Public Health Coalition Facilitation Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct environmental scans and synthesize community health assessment data, meeting records, and stakeholder feedback to identify systemic barriers to healthcare access.
• Facilitate one-on-one stakeholder interviews ("Barrier Briefings") with medical, dental, behavioral health, and community partners to identify referral and care coordination challenges.
• Design, facilitate, and lead Action Summits using Results-Based Accountability (RBA) and collaborative facilitation methodologies.
• Lead prioritization workshops to evaluate community initiatives based on implementation feasibility, community impact, and sustainability.
• Establish and facilitate cross-functional workgroups focused on high-priority "Quick Win" initiatives that improve healthcare access.
• Develop a comprehensive Access to Care Strategic Framework with measurable goals, implementation roadmap, timelines, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Draft and facilitate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and partnership agreements among coalition organizations to establish accountability and long-term collaboration.
• Develop a Coalition Sustainability Toolkit, including facilitation guides, governance recommendations, performance tracking methods, and knowledge transfer documentation for Grand County Public Health staff.
• Monitor project progress, stakeholder participation, and performance metrics while providing regular status updates and recommendations throughout the engagement.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience leading public health consulting, coalition facilitation, or community health improvement initiatives.
• Strong expertise in stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, workshop facilitation, consensus building, and cross-sector collaboration.
• Experience conducting community health assessments, environmental scans, qualitative research, and data synthesis.
• Proven ability to develop implementation roadmaps, strategic frameworks, performance metrics, and measurable action plans.
• Experience facilitating Results-Based Accountability (RBA), strategic planning workshops, prioritization sessions, or similar collaborative decision-making methodologies.
• Experience drafting partnership agreements, Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs), governance frameworks, and sustainability plans.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, conflict resolution, and project management skills.
• Experience working with public health agencies, healthcare providers, local government, nonprofit organizations, or community coalitions is highly preferred.