Community Health Specialist

The Southwest Suburban Health Department is seeking a Community Health Specialist to support the Senior Center. This role combines administrative support with hands-on program coordination, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of adults 55 and older. In this position, you will help drive daily operations, assist with financial processing, coordinate volunteers, and play a key role in planning and facilitating engaging programs and events. Working closely with the Senior Center Coordinator and dedicated volunteers, you will help ensure high-quality services in a busy, active environment that offers a wide variety of programs and activities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys collaboration, community engagement, and creating positive experiences for others. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including contributory medical coverage, fully paid dental benefits, a dual pension program, and paid time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range. Make a difference in your community—apply today! Click Here To Review Job Description (PDF)

Daily Senior Center Operations:

Answer phone calls and assist Senior Center members with questions about programming. Staff the reception desk of the Senior Center as needed. Prepare and distribute monthly and weekly schedule of senior center activities. Coordinate with Health Department staff on website content for Senior Center and posting of new content. Assist Senior Center Coordinator in development of content for social media and marketing. Enter membership information, programming, and payments into MySeniorCenter. Collect payments for programming and processes and remits monies through City of West Allis finance program. Develops and maintain policies, and procedures for Senior Center.

Senior Center Programming:

Support the development and delivery of Senior Center programs and activities by assisting program volunteers in setting up rooms for programming and preparing for activities. Facilitate evidence-based programming such as AARP Senior Planet, Walk with Ease, and Stand Up for your Health. Based on personal interest/experience and center needs facilitate additional senior center programming. Participation on meetings, committees and workgroups: Participate in internal or external meetings, committees, workgroups, collaborations and coalitions involving community members and community partners. I.e., Age-Friendly West Allis, CHIP action teams, etc. Positive representative of City, Senior Center and Health Department Participate in community events and activities that support Senior Center programming and fosters collaborative community partner relationships Experience with group processes Assist with data collection, and generating reports from MySeniorCenter Professional development: Attends all mandatory trainings. Completes all required self-assessments and results used as input for own development plan. Assumes responsibility for own professional growth based on development plan- able to identify own goals and challenging areas for growth. Self-motivated and directed. Active learner Reports to staff on knowledge gained from trainings that will assist colleagues and provides direction on how to implement knowledge to improve divisional services.

Emergency Preparedness activities:

Actively participates in internal and external emergency preparedness trainings and drills for emergency situations Considerable knowledge of disaster/emergency preparedness services will serve as an active member in the agency ICS structure work with agency leadership to coordinate senior center emergency drills Click Here To Review Full Job Duties (PDF) High school diploma required; Associate's degree (AA) in Healthcare, Social Work, or a related field preferred. Click Here To Review Qualifications