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Our Organization
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a recognizable and reliable provincial organization where Albertans find compassionate support, responsible care, and accessible resources.
For more than 60 years in Alberta, CMHA has focused on community-based services, recovery and support for Albertans impacted by mental illness. We stand with people living in their community as they achieve their wellness goals.
CMHA Alberta Division operates as a registered charity within the not-for-profit sector. We work at the intersection of clinical and local mental health care. Our projects and services are developed to address the unique needs of individuals and communities across Alberta.
The Initiative
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate professional who is interested in innovative projects that are strengthening Alberta’s capacity to support mentally healthy Albertans in a healthy Alberta.
CMHA’s Rural Mental Health Project strives to strengthen community capacity for better mental health in up to 150 rural and remote communities through ongoing training, network development, and community grants.
The Rural Mental Health project and network are being built collaboratively with strategic local and provincial partners. The principles that guide our work include health promotion, community-leadership, asset-based, using whole-community approaches, while considering the full lifespan development of our communities.
The Role
Reporting to the Rural Mental Health Project Manager, this position is responsible for supporting the success of the Rural Mental Health Project and Network through contributing to key project outcomes. This includes contributing to network sustainability and partnerships; supporting the community grants program; and contributing to training facilitation. The role is optimized for a team member who is highly adaptable, organized, enjoys a high degree of autonomy, and produces high-quality deliverables within set timelines.
The Project and Network Coordinator will be responsible for partnership and fund development; community grant and network member support; building respectful relationships and communication pathways with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Responsibilities:
Project Growth
- Coordinate network sustainability efforts that include fund development activities, grant proposal writing, and partnership development and maintenance.
- Maintain contact and tracking lists
- Incorporate collaborative activities with internal and external partners to promote equitable pathways for group feedback, direction, and co-development.
- Aid the facilitation of the advisory and adjudication teams and corresponding follow up
- Assist with developing resources, workshops, and tools that align with project principles.
- Organize, gather, and analyze data that captures members participation, impacts and value generate during Project and Network activities.
- Use collected information to ensure growth and improvements to process, administration, facilitation, and evaluation.
- Offer ongoing support to rural communities and other partners to enable their success and connections.
Project Support and and Network Weaving
- Co-coordinate and facilitate activities with network members that align with shared goals and encourage collective action and learning.
- Support network events related to topic areas that network members have expressed interest to support capacity and relationship building
- Aid project implementation, including training, meetings, project reporting.
- Assist with training preparation and facilitation of online and in-person delivery
- Support reporting process for training and community grants, including tracking reporting schedules, conducting interviews, and compiling findings
- Assist with embedding grant processes into the RMH