Ounceofcare
Part Time Community Navigator (Opa-Locka, FL)
Florida, USA. Posted 23 days ago
The role
You will engage residents in affordable housing to provide health, benefits, and financial services. You will also build community relationships and coordinate on-site programming.
What you will do
- Proactively engage residents within affordable housing communities
- Perform door-to-door flyering, hosting community events, tabling, and phone-based outreach
- Schedule doctor appointments and help residents apply for benefits
- Act as a health and wellness advocate
- Make and track referrals within the technology platform
- Build and maintain local partnerships
- Plan, coordinate, and host ongoing on-site programming and events
- Document all outreach, services, referrals, and resident interactions in the Ounce platform
- Attend required team meetings, trainings, and check-ins
Required qualifications
- Experience navigating government benefits (e.g., SNAP, TANF, LIHEAP, Medicaid)
- Experience coordinating care to local organizations
- Enjoy customer-service roles
- Ability to commute within Opa-Locka
Nice to have
- Lived in the area
- Worked in a community-based role
- Spanish fluency
About the company
Ounce is a community-based service model that provides services to residents of affordable housing properties. Their mission is to empower healthy and thriving communities.