Community Outreach Assistant

Boise

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Boise
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Social Affairs
- Administrative support
- Communication and Public Information
- Civil Society and Local governance
Closing Date: Closed

Job Overview:The Community Health Outreach Worker is responsible for programming that engages with local refugee, immigrant and migrant (RIM) communities around key topics related to COVID-19, spreads information and awareness about issues such as testing, contact tracing and the vaccination, and identifies ways to best address RIM communities’ barriers in relation to participating in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation initiatives. This role is part of a larger IRC project to prevent and mitigate the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in RIM communities in the United States.

Major Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Assist in the development of a wide variety of messaging, video and other outreach materials that are culturally and linguistically appropriate and that can be distributed through trusted channels to targeted RIM communities.
Review, edit and provide feedback on produced content and other materials.
Coordinate participation in surveys, focus groups and interviews that are population and demographic specific, assessing clients’ COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices, particularly related to vaccine hesitancy and acceptance in different populations and how these change over time with messaging.
Assist in the dissemination and tracking of COVID-19 messaging.

Use platforms such as Facebook Live events, webinars, or guest appearances on local radio shows to share messages around COVID-19 and gather input from community members.
Assist office and project leadership in identifying and addressing barriers clients face in accessing COVID-19 preventive measures and the vaccine.
Participate in all program meetings, staff development activities, including weekly meetings with project leads and monthly group meetings.
Follow all policies, procedures and protocols of the agency, placing importance on client confidentiality.
Other duties as assigned.