Health Promoter - Toronto, Canada - South Riverdale Community Health Centre

South Riverdale Community Health Centre

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non-profit, multi-service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention primarily to people of East Toronto.

Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being.

We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and delivering quality care through a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches.

As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting-edge primary health services, health promotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food centre and population-based community programs for marginalized peoples.

We value health equity and inclusion and respect in our work and in the delivery of our services.

Harmony Community Food Centre (CFC), a program of South Riverdale Community Health Centre, in partnership with Community Food Centres Canada, is a welcoming place where people come together to grow, cook, share and advocate for good food.

The Health Promoter - Community Food Centre supports SRCHC in the implementation and ongoing operations of a Community Food Centre at 2 Gower Street.

This position will design, develop and implement food education and promotion programs as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

This position is expected to work onsite.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop implement and promote the activities and initiatives associated with the Community Food Centre within a CHC
Liaise with Community Food Centres Canada to ensure SRCHC's Community Food Centre aligns with CFC's system protocols, procedures and outcomes
Network and work collaboratively with community groups to strengthen and expand health promotion programming related to food access and security
Coordinate activities to increase the accessibility of health information and services related to food access and security
Plan and implement community kitchen programs for targeted participant groups
Engage in community outreach to participants and potential partners
Oversee and manage online presence utilizing digital social media platforms
Facilitate groups, building a safe and inclusive space for participants
Develop programs to build and promote food access and security e.g. Mind Your Food program for youth, community kitchen, community dining, food preparation, etc.
Measure and evaluate program impact by means of data collection, report writing and collection of social analytics
Lead fundraising activities for CFC in alignment with SRCHC's fundraising guidelines
Responsible for grant writing and annual program reporting for Harmony CFC
Identify, recruit, train and supervise volunteers
Integrate a community development approach, incorporating other activities and opportunities as appropriate
Lead an internal program advisory group to develop opportunities for crossorganizational programming
Identify, with community members, CFC related education needs and plans, develops, implements and evaluates CFC education programming using various formats such as community events, group programming, use of media and presentations to large groups
Disseminate accessible health education materials, developed with community members
Collaborate within own team and other teams across the organization to identify and provide health education to target groups
Advocate on behalf of priority population groups and individual community members for access to healthy food within context of CFC model
Collaborate and build partnerships around issues of concern to effect change
Work collaboratively with stakeholders to generate resources for SRCHC's CFC
All other duties as required

Qualifications:

Postgraduate degree from a recognized university in health, social science, adult education, or a related discipline, or a combination of undergraduate degree and significant experience
35 years health promotion/education experience in a communitybased organization
Experience and knowledge of health promotion and education, community organizing techniques, program design, implementation and evaluation
Experience in community outreach and digital media platforms
Experience in community education, engagement and communications
Experience fundraising and building partnerships for inkind support
Experience grant writing
Experience evaluating and reporting on program outcomes
Excellent group facilitation skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Experience preparing healthy meals; knowledge of food security and nutrition issues
Demonstrated ability to move people from knowledge to action; ability to inspire, teach and empower community members to engage in positive change
Understanding of resource generation in the n