The Center for Oral Health (COH) is a nonprofit, California-based organization dedicated to promoting public oral health, with a focus on children and vulnerable populations. COH collaborates with national, state, and local partners to develop innovative community-based strategies for improving the oral health.

COH is an equal opportunity employer committed to staff diversity.

Current Job Opportunities:

School Oral Health Policy Technical Assistance Provider Position

The Center for Oral Health (COH) is recruiting for a person or organization to provide professional support for its project: School Oral Health Policy: An Avenue to Community Collaboration. The position is funded under a one year grant from the DentaQuest Foundation that runs through November 30, 2012.

Services to be provided include:

• technical assistance to 5 California school districts to develop oral health policies, effective oral health programs, and sound community partnerships.
  
  Technical assistance will include ongoing phone and email consultations and five site visits, including stakeholder meetings and school board presentations for each district. The TA provider will help districts to identify community partners and other stakeholders who can implement programs and support the sustainability of future programs. Sample policies provided in the COH’s guidebook Integrating Oral Health into School Health Programs and Policies will become a starting point for customization by each school district.


• staff support for a statewide Advisory Council to assist in policy development, identification of resources and other expert assistance, evaluation of the project, and dissemination of project findings through their professional networks. The Council will meet three to four times during the project to support COH’s staff in the implementation.


• coordination with the project evaluator on a multi-method evaluation that will produce formative and summative data to inform the progress and outcome evaluation, enabling feedback to the project as well as reporting on outcomes.


• assistance to COH staff to produce grant reports and deliverables, present findings from the projects and draft applications for continued funding.

The ideal candidate will:

• demonstrate knowledge of oral health policy on a national, state and local level


• have a track record of successfully working with diverse community health coalitions, particularly involving schools


• be an excellent written and oral communicator to diverse communities, policymakers, and other stakeholders


• be able to motivate and negotiate with diverse interests


• draw upon expertise of professionals and statewide resources


• be adept at program management and budgeting


• be located in California and be available to travel to communities throughout California

Total available funding for the services is approximately $65,000, plus travel expenses. The professional services may provided by a COH contract employee, an independent contractor or sub-contractor organization.

For further information, please contact Joel Diringer, Executive Director (Interim) at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 805-546-0950.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest with references by January 18, 2012 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . In addition, individuals should provide a resume or CV, and organizations should provide an organizational description.