YOUTH ACTION BOARD COORDINATOR - Kintegra Health : Job Details

Summary of Position: As the Youth Action Board Coordinator, you will be pivotal in guiding and supporting diverse youth groups, ensuring their engagement and success within the program. You will interact positively with various stakeholders, fostering productive relationships and collaboration. Your role requires experience in group facilitation and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Being detail-oriented, proficient in technology, and having strong writing and verbal communication skills would be best.A foundational understanding of systems change, including the theory of change, racial and gender equity, and youth development, is preferred. Familiarity with homelessness, particularly youth homelessness, and a general knowledge of Western North Carolina is advantageous but not required. Your approach will be informed by principles of positive youth development and Trauma-Informed Care, ensuring a supportive and effective environment for the youth you serve.Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience working with diverse youth groups
• Highly able to positively interact with diverse stakeholders
• Prefer some familiarity with systems change (theory of change), racial/gender equity, youth development
• Detailed-oriented, technology proficient, able to work with minimal daily supervision
• Group facilitation experience
• Proficient writing skills and strong verbal communication skills
• Some understanding of homelessness (youth preferred)
• Prefer some familiarity with Western NC desired but not required
• Knowledge of positive youth development
• Understanding of Trauma-Informed Care

Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Project Management, Business Administration, Social Work/Psychology) or a minimum of 5 years of related experienceCertification(s)/Licensure: NoneKey Responsibilities:

• Youth Engagement: Facilitate and support diverse youth groups, ensuring their active participation and contribution to the Youth Action Board's initiatives.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Build and maintain positive relationships with various stakeholders, including youth, community partners, and organizational leaders.
• Group Facilitation: Lead and manage group meetings and activities, ensuring productive discussions and effective decision-making processes.
• Project Management: Oversee daily operations of the Youth Action Board, including planning, organizing, and executing activities with minimal supervision.
• Technology Utilization: Use technology tools effectively for communication, documentation, and project management tasks.
• Communication: Prepare clear, well-organized written materials and deliver effective verbal presentations to diverse audiences.
• Knowledge Application: Apply understanding of positive youth development and Trauma-Informed Care principles to create a supportive environment for youth involvement.
• Systems Change and Equity: Utilize knowledge of systems change, racial and gender equity, and youth development to guide the Youth Action Board's strategies and goals.
• Understanding of Homelessness: Incorporate insights into youth homelessness issues into program development and youth support strategies.
• Regional Awareness: Leverage familiarity with Western North Carolina to tailor approaches and address local needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Kintegra Health Core Requirements

Patient First - An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient

Build not Blame - Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person

Integrity and Honesty - Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers

Cooperation and Flexibility - Related to an internal believe that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description

Culturally Sensitive - Always working toward increasing one's ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one's own culture.

Kintegra Health is a is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve. Our goals are:

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within the counties we serve.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient/family-oriented care in a cost-effective manner.