Collaboration Coordinator - West

The University of North Carolina; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent public research university in North Carolina is seeking a Collaboration Coordinator to foster collaboration and advocate for Family Voice & Choice within various service delivery systems and stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have relevant lived experiences and skills in communication, organization, and coordination, along with a relevant degree. This role involves establishing networks and linking families to necessary resources for enhancing advocacy and support efforts throughout the state.

Qualifications

• Relevant lived experiences related to personal and/or caregiving/family experience with a Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months.
• Experience working in paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist roles.
• Demonstrated experience with written and verbal communication skills, organization, and cross-agency collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Partners with local and State SOC Collaboratives to promote Family Voice and Choice.
• Establishes and maintains a network of family, youth and/or young adult-led organizations.
• Identifies and links families to partners across the State.

Skills

Written and verbal communication skills

Organization

Cross-agency collaboration

Education

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree

Job description

Located in North Carolina’s third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study.

The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships (CYFCP) builds the capacity of families, service providers, researchers, teachers, and communities to promote the well-being of children and youth. In partnership with colleagues from across the university and the community, the center carries out basic, applied, and action research; translates research into effective programs and practice; infuses community perspectives into university research and teaching; facilitates strategic problem-solving processes; and promotes programs, practices, and policies that yield positive outcomes for children and their families.

The Collaboration Coordinator West will foster collaboration and advocate for Family Voice & Choice in partnership with other service delivery systems, State agencies, and other relevant stakeholders, including the Department of Public Instruction and SAMHSA-sponsored national agencies with a focus on the western region of NC.

The Collaboration Coordinator also will work to establish a formal network or directory of different family, youth, and/or young-adult led organizations or roles within organizations across the State. This network or directory will help to facilitate future additional collaboration and coordination of individuals working to elevate the voice and perspectives of families, youths, and young adults across the state and help to make it easier than it is currently to identify who is engaged in this work throughout North Carolina.

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required; for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity or comparable background in independent academic or instructional activities, will accept a relevant undergraduate degree and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution.
• This position requires that the employee has relevant lived experiences related to personal and/or caregiving/family experience with a Serious Emotional Disturbance for at least 12 months.
• This position requires that employees have experience working in some form of paid or unpaid Youth/Family Peer Specialist, Navigator, Partner, or other similar roles.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate experience with skills in the following areas: written and verbal communication skills, organization, and cross-agency collaboration and coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Applicants who are certified or eligible to be certified as a Certified Family Peer Specialist is preferred.
• Applicants who have experience working in a leadership role related to Youth and/or Family Peer Support and/or Education and applicants living in the western part of NC is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration and Coordination: Partners with local and State SOC Collaboratives in the western portion of North Carolina, promotes and advocates for Family Voice and Choice at all levels of services, systems, and policies in North Carolina.
• Coordinating a network or directory of family, youth and/or young adult-led organizations: Establishes and maintains some form of formal network or directory of different family, youth, and/or young adult-led organizations or roles across the State of North Carolina.
• Build Family Capacity: Identify and link families to partners across the State to address identified needs, develop peer support networks across the state, develop leadership and advocacy skills among families.
• Program Outreach and Information Dissemination: Develop and update content monthly and disseminate information via program website, electronic newsletters, integrating information from ongoing technical assistance and collaboration with key federal, state, and local partners.
• Statewide needs assessment to inform program goals and evaluation: Collaborate with the PI develop the content of the statewide needs assessment, conduct stakeholder interviews and focus groups.