Job Title: Benefits Analyst (BA)
Reports To: Program Director
Starting salary: $44,000 annually
Position Summary:
Under the direction of the WorkABLE TN (WTN) Program Director, this position is responsible for educating individuals with disabilities and their families about the effects earned income will have on Social Security Disability benefit(s). The position serves counties of Middle TN and requires (10-25%) travel time, potentially including evenings and weekends. Ideal candidates are located in Middle TN. Candidates for the position must have extensive experience conducting presentations in small and large group settings.
This position is:
- Full-time salaried with no expectation of overtime
- Remote work-from-home
Equipment:
The organization will provide a laptop, projector, mobile telephone and other equipment required to perform the functions of the position.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience working in or understanding of Social Security disability and/or other public assistance and training programs, e.g. Social Security Administration (SSA), Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Networks, Department of Human Services, Department of Education, TANF.
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities.
- Knowledge of Social Security Administration (SSA) work incentives, a plus.
- Must have extensive experience conducting educational presentations for small and large audiences.
- Ability to communicate in a sensitive and courteous manner.
- Ability to communicate complicated information in a comprehensive and understandable/useful manner in both verbal and written format.
- Ability to self-motivate and work independently.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
These responsibilities are specific to the position.
- Provide accurate information to beneficiaries with disabilities regarding work incentives available through the Social Security Administration (SSA) by way of conducting community outreach presentations and distributing approved materials such as SSA’s “Redbook.”
- Explain the effects that working will have on Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Medicare and Medicaid benefits, Section 8 housing subsidy, Families First (TANF), SNAP, veteran’s administration benefits, and other applicable programs.
- Keep abreast of Social Security disability benefits, other federal, state and local benefits information as related to associated work incentives and able to present this information to event attendees.
- Refer beneficiaries to Community Work Incentives Coordinators (CWIC), as appropriate.
- Actively participate in all required training; including what is recommended by the Program Director.
- Provide outreach to the community regarding WorkABLE TN program services including developing and maintaining relationships with Vocational Rehabilitation staff and others.
- Provide training and technical assistance to colleague Benefits Analysts in the capacity of a mentor; provide training to other agency staff and participate in peer review activities, when appropriate.
- Provide assistance to colleague Community Work Incentives Coordinators.
- Provide timely and accurate reporting weekly and monthly as required by Program Director.
- Respond to Community Partners in a timely manner.
General Responsibilities:
These responsibilities apply to all employees of the Tennessee Disability Coalition.
- Support the organization’s vision, mission and values.
- Adhere to the organizations policies, procedures and practices as well as all applicable laws and professional standards.
- Represent the organization professionally at all times.
- Maintain confidentiality of all personal information at all times.
- Exercise necessary cost controls.
- Foster and maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
- Demonstrate team behavior and promote a team-oriented environment.
- Demonstrate initiative and strive to continually improve processes and relationships.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed.
- Plan and organize work effectively to ensure timely completion.
Position benefits:
The TN Disability Coalition covers 100% of the premiums for full-time employees to enroll in one of two employer-sponsored health plans, a dental plan, basic life policy and short-term disability policy. Full-time employees have supplemental health insurance options, a health savings account, health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account options.
Mutual of America provides the Coalition’s employer sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan.
The Coalition matches the amount our employees contribute to the plan dollar for dollar up to 6% of employee salary after the employee has been with the Coalition for one year.
The Coalition observes 10 designated holidays each year. Paid time off (PTO) accrues per pay period (semi-monthly). Annual PTO earning for full time employees who have been employed 0-5 years is 18 days and increases with tenure to a maximum of 32 days per year. Flexible scheduling is permitted.
Contact Information and Procedure:
All applications (cover letter and resume) must be submitted via email to hr@tndisability.org
The Tennessee Disability Coalition is committed to providing equal opportunities to volunteers, employees, applicants for employment and those seeking our services, consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The Coalition requires that each employee adhere to the same standard of non-discrimination. Each employee is required to have a signed Non-Discrimination Policy statement on file.
In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Disability Coalition will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. We encourage both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations.
Community Health Worker Training Program of Tennessee
Job Description: Community Health Worker Part-Time Training Coordinator
About us:
Community Health Worker is an umbrella term and includes community health representatives, promotoras, peers, and other workforce members who are frontline public health professionals that share life experience, trust, compassion, cultural and value alignment with the communities where they live and serve.
The Tennessee Community Health Worker Association (TNCHWA) is working with the grant-funded Community Health Worker Training Program of Tennessee (CHWTPT) to provide professional development and training opportunities for new and existing community health workers in Tennessee.
We are supported by the Tennessee Disability Coalition.
More information about us is on our website at: https://tnchwa.org
Position Summary:
The Training Coordinator position has been funded as part of a three-year grant through September 2025. This is a part-time 20-hour-per-week position. The Part-Time Training Coordinator will report to the Executive Director of the TN Community Health Worker Association.
This position is 100% remote with the expectation that the employee can work with limited supervision from home. There is minimal expectation of travel/travel up to 20% of time.
