Community Outreach Director

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

UCLA Health in Los Angeles seeks an experienced Community Outreach Director to support behavioral health research and community initiatives. The role coordinates schedules, events, travel, communications, and grant materials while building partnerships with community organizations and government agencies.

You will lead outreach events, workshops, and education programs, working independently and with teams to advance program goals and ensure regulatory compliance across UCLA and state/federal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 4–5 years of experience.
• 4–5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work independently and with teams.
• Exceptional writing to produce documents and deliverables.
• Experience communicating with UCLA administrators, funders, policymakers and community reps.
• Ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information.
• Strong organizational skills to manage complex programs with deadlines.
• Knowledge of program development, evaluation, reporting, and related regulations.
• Willingness to learn new policies, procedures, and software.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate schedules, meetings, events, travel, communications, reports, and grant materials.
• Build and maintain partnerships with community organizations and government agencies.
• Coordinate outreach events, workshops and educational programs.
• Work independently and collaboratively to strengthen community connections.
• Ensure activities comply with UCLA and applicable regulations.

Skills

Exceptional writing

Interpersonal skills

Communication with partners

Grant writing

Proposal submission

CITI training

Project/program development

Ability to learn policies

Staff training

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm

Posted Date

08/20/2026

Salary Range: $74445.00 - 152460.00 Annually

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

31989

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Family Medicine is looking to hire an experienced Community Outreach Director. Join our team and help advance innovative behavioral health research and community initiatives. This position provides administrative, operational, and community engagement support by coordinating schedules, meetings, events, travel, communications, reports, presentations, and grant materials. The successful candidate will also build and maintain partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, media, and other stakeholders while coordinating outreach events, workshops, and educational programs. Working independently and collaboratively, you will help strengthen community connections, support program goals, and ensure activities are carried out effectively and in compliance with UCLA and applicable federal and state regulations.

Annual Salary Range: $74,445.00 - $152,460.00

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or/and 4-5 years equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4-5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work independently and also have interpersonal skills to work with teams.
• Exceptional writing skills to produce wide range of documents and deliverables.
• Experience communicating effectively and professionally and working with a variety of internal and external partners, including UCLA administrators, outside funders, policy makers and community representatives.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical, policy and administrative information.
• Strong organizational skills to successfully work on and track complex programs involving short deadlines and multiple tasks, in coordination with multiple teams to achieve program/project mission and goals.
• Working knowledge of program/project development, evaluation, creating datasets, financial management and reporting, research principles including CITI training, grant writing and proposal submission, University procedures and policies, program/project related federal and state regulations.
• Ability to seek out and learn new policies, procedures, and software to advance the mission of the program/project.
• Ability to train new program/project managers and other staff within and external to the unit.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree or 2-3 years of experience

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.