, or Ojibway a strong asset
• Familiarity with health system in the district
• Experience in health program planning for First Nations communities
• Knowledge of adult learning and training strategies
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong computer and communications technology skills; competence in a database program(s) and video conference network systems preferred
• Frequent travel to remote communities required