Full Time
Who We Are: CAMBA is a community of staff, volunteers, clients, donors, neighbors and partners who work together to build an inclusive New York City, where all children and adults have access to the resources and supports they need to thrive. We take a comprehensive approach by offering more than 160 integrated programs in: Education & Youth Development, Family Support, Job Training & Employment Support Services, Health, Housing, and Legal Services. We reach more than 65,000 individuals and families each year at our 90 locations, including 10,000 youth. CAMBA serves a diverse cross section of New Yorkers from new mothers in Brownsville to job seekers in the Rockaways. More than half of our clients are immigrants and refugees from around the globe. Over 85% of our families are in living in poverty, reflecting the challenges faced by nearly 1.7 million New Yorkers today.
Clean Energy Education Program partners in the Regional Clean Energy Hub to support clean energy actions and a more inclusive clean energy economy that benefits historically marginalized communities. The program plays an instrumental role in engaging disadvantaged communities to ensure they have access to, and benefit from, the clean energy economy.
Position: Project Coordinator I
Reports To: Program Manager
Location: 2244 Church Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11226
What The Client Advocate Does:
- Maintain professional relationships with clients and client confidentiality.
- Practice Universal Precautions/Standard Protocol & Procedures.
- Comply with any and all Federal, State, City and CAMBA security and privacy polices intended to protect the security and privacy of individually identifiable health information.
- Coordinate project implementation according to funding requirements and program priorities.
- Plan and coordinate partner and coalition meetings.
- Facilitate needs analysis studies and determine energy needs of the community, including gaps in services, social determinants, cultural and environmental factors impacting access and utilization of services.
- Develop plan for engaging community in planning process to develop campaigns to address needs identified by needs analysis studies.
- Collaborate with program management staff to plan, coordinate and facilitate all aspects of social marketing and advocacy campaigns.
- Select appropriate media outlets and social marketing tools (Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) for campaign messages.
- Create and utilize marketing materials to promote clean energy and its advocacy and policy messages to the public.
- Contribute planning and content for website.
- Network to establish relationships with various media contacts in order to identify and help facilitate the placement of press stories, when needed.
- Work with program staff to proactively create, lead, promote and coordinate public relations (stories, interviews, press briefings, press conferences, etc.).
- Immediately report to the appropriate program management staff person any incident that might subject CAMBA to liability.
- Market program and outreach to potential program partners.
- Establish linkages with community based organizations.
- Conduct presentations regarding the program for community agencies.
- Organize and participate in community outreach events and activities.
- Record accurate and detailed records of activities and engagements
- Complete time records as required by the contract.
- Confer with the management staff as needed regarding programmatic requirements and issues.
- Participate in administrative/staff/funder/community meetings and trainings as requested.
- Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports to management and/or to funders.
- Tasks may be modified, expanded and/or assigned over a period of time.
MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor’s degree (B. A. or B. S.) and/or equivalent experience.
Compensation: $42,000-$50,000 annually
Status: Full-time (35 hours per week)
Benefits: CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time), and paid holidays.