Program Coordinator

Position Summary

Children’s Aid’s Pregnancy Prevention Project supports young people in reaching their full potential by providing holistic, evidence-based sexuality education, access to reproductive health services, and opportunities for peer leadership. The program focuses on equipping youth with the knowledge and skills to make informed, healthy decisions, build meaningful goals for the future, and strengthen communication through supportive youth-adult partnerships. In collaboration with schools, families, and community partners, the program works to expand access to resources and foster environments that promote positive youth development.

Essential Duties

• Establish and maintain linkages and partner relationships with CA Adolescent Programs, Schools and Community Based Organizations.
• Aid in the supervision of the overall implementation and evaluation of the OPA Program’s work plan, goals, and activities.
• Provide oversight of the reproductive health education program activities for the OPA Program which involves the overall coordination of the OPA program work plan at partner schools and community-based organizations in the Bronx and Staten Island.
• Train evidence-based curricula to incoming Health Educators and peer health educators.
• Maintain attendance in existing community advisory committees, in partnership with the Program Manager.
• Provide individual counseling services (sexual decision-making, growth and development, pregnancy prevention, STI’s and HIV pre and post-test counseling) to youth in CA program sites (community schools and youth centers) and other school and community-based settings.
• Conduct evidence-based health education sessions/groups to youth and parents at CA, DOE and other CBO program sites as needed.
• Participates in the process of developing, obtaining, evaluating and maintaining written and audio-visual health education materials as required by program.
• Documents all group/workshops and individual counseling services.
• Offers and arranges for family planning services at CA Health Centers for youth at program sites.
• Participates as part of a team with other staff to provide quality patient care.
• Attends training sessions conducted by other agencies to develop skills and knowledge required of an educator in a CA program.
• Submit monthly, quarterly, and annual reports of the activities and outcomes of the OPA Program.
• Maintain accurate client data and activity records and statistical compilations.
• Attend professional development trainings.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Social Work, health Education, Public Administration or a related field.
• 4-6 years of related experience with adolescents and reproductive health education.
• Must be able to travel to the Bronx and Staten Island to work in multiple sites.
• Must be able to work evenings.

Key Competencies

• Emotional maturity and good decision-making skills.
• Accurate record keeping skills and organizational abilities.
• Computer literacy.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.