The Training Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and delivering the training curriculum to community health worker (CHW) trainees and monitoring the trainees’ self-paced progress in the educational platform. The curriculum is based on the CHW competencies including topics such as active listening, being a CHW, cultural humility, etc. This position will also be responsible for working with site supervisors to monitor the trainees’ progress at field/apprentice sites.
The Community Health Worker Part-Time Training Coordinator functions as an employee of the Tennessee Disability Coalition dba Tennessee Community Health Worker Association.
The Tennessee Disability Coalition is committed to providing equal opportunities to volunteers, employees, applicants for employment and those seeking our services, consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, The Tennessee Disability Coalition will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, and encourages both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations. The Coalition requires that each employee adhere to the same standard of non-discrimination. Each employee is required to have a signed Non-Discrimination Policy statement on file.
Position Benefits:
Part-time employees who work greater than 15 hours per week are eligible to enroll in optional supplemental health plans through Colonial Life and a medical flexible spending account and/or dependent care flexible spending account through Pinnacle Financial Partners.
Part-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Coalition’s employer-sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan provided by Mutual of America. The Coalition matches the amount our employees contribute to the plan dollar for dollar up to 6% of employee salary after the employee has been with the Coalition for one year.
The Coalition observes 10 designated holidays each year. Paid time off (PTO) accrues per pay period (semi-monthly). Annual PTO earning for part-time employees who have been employed 0-5 years is equal to 18 of their regular working days and increases with tenure to a maximum of 32 days per year. Flexible scheduling is permitted.
Key Duties
- Deliver curriculum and training with fidelity, ensuring it is linguistically and culturally appropriate using popular/adult education methods
- Provide training to approximately 90 CHWs annually
- Assist executive director and project consultant with developing course calendar and enhancing curriculum materials
- Conduct one-to-one/group meetings with CHWTPT trainees to monitor progress and engage/retain to the program
- Coordinate training calendar and program tracks (field placements, apprenticeships and/or upskilling) for new and existing CHW trainees
- Conduct virtual and in-person site visits for field placements/apprenticeships
- Inform continuous quality improvement efforts related to the curriculum and programming
- Assist executive director with trainee recruitment, engagement, and retention efforts
- Work with grantor to manage content and course offerings using the Brightspace education platform
- Enter program data into monitoring systems
- Assist with completion of program reporting
Qualifications
- Five years working as a Community Health Worker or related position
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting and independently, as needed
- Ability to build and maintain effective and professional relationships with trainees, team members, and community partners
- Strong in-person and virtual facilitation skills and ability to provide effective instruction to CHW trainees
- Organized and able to consistently meet deadlines
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to operate virtual learning platforms
- Ability to document data using online software
- Experience with popular/adult education teaching and learning strategies
- Must be able to demonstrate effective communication with and between individuals and groups of people from varying socioeconomic, ethnic, and ability backgrounds
- Must be able to work late afternoons, evenings, and weekends, with some flexible scheduling opportunity
- Must be located in Tennessee or surrounding area and able to travel (mostly in-state)
- Spanish and English Bilingual, a plus
Application Process:
Please submit a resume and cover letter that includes information on your related experience and your typical availability during afternoons, evenings, and weekends to Nikayla.boyd@tnchwa.org.
Position title: PEARS Parent Guide
Position type and pay: Part time, hourly, 15 hours per week at $18.20 per hour
Location: We are hiring a PEARS Parent Guide from West TN to serve West TN and a PEARS Parent Guide from East TN to serve East TN
Work setting: Remote/work-from-home, with travel to outreach to the community and for in-person meetings, as needed. Mileage is reimbursed at the state rate for approved travel for work purposes.
Supervised by: PEARS Program Coordinator
Organization: Family Voices of Tennessee (FVTN), a program of the Tennessee Disability Coalition
About us: Family Voices of Tennessee is a program staffed by families to support families raising children with disabilities, special health care needs and chronic illnesses. We connect families with each other, community resources and tools to navigate the health care system. We educate and train families to help them become effective advocates for their children and professionals on how to partner in family-centered care. We strive to improve public policy for children with special health care needs, chronic illnesses and disabilities, their families and caregivers. Family Voices of Tennessee started in 1993 as a program of the Tennessee Disability Coalition and became the first state chapter of the national Family Voices organization.
Our PEARS Program provides individualized support, information, and resources to families raising children who are D/deaf, Hard of Hearing, or have hearing issues by connecting them with experienced Parent Guides who “get it.” We work closely with D/deaf or Hard of Hearing volunteers to introduce interested families to the vibrant D/deaf culture and community.
There are three total PEARS Parent Guides. Each represents one grand region of the state (West, Middle, East).
Qualifications:
- Must be the parent or family member of an individual who identifies as D/deaf, Hard of Hearing or has hearing issues.
- Must have working knowledge through training and/or experience of health care and related service systems for children with special health care needs, chronic illnesses or disabilities.
- Must have supervisory and management experience.
- Must have strong relationship management skills and be able to work well with individuals of diverse backgrounds and cultural traditions.
