Position Summary
The Project Coordinator is the full-time staff lead on NCORN and manages the network's day-to-day work across Walker County. This role turns the grant's plan into a working coalition: recruiting and supporting partner organizations, drafting and tracking partnership agreements, organizing Steering Committee and working group meetings, leading community outreach, and making sure people with lived experience have a real voice in the planning. The Project Coordinator works closely with the Project Director and Data Coordinator to keep the community assessment, Action Planning Summits, and provider training activities on schedule. The ideal candidate is organized, relationship-driven, knows or wants to know Walker County well, and is motivated by building a recovery-ready community.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day network operations in accordance with the approved grant work plan, timeline, and budget, beginning with partner outreach in the first month of the project.
- Recruit, engage, and maintain relationships with network partners across healthcare, recovery, law enforcement, education, social services, legal aid, and faith communities, serving as the primary day-to-day point of contact for partner organizations.
- Draft, negotiate, and track Memoranda of Understanding with all network partners, with execution targeted by Month 6 of the project.
- Coordinate the inaugural NCORN network meeting and support formation of the Steering Committee and three working groups (Assessment, Action Planning, and Provider Preparation), including scheduling, logistics, agendas, materials, and follow-up.
- Recruit and support at least three individuals with lived experience of SUD/OUD to serve as voting Steering Committee members, and convene a 10-15 member Community Advisory Group of people in recovery, family members, and youth on a quarterly basis.
- Design and carry out a community outreach and awareness strategy, including presentations to civic, faith, and employer groups, printed informational materials, social media, and local radio.
- Co-facilitate focus groups with community partners, help conduct 20-25 key informant interviews, and support the provider workforce survey and mapping of existing SUD services in Walker County.
- Coordinate logistics for four Action Planning Summits and support community review of the draft Strategic Action Plan before its submission to HRSA.
- In Year 2, help plan and coordinate MOUD prescriber training with community partners.
- Help develop and pilot a warm hand-off and referral for SUD treatment and recovery services.
- Track partner engagement, meeting attendance, and activity data, and provide accurate, timely information to the Data Coordinator for HRSA performance reporting.
- Attend the required HRSA RCORP program meeting in Washington, DC, and participate in technical assistance activities as directed by the Project Director.
- Perform other duties as assigned in support of the project's goals.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in public health, community development, or a related field.
- At least three years of experience in coalition building, community organizing, or partnership management.
- Experience planning and facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings and community outreach activities.
- Valid Alabama driver's license, reliable personal transportation, and current auto insurance; ability to travel regularly across Walker County.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and comfort learning web-based data and reporting tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in public health, community development, or a related field.
- Familiarity with the Walker County community and its healthcare, recovery, education, and social service organizations.
- Knowledge of SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services, including MOUD and peer recovery support.
- Experience working on federally funded grants, particularly HRSA or SAMHSA programs.
- Lived experience of SUD/OUD recovery, or experience working alongside peer recovery support professionals.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle many partners, meetings, and deadlines at once.
- Clear, respectful communication with audiences ranging from people in recovery and family members to clinicians, school leaders, law enforcement, and federal staff.
- Skill in facilitating groups, building consensus, and following through on commitments made at the table.
- Attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and data.
- Understanding of stigma, harm reduction, and the realities of rural Alabama communities.
- Ability to work independently in the field and exercise sound judgment.
Working Conditions
Work is split between the Aletheia House Walker County site and partner locations such as clinics, the hospital, schools, churches, recovery centers, and community meeting spaces across the county. The position requires frequent local travel by personal vehicle (reimbursed), some evening meetings for the Community Advisory Group and community sessions
Schedule
Monday-Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm
What We Offer
- Health insurance and other Aletheia House benefits for full-time staff, including retirement contributions.
- Mileage reimbursement for project travel
- Access to HRSA's RCORP technical assistance and learning collaborative resources.
- The chance to build something lasting: a community-owned recovery network rooted in the clinics, schools, churches, recovery organizations, and neighbors of Walker County.