Community Health Advocate Manager/UKHC

Community Health Advocate Manager/UKHC

RE54458

MG31I:IM-INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Lexington, KY.

11

$54,080-$95,056/year

Staff

Full-Time

MA

3 yrs

None

This position will require driving between multiple sites over a defined service area in central Kentucky.

This position must be willing to work in different environments (both office-based and on the ground), at times best suited to the community (including some evenings and weekends). This includes hours outside of traditional office hours (i.e., 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)

This position will oversee the Northern Kentucky, Bluegrass, Buffalo Trace, Gateway, FIVCO area.

The Community Health Advocate Manager provides day-to-day leadership and operational oversight of community and mobile health services focused on HIV and HCV prevention, testing, and linkage to care. This role supervises, coaches, and supports Community Health Advocates to deliver high-quality, client-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive services. The supervisor ensures effective outreach, engagement, linkage, referral coordination, and continuity of care while monitoring compliance, performance outcomes, and data quality. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, staff training and development, community partnerships, and quality improvement efforts. The position contributes to program planning, policy, and workflow development, and represents the program in community and public health initiatives to strengthen referral networks, improve retention and treatment adherence, and advance overall program effectiveness.

MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook and other Windows systems.

Yes

MA in Public Health, Health Education, Social Work, Social Services, or Human Development highly preferred.

05/25/2026

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