Job title: Community Advocacy Program Manager
Company: NAMI San Diego
Job description: POSITION TITLE: Community Advocacy Program ManagerCompany Description: NAMI San Diego & Imperial Counties (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit organization that provides free education, support services, and advocacy to improve the quality of life of everyone affected by mental illnesses. NAMI stands out among mental health organizations for our commitment to peer education programs. Hundreds of thousands of people are touched by NAMI programs each year.Primary Responsibilities/Function: The Community Advocacy Program Manager assists the Department Director toward the successful and timely execution of the NAMI San Diego Community Advocacy Program/contract. This includes, but is not limited to: attending most of the mandatory meetings listed specifically in the Community Advocacy contract; supervising all Community Advocacy personnel and volunteers; ensuring Town Halls are well attended, informative, and documented as such; assisting the Department Director with the development, outreach, and documentation for the Peer Council. Supports the APPs team with technical support; liaison with providers related to ASP in order to support program staff success.This is a remote position.Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversees the Community Advocacy Team and ensure all deliverables are met on the Community Advocacy Program contract.
- Facilitates the Peer Council. This includes authoring the agenda, conferring with the seats to determine the council’s needs, hosting the monthly meetings, hosting the monthly subcommittee meetings, and being a liaison between council members and BHS services.
- Oversees the Smarts for Advocacy Program. Advise the trainers, promote the program, and ensure the program adheres to NAMI National Standards.
- Oversees the NAMI apps program, including the maintenance and development of NAMI SD/IC’s three apps.
- Oversees the Peer Support Partners ASP program. Advises peer support partners and ensures each Augmented Service Provider Board and Care facility is visited at least twice a month.
- Facilitate the Annual Youth Mental Health Well Being Celebration. Find a venue, promote the event, assemble resource tables, book entertainment and activities, and organize the art project.
- Participates in community relations efforts in order to meet community awareness goals.
- Contributes to creating a stigma-free, recovery positive, person-centered, trauma-informed and culturally competent professional presence in the San Diego community at large.
- Develops a system to track and report on program activities and progress in meeting established goals.
- Maintains necessary documentations, i.e. trainings, MOUs, mileage, etc., creates and or modifies forms as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Community and Youth Services Director and works collaboratively with other Program Managers in the department.
- Increases job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability: Reports to Director of Community & Youth Services.Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Prolonged periods of standing and walking.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
Minimum Requirements, including linguistic and cultural skills, education, experiences, licenses and certifications:
- Direct or indirect lived experience with behavioral health, required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare, Psychology, Communications, or Education, or equivalent work experience, preferably in a non-profit setting, is required.
- Must have a satisfactory driving record and access to reliable transportation.
- Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Proficiency with computer software (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel), web navigation, and virtual platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Reliable and consistent attendance.
Due to our work with vulnerable populations and county contractor requirements, applicants will be required to undergo a background check following a contingent offer of employment and must receive satisfactory results prior to a final offer of employment. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please feel free to reach out to HR@namisd.org.
Expected salary: $28 – 30 per hour
Location: San Diego, CA
Job date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:57:29 GMT
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