Drug-Free Communities Coordinator
Job Title: Drug Free Communities Project Coordinator (DFCPC)
Reports to: Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI)
Pay Range: $18 - $20 Per Hour
Length of Contract: 1 – 10 Years
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Must have a valid drivers license and reliable transportation.
Must be comfortable working with youth ages 10 - 17.
Summary:
The DFCPC will operate within and oversee the implementation of the Drug Free Communities workplan. Develop and implement prescribed youth, teen and family prevention programs that will be provided both during and after school. Participate in leadership and community engagement activities that will better position Focus on Community and the Coalition for success in prevention practices. Track and maintain budgetary spending and oversee the collection and appropriate dissemination of program related data.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The duties listed below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work of this position. The list is not meant to be exhaustive or restrictive.
• Data Collection will be a primary element to this position. The DFCPC will manage the implementation of the Developmental Assets Survey throughout Racine County. This will require building and maintaining good relationships with school districts, key stakeholders, and business professionals. This will also require gathering and compiling survey information, communicating needs and solving problems that arise throughout the implementation of the survey.
• Updates and reports. Provide regular updates to key stakeholders and work with the program director to ensure that reports are done regularly and on time.
• Coalition coordination. Must work closely with the manager of the Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health coalition to implement and oversee coalition specific objectives.
• Provide educational information about youth substance use through a variety of sources.
• Enhance skills. Engage in the development, expansion, implementation, and oversight of designated programs that focus on skill development for youth, teens and adults.
• Provide support to increase opportunities that reduce risk factors or enhance protective factors in youth through youth-planned alternative activities hosted in our community.
• Enhance access, reduce barriers, and improve connections between systems and services that help prevent youth substance use.
• Educating and informing about modifying or changing policies that reduce access and availability to substances among youth.
• Engage Teens. Work with the Teen Peer Coordinator to directly engage teens in the work being done by the coalition and through Drug Free Communities strategies.
• Perform other duties as requested.
Values
The position must model and support the values of the organization:
• Family empowerment that educates to build stronger relationships
• Opportunities for youth that provide tools and skills for success
• Commitment to quality services provided with a high level of integrity
• Unifying our community to develop logical impactful partnerships
• Serving all populations through outreach, invitation and inclusion
Behaviors
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behaviors:
• Attendance/punctuality. Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; and arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Planning/organizing. Prioritizes and plans work activities; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks.
• Quality. Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Quantity. Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Computer Skills
Knowledge of basic computer hardware and software applications including email, Internet and Microsoft Office
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
This position description has been prepared to assist in properly evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, working conditions, etc., present in the classification. It is not intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and characteristic levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind and level of difficulty.
Reports to: Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI)
Pay Range: $18 - $20 Per Hour
Length of Contract: 1 – 10 Years
FLSA Status: Nonexempt
Must have a valid drivers license and reliable transportation.
Must be comfortable working with youth ages 10 - 17.
Summary:
The DFCPC will operate within and oversee the implementation of the Drug Free Communities workplan. Develop and implement prescribed youth, teen and family prevention programs that will be provided both during and after school. Participate in leadership and community engagement activities that will better position Focus on Community and the Coalition for success in prevention practices. Track and maintain budgetary spending and oversee the collection and appropriate dissemination of program related data.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The duties listed below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work of this position. The list is not meant to be exhaustive or restrictive.
• Data Collection will be a primary element to this position. The DFCPC will manage the implementation of the Developmental Assets Survey throughout Racine County. This will require building and maintaining good relationships with school districts, key stakeholders, and business professionals. This will also require gathering and compiling survey information, communicating needs and solving problems that arise throughout the implementation of the survey.
• Updates and reports. Provide regular updates to key stakeholders and work with the program director to ensure that reports are done regularly and on time.
• Coalition coordination. Must work closely with the manager of the Racine Collaborative for Children's Mental Health coalition to implement and oversee coalition specific objectives.
• Provide educational information about youth substance use through a variety of sources.
• Enhance skills. Engage in the development, expansion, implementation, and oversight of designated programs that focus on skill development for youth, teens and adults.
• Provide support to increase opportunities that reduce risk factors or enhance protective factors in youth through youth-planned alternative activities hosted in our community.
• Enhance access, reduce barriers, and improve connections between systems and services that help prevent youth substance use.
• Educating and informing about modifying or changing policies that reduce access and availability to substances among youth.
• Engage Teens. Work with the Teen Peer Coordinator to directly engage teens in the work being done by the coalition and through Drug Free Communities strategies.
• Perform other duties as requested.
Values
The position must model and support the values of the organization:
• Family empowerment that educates to build stronger relationships
• Opportunities for youth that provide tools and skills for success
• Commitment to quality services provided with a high level of integrity
• Unifying our community to develop logical impactful partnerships
• Serving all populations through outreach, invitation and inclusion
Behaviors
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behaviors:
• Attendance/punctuality. Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; and arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Planning/organizing. Prioritizes and plans work activities; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks.
• Quality. Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Quantity. Meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Computer Skills
Knowledge of basic computer hardware and software applications including email, Internet and Microsoft Office
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
This position description has been prepared to assist in properly evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, working conditions, etc., present in the classification. It is not intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and characteristic levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind and level of difficulty.
