Communications and Program Coordinator

GS Federal is seeking a part-time Communications and Program Coordinator to support the Iowa Opioid Response Technology Initiative, a statewide project designed to help Iowa prevention professionals, treatment and recovery partners, educators, law enforcement personnel, coalition leaders, and other opioid-abatement professionals use artificial intelligence and digital tools safely and effectively.

Position type: Part-time position

Time commitment: Approximately 9 hours per week

Location: 100% remote; Iowa residency required

End date: June 29, 2027

Compensation: $30 per hour

Priority review: Begins July 15, 2026; open until filled

About the Position

This role focuses on communication, information sharing, project updates, audience engagement, and support for practical explainers and resources. The Coordinator will help translate project activities, training opportunities, AI-related updates, opioid-abatement resources, and PreventionCoach.ai materials into clear, timely, useful communication for Iowa professionals and project partners.

The position also supports training logistics, office hours, participant communication, project documentation, and implementation tracking. This is not an opioid-abatement subject matter expert role. Opioid-related and AI-related content will be developed or reviewed by project subject matter experts before public release.

Primary Responsibilities

• Draft and organize project announcements, training reminders, follow-up emails, partner updates, and other audience-facing messages.
• Prepare short explainers, resource summaries, update blurbs, and practical communication materials for PreventionCoach.ai and related project activities.
• Support dissemination of PreventionCoach.ai resources, weekly updates, training opportunities, technical assistance opportunities, and other project information.
• Help translate project information into clear, practical language for prevention, treatment, recovery, education, law enforcement, nonprofit, government, and community audiences.
• Coordinate communication with project partners and help prepare materials partners can share with their networks.
• Support website, platform, newsletter, email, or social media content related to project resources and training opportunities.
• Maintain communication calendars, project update logs, resource inventories, dissemination tracking records, and related project files.
• Schedule virtual trainings, office hours, technical assistance sessions, and other project activities as needed.
• Set up registration pages, online forms, meeting links, and participant communication systems.
• Send participant instructions, reminders, evaluation links, and follow-up messages.
• Maintain participant lists, attendance records, contact lists, and project tracking documents.
• Support live virtual trainings by helping manage Zoom or similar platforms, chat, links, recordings, and participant questions as needed.
• Help organize project records, implementation trackers, reporting documentation, and other project files.

Minimum Qualifications

• Clear, professional writing for public-facing or professional audiences.
• Ability to draft emails, announcements, updates, summaries, or other communication materials.
• Ability to organize information so it is easy for others to understand and use.
• Experience or demonstrated ability with participant, customer, stakeholder, or partner communication.
• Experience or demonstrated ability with training, webinar, meeting, or event logistics.
• Comfort using Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, or similar platforms.
• Experience with scheduling, calendar coordination, registration systems, online forms, spreadsheets, or similar tools.
• Basic document organization and recordkeeping.
• Ability to follow through on assigned tasks with attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with communications, public information, marketing, outreach, education, public health, prevention, behavioral health, nonprofit, government, or community-based projects.
• Experience writing short explainers, newsletters, social media posts, website updates, email campaigns, or training-related communication.
• Experience with learning management systems, registration platforms, email communication tools, survey tools, or website content systems.
• Accessibility-minded communication and plain-language writing.
• Experience supporting trainings, technical assistance, webinars, or professional development events.
• Experience with project tracking, implementation records, or grant-funded project documentation.
• Interest in responsible AI use, technology-supported communication, prevention, public health, or opioid-abatement work.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field is preferred.

Desired Work Style

The ideal candidate is a clear writer, organized communicator, and reliable coordinator. This person should be able to take complex or scattered information and help turn it into clear messages, short summaries, practical updates, and organized communication materials. The candidate should be comfortable using technology, responsive to deadlines, and careful about accuracy.

About GS Federal

GS Federal is an Iowa-based organization that provides training, technical assistance, curriculum development, exercise planning, and technology-supported tools for public-facing systems responding to complex challenges, including substance misuse and opioid-related harms. The Iowa Opioid Response Technology Initiative will provide statewide training, technical assistance, practical AI tools, short explainers, project updates, and PreventionCoach.ai resources to strengthen opioid-abatement workforce capacity in Iowa.