MATERNAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

CLASSIFICATIONS: Full-Time, 35 HOURS/WEEK

The Maternal Health Specialist should have understanding of maternal health issues and be passionate about improving the health outcomes of mothers and babies. This position requires someone who can provide expert care, counseling, and support throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum periods.

Reports to: Senior Manager of Health and Wellness.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Providing individual counseling and health education to clients at their appointment regarding a range of public health topics, with a focus on maternal health: contraception, prenatal health, birth, postpartum, infant feeding, newborn care, perinatal mental health and wellness, nutrition, vaccinations, emergency preparedness
• Connecting maternal health clients to vital community-based resources, programs, social services and community organizations
• Community outreach to recruit clients for maternal health services such as workshops and support groups
• Conducting intakes with new clients to determine health and social service needs
• Monitoring referrals to ensure that they are scheduled promptly and appropriately and conducting follow-up calls to ensure that they were completed
• Outreaching to clients after delivery to schedule newborn and postpartum visits
• Collecting demographic and program evaluation data and uploading into an online data hub
• Promoting health education initiatives via press releases, media campaigns, social media platforms, and websites
• Identifying strategic partnerships with organizations and stakeholders that promote health education
• Documenting activities, recording information, and maintaining databases, as well as overseeing health education program staff and volunteers
• Providing staff, community agencies, and organizations with access to health education resources

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability and desire to work in maternal and child health
• Familiarity with the community
• A commitment to improving health equity
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Good public speaking and facilitation skills- will be expected to co-facilitate groups
• Exceptional ability to achieve sustainable health education program results
• Ability to integrate into a fast-paced work environment with varying responsibilities each day
• Ability to work independently on tasks, take initiative, and be self-motivated
• Capacity to work collaboratively and communicate frequently with other team members
• Exceptional time management and organization skills
• Computer literacy (internet navigation, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Certified Lactation Counseling Certification pref.
• Doula training pref.
• Birth Educator pref.
• Familiarity with electronic health records (EHR) technology or data management systems preferred

Compensation:

$50,000-$55,000

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Founded in 1981, Diaspora Community Services (DCS) is a Brooklyn-based multi-service and multi-cultural 501 (c) 3 nonprofit providing comprehensive supports to low income residents, immigrants, and the chronically ill. DCS serves some 10,000 annually through three programmatic sites in New York City. Staffed by seasoned professionals in the health and social service sectors and supported by a dedicated Board of Directors as diverse as the vibrant communities we serve, DCS provides robust programming that targets the most vulnerable of our communities.

​DCS’s programs address the very root causes of the challenges our clients face, empowering low income families and individuals to overcome obstacles to their well-being and self-sufficiency. Since obtaining non- profit status in 1991, DCS (formerly known as the Haitian Women’s Program) has continued to focus on the challenges and inequities that impact women and girls and the youth of our communities. From resettling Haitian refugees in the late 1980s to addressing the onset of the HIV crisis in 1990, DCS has focused on ensuring clients have access to much needed benefits, counseling, education, housing placement and referrals to our many qualified organizational partners.

Diaspora Community Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion (creed), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities, hiring practices or operations.

COVID-19 considerations: Covid vaccination required. All clients and employees are required to complete a safety assessment form, take their temperature, wear a mask and common surfaces are sanitized regularly. etc.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Outreach: 1 year (Preferred)
• Maternal Health: 1 year (Required)
• Infant Health: 1 year (Required)
• Doula: 1 year (Required)
• Lactation / Breast Feeding: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person