[Hiring] Maternal & Infant Outreach Coordinator @Tennessee Voices For Children

Role Description

The Maternal & Infant Health Collaborative Coordinator serves as the regional backbone support for the Southeast BLOOM Collaborative (Building Lifelong Opportunities for Optimal Maternal & Infant Health), a community-based, multisector initiative working to reduce fetal and infant mortality and advance healthier outcomes for mothers, infants, and families across rural Southeast Tennessee. This role works alongside healthcare providers, public health agencies, early childhood programs, behavioral health organizations, community stakeholders, and families to facilitate collaborative planning, engagement, outreach, education, implementation, and systems alignment.

• Coordinate activities of the Southeast Tennessee Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative.
• Recruit, engage, and maintain relationships with regional partners, including healthcare providers, hospitals, health departments, behavioral health organizations, early childhood agencies, schools, faith-based organizations, and community stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate collaborative meetings, workgroups, planning sessions, and community forums.
• Maintain partner databases, attendance records, meeting notes, and action plans.
• Support implementation of collective impact strategies and collaborative decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, human services, child and family studies, psychology, health education, community development or a related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in community engagement, program coordination, public health, coalition development, family support or a related field.
• Experience working with children, youth, young adults, families, community partners, coalitions, child-serving systems, or nonprofit service organizations is preferred.

Requirements

• Experience working in maternal, infant, child, family, behavioral health, or public health programs.
• Experience facilitating stakeholder meetings and community collaborations.
• Experience supporting grant-funded programs and initiatives.
• Knowledge of Tennessee maternal and child health systems.
• Experience working with rural and underserved communities.
• Experience engaging families and individuals with lived experience in planning and decision-making activities.
• Strong relationship-building and partnership development skills.
• Ability to engage diverse stakeholders and facilitate productive meetings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, project coordination, and time management skills.
• Ability to collect, organize, and report programmatic information.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and virtual meeting platform.
• Commitment to confidentiality, ethical practice, cultural responsiveness, teamwork, and high-quality service delivery.
• Access to reliable transportation, auto insurance, and home internet service.

Benefits

• Support and advance the mission, vision, and values of TN Voices.
• Demonstrate commitment to family-driven principles.
• Maintain confidentiality and ethical standards.
• Participate in supervision, team meetings, training opportunities, and agency initiatives.
• Represent TN Voices professionally with families, community partners, and stakeholders.

Core Competencies

• Partnership Development and Stakeholder Engagement
• Family and Community Outreach and Engagement
• Maternal and Infant Health Program Coordination
• Facilitation, Training, and Event Management
• Data Collection, Reporting, and Continuous Quality Improvement
• Grant Administration, Compliance, and Project Support