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Join us for a FREE Lunch and Learn Series 

June 14-16  

12:00-1:00 pm

Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce

3 Independent Dr.

Jacksonville, FL 32202

 

 

NE FL Counts

 

Join the Health Planning Council for a three part Lunch and Learn Series to get an in-depth look at NE Florida Counts and all of its features!     

 

Day 1

Breaking the ice:  Getting to know the community dashboard

Day 2

 It's all relative:  An in-depth look at related content

Day 3

What would you do?:  Solving real world scenarios using NE FL Counts

 

Participants will need to bring a laptop and may also bring a bag lunch to the meetings. If you're interested in participating, please plan on joining us for all three days.

Registration is limited to 35 participants.

 

For more information or to RSVP contact Amanda Herring at Amanda_herring@hpcnef.org or (904) 723-2162 ext. 144.

 

***We will also be holding a Lunch and Learn Series in St. Johns and Volusia Counties later in the summer.  Please stay tuned for more details on those events.*** 

 

 

Help Us Celebrate Community Health Improvement Week

 

CHIW

 

Community Health Improvement Week (June 5 - 11, 2011) is a national recognition event to raise awareness and increase understanding of community health improvement activities and the people and organizations that lead them.

 

Join the Health Planning Council in celebrating Community Health Improvement Week and spotlighting the Communities, Organizations and people that are working to make NE Florida a healthier place to live!

 

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Let's Make NE Florida the Healthiest and Most Vibrant Region in Florida



POSITION:  Special Projects Coordinator

STATUS:     Non-Exempt Position

SALARY:     $27,000-$30,000

The Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. Currently located in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, Florida, HPC has been a leader in health planning and research for more than 40 years.  

    

Developed through the establishment of Florida State Statute 408.033, the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida is an independent 501c3 that has been providing unbiased community-based health needs assessments and research, healthcare utilization studies, and manage health-related quality of life indicators for Northeast Florida.  We pride ourselves in the statement:  

"The Health Planning Council is like Switzerland when it comes to convening, discussion and finding meaningful solutions to health system waste, service overlap, redundancy, and poor collaboration.  We trust them to help us do what's right for the community." 

Our stakeholders tell us this all the time; it is truly one of our most valued and cherished characterizations of our company.

 

The Health Planning Council's Vision is Building a Healthier Region Through Research and Collaboration. 

 

Our Mission is to develop a regional, unbiased research and evidence based initiatives that promote healthy communities, lifestyles and improve accessible, quality health care. 

 

Our Core Values are:   

  • We believe collaboration is a must at any cost, no matter how uncomfortable
  • We believe all perspectives matter
  • We conduct research with communities, not on or to them
  • All of our work promotes healthy communities and healthy individuals
  • We do not believe in a "one size fits all" approach in engaging communities
  • We insist on culturally sensitive and evidenced based interventions
  • Behavior change begins with data

 

BENEFITS: 

At HPC, we believe in work/life balance and in giving our full- and part-time employees the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families through a variety of benefits such as:

  • Health insurance benefits for employees, spouses and children; Employee coverage at 100%
  • Employer-sponsored group term life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability
  • Vacation, sick, personal and bereavement leave
  • Ten paid company holidays
  • 403 B retirement plan for employee contribution
  • SEP retirement plan for company contribution

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary responsibility is to coordinate special projects [community meetings; media events; fundraising events; exhibit and vendor booth events, social media initiatives, etc...] for the Health Planning Council (HPC) and their contracted partners. 

 

PRINCIPAL JOB ACTIVITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.    Coordinate awareness and exhibitor events, community convening events and fundraising events (invitation development and distribution, RSVPs, follow up telephone calls, sponsorships, event space, etc...) on behalf of the HPC and related programs

2.    Update the Northeast Florida Counts health-related quality of life indicator dashboard and related communications and projects

3.    Coordinate the Northeast Florida Counts Advisory Committee

4.    Develop and manage electronic media and social media initiatives (Constant Contact, Facebook, twitter, HPC website etc...)

5.    Develop and disseminate HPC communication (i.e. press releases, newsletters, conferences, speaker's bureau etc...)

6.    Manage and update constituent data base(s) in coordination with the Administrative Assistant and Data Manager.

7.    Assist in the creation, printing and distribution of HPC or program collateral material including annual report, brochures, county health profiles, Assisted Living Facility Guide, and general correspondence.

8.    Prepare reports and other correspondence as needed

9.    Performs other duties as assigned by the HPC Executive Director

 

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

Reports to the HPC Executive Director and Public Relations Consultant

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Must have a positive and energetic attitude; Possess solid organizational skills, writing, and communication skills; Be technology savvy; Demonstrate a history of superior customer service; Manage multiple tasks; Ability to work effectively with staff, partners, Board of Directors, and the public.  Must be familiar with database programs, Word and Excel, social media and electronic communication platforms, and adhere to all HIPPA laws and regulations.

