Information Outreach Faculty Assistant

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Faculty Assistant

Information Outreach Faculty Assistant

15-Fac.Non-Tenured,Continuing Con

Faculty

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SPHL-Dean-Horowitz Center for Health Literacy

Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state's flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation's legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation's capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify someone from employment. Prior to any adverse decision, finalists have an opportunity to provide information to the University regarding the background check.

The University reserves the right to rescind offers of employment or otherwise decline or terminate employment if the information reported by the background check is deemed incompatible with the position, regardless of when the background check is completed.

Offers are contingent on providing proof of employment eligibility in the United States no more than 3 days after the initial start date. If this proof is not provided within this timeframe, the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated.

The University of Maryland School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health and is located at the flagship institution of the state of Maryland in College Park on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway people, the traditional stewards of the lands where we work, live and learn. We, at the University recognize, honor, and are forever indebted to the unwilling generational sacrifices and stolen labor of the enslaved Africans and their descendants, upon which the foundations of the US and our institution were built. We are a community, nearly half a million members strong, of diverse students, faculty, staff, and alumni; a small city of residents and commuters, first responders and health care workers, learners, artists, and athletes; a place where thousands come to work every day to make a ~~~ value diversity and strive for inclusion in all we do, uplifting people and communities who have experienced historic and ongoing oppression. The Faculty Assistant will serve alongside a diverse faculty and student team and contribute to fulfilling our shared campus, school and department missions.

This position is part of the Maryland Consumer Health Information Hub team in the UMD Horowitz Center for Health Literacy. Please see the Horowitz Center website for information about the Hub.

This position will contribute to the overall goal of information equity in Maryland.

The primary purpose is to identify and collaborate with Maryland organizations to increase public access to plain language health, safety, insurance, and social services benefits information. The Outreach Assistant will identify consumer materials and help amplify and disseminate the materials through the Hub's and other organizations' communication channels. The Assistant will be primarily responsible for collaborating with public and medical libraries and consumer informational referral services, such as 211, MDThink, and local websites and information aggregation services. The Assistant will work closely with the Community Partner Outreach Assistant to plan and manage organizational contacts and relationships.

The secondary purpose of this position is to develop and deliver consumer/patient focused presentations on the quality and suitability of health information and services. These presentations will build on existing Hub resources and work with Hub team members and partner organizations to customize presentations for different public audiences.

Duties:

• Participate in team meetings and coordinate with Hub team members
• Participate in 1-2 annual in-person Hub convenings
• Inform supervisors of partnerships, work products, deadlines, and roadblocks or challenges
• Contribute to Hub tracking and reports
• Create a partnership and information outreach plan, including a tracking system and schedule, and ask for feedback from internal and external colleagues
• Identify and manage a multilingual collection of health, safety, insurance and social services benefits information from partner organizations that the Hub can distribute/amplify
• Identify Hub and partner organization channels to distribute and amplify consumer information throughout Maryland, and implement distribution/amplification
• Present the Hub to partners and triage technical assistance requests to Hub team members
• Research and recommend technology formats, and channels to increase information distribution/amplification
• Promote language access and community engagement strategies to partner organizations
• Develop and deliver in-person, virtual, and hybrid presentations to diverse groups on how to search for and evaluate the quality and suitability of health information and services
• Other duties as assigned

Faculty Benefits Summary

Bachelor's degree in one of these areas: public health, communication, information sciences, library sciences, or clinical services in public health settings.

• Minimum 2 years work experience related to position duties.
• Prior experience working with and presenting to community organizations.
• Commitment to and prior experience in outreach to diverse communities and language groups.
• Familiarity with digital information about health, safety, social services, and health insurance information.
• Ability to use Google suite tools, including email, Google drive, Google docs, and Google slides, and Microsoft suite tools, including Microsoft Word and Powerpoint.

Must have valid driver's license to drive to in-person meetings, events, and fieldwork sites in Maryland

• Master's degree in one of these areas: public health, communication, information sciences, library sciences, or clinical services in public health settings.
• Basic skills in plain language techniques.
• Proficiency in Spanish or an Asian language.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Adobe Suite.
• Prior experience working with libraries and consumer referral services.

Salary range $65,000 - $72,000 depending on experience. Start date will be after November 15th for 6 months with the possibility of renewal. Possibility of converting position to Faculty Specialist depending on experience.

10/01/2024

Yes

10/21/2024

The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.