Marketing & Partner Relations VISTA - PAID OPPORTUNITY
ORGANIZATION: Rhode Island Free Clinic
Please visit the new page to apply.
Actively promote public health for health disparity populations by working one year of national service in "the Domestic Peace Corps" at our award-winning free clinic in Providence, RI. Become a Marketing & Partner Relations AmeriCorps VISTA at Rhode Island Free Clinic. Help develop and achieve strategic outreach and marketing goals including working with community members, volunteers, and social media. Gain transferable skills in marketing, public relations, business development, project planning, and non-profit management.
RI Free Clinic (www.rifreeclinic.org) is nationally recognized for its volunteer/community partner model. In 2016, the Clinic mobilized an active statewide corps of over 700 volunteers throughout Rhode Island - medical and support professionals along with academic, health, and community partners - to provide nearly 7,000 patient visits and a medical home to uninsured, low-income Rhode Island adults who would otherwise have none
DUTIES
- Build Clinic capacity by actively working with our VISTA Team & award-winning network of corporate & community partners to strengthen marketing, communications & PR for partners, donors, volunteers, & patients
- Champion the Clinic's website, social media, public relations collateral & other assets
- Strengthen statewide network of referral ambassadors & health partners to recruit & serve patients, and coordinate and conduct Eligibility Screenings for new patients
- Help develop & achieve strategic marketing, communications & public relations goals
- Actively represent the Clinic in public
- Identify opportunities & work energetically & creatively to pursue innovative public relations initiatives
- Work with the VISTA Team to enlist volunteers and interns, and motivate them to achieve marketing & outreach goals
- Evaluate the effectiveness of marketing & public relations initiatives
- Champion other projects as needed in the Clinic's dynamic environment
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Savvy self-starter with demonstrated initiative interested in marketing, entrepreneurship, or business development
- Demonstrated attention to detail, with excellent written & oral communication, organizational & analytical skills
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, and aptitude for query database reports
- Flexible & capable problem solver with entrepreneurial, can-do spirit, and customer service approach
- Creative thinker, enthusiastic people person & team player with the ability to motivate others
- Commitment to the Clinic's mission, volunteer model & service to the uninsured
TO APPLY: Please go to http://www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista.asp
Click on the red box "Apply now," under "Search Listings," select "my.americorps.gov" select "Rhode Island." Please review AmeriCorps VISTA information on this site. Applications
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About Rhode Island Free Clinic
Location:
655 Broad Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI 02907, US
Mission Statement
Rhode Island Free Clinic’s mission is to provide free, comprehensive medical care and preventive health services to adults who have no health insurance or cannot afford those services We also serve as an educational training site for aspiring health care professionals.
Description
Rhode Island Free Clinic is a recognized leader in providing vital health services to improve the health of vulnerable Rhode Islanders. Even after the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, over 50,000 uninsured, working poor, and low-income RI adults will be left without health care and nowhere else to turn. We are a critical part of the health care delivery system - the safety net for the safety net - in Rhode Island.
In 2014 the Clinic provided more than 7,000 patient visits through its active corps of 800 volunteers, a lean professional staff of 7, and 7 AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. With an annual budget of $1 million, the Clinic leveraged over $5 million in additional resources to provide vital medical care to Rhode Island’s uninsured, working poor and low-income adults.
Rhode Island Free Clinic is the only medical home for Rhode Island’s uninsured, working poor and low-income adults that provides an on-site program integrating free primary care, chronic disease management and behavioral health services. Services and training are provided at a state-of the-art, 5,000 square foot facility in Providence. Care is also provided through a statewide Physicians Network, where patients are seen in offices of volunteer doctors throughout Rhode Island.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
655 Broad StreetProvidence, RI 02907
DATE POSTED
August 17, 2017
SKILLS
- Social Media / Blogging
- Marketing & Communications (Mar/Com)
- Marketing Strategy & Planning
- Public Relations
- Healthcare
- Brand Development & Messaging
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 40 hours each week