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Date Posted: October 18, 2002

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Outreach Coordinator

Salary: $25K - $28K based upon qualifications, years of experience, and past achievements; plus benefits. Essential Responsibilities: Conduct community outreach and education on the consequences of teen pregnancy and prevention strategies. Form partnerships with a large array of public and private agencies, community groups, and community advocates.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Public Health, Social Work or Youth Counseling required. Must have strong communication skills and ability to handle multitasks and work under deadlines. Fluency in English and Vietnamese is required. Travel to and from Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Sometimes, work in the evening and on weekends.

Location: DC metropolitan area. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Outreach Coordinator Boat People S.O.S., Inc. (BPSOS) is a national Vietnamese-American community-based organization with 22 years of service and 14 branch offices across the U.S. Teen Waits is a new program on teen pregnancy prevention funded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Program under the Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects. Salary range: $25K - $28K depending on qualifications, years of experience, and past achievements; plus benefits. Essential

Responsibilities: The Coordinator's primary responsibilities include: 1) Conduct community outreach and education on teen pregnancy issues and prevention strategies;
2) Organize information workshops on such issues;
3) Train the trainers to expand scope of services of the program;
4) Establish partnerships with community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, government agencies, and service providers; 5) Work with BPSOS branch staff to develop and implement outreach strategies;
6) Launch regional media campaigns, including preparing articles in the Vietnamese language for the Mach Song newspaper and the radio and television programs;
7) Prepare monthly activities and outcomes reports.

Goals: 6) All activities will be implemented on time and on budget.
7) All outcomes will be met or exceeded.
8) Teens Wait will become an established program and the prime model that sets the standards for replication elsewhere.
9) Teens Wait will mobilize the broad participation of community-based and faith-based organizations, parents, community members, and community advocates in this project.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Public Health, Social Work or Youth Counseling required. Must have strong communication skills and ability to handle multitasks and work under deadlines. Fluency in English and Vietnamese is required. Travel to and from Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Must be able to commit some Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays to conduct workshops and present information on radio and television programs.

Location: DC metropolitan area.