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West Baltimore CARE would like to share this employment opportunity from our partners at the Health Department: The Baltimore City Health Department’s Baltimarket program is seeking a Community Health Organizer.  Please share the attached/below description widely! To ApplyApply for “Liaison Officer I” via the City of Baltimore Department of Human Resources (http://agency.governmentjobs.com/baltimorecity/default.cfm?&promotionaljobs=0&transfer=0) by November 30, 2013.

 Liaison Officer I (Baltimarket Community Health Organizer)The Baltimore City Health Department seeks a Liaison Officer I (Community Health Organizer) to lead the Baltimarket Neighborhood Food Advocates initiative. The Community Health Organizer will act as a liaison between the Baltimore City Health Department’s Baltimarket programs and the community and will promote and coordinate Baltimarket programs. About Baltimarket and the Baltimore City Health DepartmentBaltimarket is a suite of community-based Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) programs that promote health equity through healthy food access. Our goal is to improve the health and wellness of Baltimore City residents by using food access as a platform for community transformation.  Current Baltimarket programs include the Virtual Supermarket Program and the Neighborhood Food Advocates initiative.  About Neighborhood Food AdvocatesThe Baltimarket Neighborhood Food Advocates initiative aims to engage and organize Baltimore City residents in food desert communities in order to develop self-identified plans of addressing food insecurity. Neighborhood Food Advocates works in tandem with the Baltimarket Virtual Supermarket Program. The Virtual Supermarket is a first-nationally, award winning program that uses online grocery ordering and delivery to bring food to community sites in food desert neighborhoods. Neighborhood Food Advocates not only run Virtual Supermarket sites day-to-day, but they also are active members of the community interested in improving their local food environments. Neighborhood Food Advocates build leadership capacity and educate fellow community members, impacting personal behavior while creating social and environmental change in Baltimore City.   Key Responsibilities Grow and sustain Neighborhood Food Advocates initiative, acting as a liaison between the BCHD’s Baltimarket programs and stakeholders in food desert neighborhoodsPrepare reports and tools for the BCHD’s Baltimarket programs, developing a power-building curriculum and spring convening to support successful organizing and engagement efforts by Neighborhood Food AdvocatesFacilitate Neighborhood Food Advocate community-specific strategizing to address food equity, serving as a liaison between the BCHD’s Baltimarket programs and stakeholders in food desert neighborhoods to resolve food access problems and to solicit proposals and opinions on food equity programs and projects Provide technical assistance to Neighborhood Food Advocates to implement and sustain the Virtual Supermarket Project and other community-identified projects, explaining current Baltimarket programs to interested or concerned citizens and groups and advising community and neighbor groups on resolving food access problems through collective action and the BCHD’s Baltimarket programsWork in collaboration with Baltimarket staff to ensure programs are developed and implemented using a community-based, sustainable model, making recommendations that note potential problems or strengths with a program’s work among communities and the general public  Candidate Desirables·         Possession of a valid driver’s licenseStrong interpersonal skills and comfort working with diverse groups of people; ability to deal effectively with individual citizens, community and neighborhood groups and City, State and Federal agencies and officials and ability to speak effectively before groups to promote and explain agency programs, policies and projectsA long-standing and passionate commitment to the community and the promotion of health equityDemonstrated knowledge of food access policies and programs Ability to prepare reports and to make proposals and recommendationsPrevious organizing experience preferred  Profile and RequirementsA bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of experience in community service work or administrative coordination or an equivalent combination of education and experience required