 

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor degree in health communications / promotion, healthcare marketing, preferred.  Must have at least three years of community health outreach, and/or communications and/or special event experience. 

 

SEND RESUME:

Resumes must be received by Friday, June 17, 2011- not postmarked.  Please MAIL resume to Dawn Emerick, Ed.D. 644 Cesery Boulevard Suite 210 Jacksonville Florida 32211.  Do not send resumes via email.  No phone calls please.

Issued by the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida

and Healthy Jacksonville

 

May 31, 2011

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida and Healthy Jacksonville are preparing to submit an IMPLEMENTATION proposal to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a Community Transformation Grant under funding opportunity number CDC-RFA-DP11-1103PPHF11. You can obtain a copy of the full CDC FOA at Grants.gov. With this Request for Brief Partner Proposals, the Heath Planning Council and Healthy Jacksonville are seeking qualified partners to support work in five Strategic Areas and participate in the development of its grant application to the CDC.  While the CDC indicates that multiple applicants serving populations within the same geographic area may apply for funding, the CDC will fund only one application within the same geographic area.  

 

Under this announcement, the Health Planning Council and Healthy Jacksonville are seeking funding support for a Duval county-wide policy, environmental, programmatic, and infrastructure changes under each of the following Strategic Areas:

 

  • Tobacco-free living -Tobacco Free Jacksonville
  • Active living and healthy eating -Healthy Jacksonville
  • High impact evidence-based clinical and other preventive services (specifically prevention and control of high blood pressure), -Front Porch Collaborative
  • Social and Emotional Wellness, -Safe & Healthy Duval Coalition
  • Healthy and safe physical environment - Health Planning Council

 

The county-wide application will also address additional "Healthy People 2020" focus areas that directly relate to the overarching goal of reducing the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease, and are aligned with the strategic directions listed in this grant solicitation, including: arthritis and osteoporosis; cancer; diabetes; disabilities and secondary conditions; environmental health; HIV; mental health and mental disorders; and substance abuse.  The Health Planning Council and Healthy Jacksonville will incorporate the overarching "Healthy People 2020" goals in plans and strategies. These include:

  • Attain high quality clinical preventative services
  • Longer lives free of preventable disease
  • Reduce long-term disabilities
  • Injury prevention
  • Premature death
  • Achieve health equity
  • Eliminate health disparities, and improve the health of all groups
  • Create healthy and safe physical environments that promote good health for all
  • Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages

 

The CDC has issued a list of evidence- and practice-based strategies that may be included in applications. These strategies are attached; please note that strategies identified in bold font are required and will be included in the application. You can also seek additional practice-based strategies on Northeast Florida Counts [www.neflcounts.org].

 

With this request for Request for Brief Partner Proposals, the Heath Planning Council and Healthy Jacksonville are seeking qualified partners to support work in each of the above areas and participate in the development of its grant application to the CDC.

 

REQUESTED RESPONSE: Responses to this announcement should address the following areas:

  1. Clearly state which of the five Strategic Areas you are proposing to address [Tobacco-free living; Active living and healthy eating; High impact evidence-based clinical and other preventive services (specifically prevention and control of high blood pressure); Social and Emotional Wellness; Healthy and safe physical environment]
  2. Describe your relevant past experience in implementing policy, environmental, programmatic or infrastructure change.
  3. Briefly summarize proposed staffing required to implement the identified strategies.
  4. Provide a one page profile identifying your organization's mission, primary activities, any grants you have received within the past four years that is prevention focused and addresses Healthy People 2020 goals, and staff leadership team.
  5. Provide a cover letter with key contact information, to include the applicant's point person for this opportunity, with phone number and email address. The contact person should be available for several in-person and telephone meetings through July 10th. Please include 2 or 3 organizational references.

Please follow the link below for an application checklist:  

http://www.hpcnef.org/files/health-needs-assesments/LOI_strategic_directions_strategies.pdf 

 

REVIEW PROCESS

All submissions will be assessed for responsiveness by a panel of reviewers.

Agencies selected to participate in the application development process will be notified no later than June 13th.

The Health Planning Council and Healthy Jacksonville will retain the ability to select one or more partners for each Strategic Area

 

GUIDELINES FOR RESPONSE

Responses should be no more than the cover letter, the one page organizational profile, and a 4-page narrative response to items 1-4 under the Requested Response Section double-spaced pages in 12 point font.

Responses are due no later than 4:30pm Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Responses may be submitted in person or electronically to:

 

Dawn Emerick, Ed.D

Executive Director

Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida

644 Cesery Boulevard Suite 210

Jacksonville, Florida

Dawn_Emerick@hpcnef.org

Please direct all questions regarding this announcement to Laureen Husband, Director of Healthy Jacksonville at Laureen_Husband@doh.state.fl.us or 904-253-2276.