Community Resource Center Specialist II (ONSITE- South Los Angeles Location)

About the role

Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.

Responsibilities

• Supports the coordination of member-centric customer service to respond and resolve inquiries and questions and bridges members to appropriate resources.
• Provides guidance and support to inform, guide, and educate members, community residents, and other stakeholders regarding health education programs, benefit information, resources and support available at L.A. Care and partner health plan benefits, CRC resources to meet the member/visitor needs.
• Collaborates with team members to create resource guides and reference materials.
• Implements the appropriate approach to identify member or visitor resource needs in complex situations and takes action to link the member/visitor to the appropriate services, programs, or resources.
• Participates in day-to-day work operations including opening and closing of the CRC, ordering and maintaining of office supplies, and inventory.
• Supports CRC vendors which deliver facility maintenance.
• Captures and maintains the CRC calendar and conference rooms, including management of appointments.
• Answers incoming calls in a timely and professional manner.
• Performs high quality in-person service and contributes to the extended-hour schedule of the CRC to support members and visitors that may need services outside of regular operating hours and days based on business needs.
• Supports community initiatives maintaining good relationships within L.A. Care and Blue Shield Promise Health Plan, and with community stakeholders to promote access to health care programs, classes, and preventative services offered at the CRC.
• Supports and nurtures relationships with key internal and external stakeholders; and, is an ambassador to promote CRC partnership brand recognition.
• Supports planning, development, implementation, and analysis, of member and community engagement activities to increase member traffic at the supports outreach and engagement activities to attract new L.A. Care and partner health plan members into the CRC to participate in services and programs.
• Supports communications and marketing efforts through multiple platforms to increase member traffic at assigned CRC.
• Supports the implementation of special projects which include identifying the scope of work responsibilities, accountabilities, deliverables, key milestones, timelines, and specific tasks that must be completed in order to ensure project, initiatives, and events are successfully implemented within the required timeframe.
• Supports in monitoring risks and provides recommendations for management to implement mitigation plans to keep initiatives on-track.
• Collaborates in the maintenance of consistent documentation of project deliverables, tracks and reports project status.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education Required: Associate's Degree
• Experience Required: At least 6 months of community work focused on health care, public health, or health education, OR at least 6 months of operations work experience, community events, leading projects, and supporting relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with data entry and reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented, collaborative and enthusiastic team player.
• Ability to assist with inquiries and identify creative solutions to assist members and community stakeholders.
• Ability to troubleshoot problem areas and support effective alternative solutions and provide optimal customer service for internal and external customers.
• Action oriented attitude to take on new opportunities and rewarding challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a diverse team while applying business-insight as well as empathy towards members.
• Initiative to act on anticipated business needs in the operational and customer service areas.
• Ability to adapt quickly to a fast-changing environment.
• Knowledge of MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Interpersonal skills, ability to read non-verbal cues and apply situational adaptability skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions with incomplete information.

Skills

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented, collaborative and enthusiastic team player.
• Ability to assist with inquiries and identify creative solutions to assist members and community stakeholders.
• Ability to troubleshoot problem areas and support effective alternative solutions and provide optimal customer service for internal and external customers.
• Action oriented attitude to take on new opportunities and rewarding challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a diverse team while applying business-insight as well as empathy towards members.
• Initiative to act on anticipated business needs in the operational and customer service areas.
• Ability to adapt quickly to a fast-changing environment.
• Knowledge of MS Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Interpersonal skills, ability to read non-verbal cues and apply situational adaptability skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions with incomplete information.

Benefits

L.A. Care Offers a Wide Range Of Benefits Including Paid Time Off (PTO), Tuition Reimbursement, Retirement Plans, Medical, Dental and Vision, Wellness Program, Volunteer Time Off (VTO).

Pay

Salary Range: $47,840.00 (Min.) - $57,062.00 (Mid.) - $68,474.00 (Max.)

Schedule

Additional Information Travel to offsite locations for work.