Climate and Health Outreach Communicator Job Description

Climate and Health Outreach Communicators are enthusiastic community members interested in a short-term leadership opportunity. (The Community Partners in your Community) are working on an environmental justice project to educate local communities about the relationship between health and climate change. We are seeking 15 to 20 community members to talk to members of their neighborhood. Our goal is to reach 100 households in the community.

Minimum Skill Requirements:

• Resident of the designated community or employed in it.

Skill Preferences:

• Able to speak and understand either English and Spanish or English and Creole.
• Able to read and write English, Spanish or Creole at a high school level.
• An interest in climate change and community health issues.

To be successful in this role:

Attend Training: Approximately 51⁄2 hours total

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Strong community connections.
• 21⁄2 hour training session
• 3 hours materials review and supervised practice speaking to community members
• Complete at least one “REACH OUT” report consisting of 5 households.The opportunity to complete more Reach Out reports may be possible depending on participation. Each Reach Out encounter requires you to:

-Record household address, phone number and language spoken at household

-Present information on health and climate -Administer a 15-question survey -Hand-out a 1-page information sheet -Return a REACH OUT Report to a Project Outreach Leader

The households can be contacted individually, in a small group, or by staffing a table at a community event. A Project Outreach Leader must approve REACH OUT plans specifying how households will be contacted.