- Must have communication and presentation skills.
- Must be competent and effective using computer, database and work-related technologies.
- Travel may be required to attend relevant meetings and conferences in-person.
- Bilingual English/ASL or Bilingual English/Spanish, a plus
Key duties:
- Provide direct parent support, primarily through home visits, phone calls and other forms of communication, to families of infants and children who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or have hearing issues. This includes providinginformation and assistance in a responsive and supportive manner.
- Provide community outreach and education to families of infants and children who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or have hearing issues.
- Provide regional outreach and education to local/state agencies and professionals.
- Attend occasional evening and weekend support groups, workshops or events.
- Participate in regular conference calls and meetings with the Newborn Hearing Taskforce and in annual Learning Community meetings.
- Represent FVTN at conferences, workshops and meetings, as requested.
- Attend regular Family Voices of Tennessee staff meetings and Tennessee Disability annual staff meetings.
- Collaborate with FVTN staff to provide support to families, share resources, create presentations and trainings, & further the program mission.
- Engage in relevant learning or professional development opportunities, at least quarterly.
- Document work activities including outreach, training and contacts with families and professionals in online database (Salesforce CRM) in a timely manner.
Position benefits:
Part-time employees who work a minimum of 15 hours per week are eligible to enroll in optional supplemental health plans through Colonial Life and a medical flexible spending account and/or dependent care flexible spending account through Pinnacle Financial Partners.
The Coalition observes 10 designated holidays each year. Paid time off (PTO) accrues per pay period (semi-monthly). Annual PTO earning for 15-hour per week employees who have been employed 0-5 years is 54 hours and increases with tenure to a maximum of 108 hours per year. Flexible scheduling is permitted.
Mutual of America provides the Coalition’s employer sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan. The Coalition matches the amount our employees contribute to the plan dollar for dollar up to 6% of employee salary after the employee has been with the Coalition for one year.
Non-discrimination policy:
The Tennessee Disability Coalition is committed to providing equal opportunities to volunteers, employees, applicants for employment and those seeking our services, consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The Coalition requires that each employee adhere to the same standard of non-discrimination. Each employee is required to have a signed Non-Discrimination Policy statement on file.
In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Disability Coalition will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. We encourage both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations.
Contact Information and Procedure:
All applications (cover letter, resume and work sample) must be submitted via email to hr@tndisability.org.
A work sample can be any format. Examples include but are not limited to: written material such as a brochure or blog post, graphic material such as a social media post or infographic, a project plan you developed for a work or volunteer project, a video or audio interview you provided, etc.
Title: Director of Operations
Immediate Supervisor: Executive Director
Full-Time/M-F
Salary: $70,000-$75,000 annually
Location: Position emphasizes working onsite from Nashville, TN office, with room for flexible scheduling
About Tennessee Disability Coalition:
The TN Disability Coalition is a thirty+ year old non-profit working to create a society that values, supports and includes people with disabilities. We are a passionate, mission-driven team of professionals across the state of Tennessee. Many of us have lived experience with disability. About half of us work remotely and half work flexible schedules based in the office in Nashville, TN. We are a membership-based organization. Our members include 40+ organizations and a handful of individuals who align with our mission and who work with us to effect change.
Job Description:
The Director of Operations position is a new role that will have minimal supervisory duties, but a large role in communicating with and supporting our team and our membership. We are seeking someone with operations and human resources experience who also wants to manage the onsite hub, our building in East Nashville, to support the work we do.
Qualifications:
- Must align with our values as a mission-driven nonprofit
- Must have an understanding of the nonprofit sector and organizational management
- Must have strong communication skills and the ability to represent the Coalition to partners
- Must have human resources experience
- Must have the ability to handle a variety of assignments within a given timeframe and with minimal supervision
- Must have the ability to interact effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultural traditions
- Experience with disability, a plus
Operations Duties:
- Assess operational needs of the organization, develop, manage and evaluate Coalition operations plans including organizational goals and objectives
- Build organizational and staff capacity, developing the workforce and processes to ensure that the organization runs smoothly
- Seek tools, as needed, to support operations and process improvement
- Lead organizational and individual membership recruitment, engagement, renewal processes
- Support board member relations, communications and engagement
- Represent the organization to external constituencies
- Support grant management
- Oversee event planning
- Work collaboratively as part of the leadership team on activities/issues that cross supervisory lines
- Supervise administrative assistant and coordinate administrative activities
- Responsible for operations of the 955 Woodland St Building and 2115 Yeaman Pl Condominium in Nashville including:
- Monitoring facility and equipment needs
- Coordinating vendors, contractors and renters
Financial Management Duties:
- Assist the Executive Director in monitoring the annual budget in accordance with operations plans and evaluate progress against goals for the organization
- Work alongside the Executive Director in development and management of contracts with funders, partners and vendors
- Liaise with external financial management agency relative to accounts payable, receivable and deposits
Human Resources Duties:
- Support and advance positive workplace culture, staff engagement, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
- Administer employee benefits
- Manage relationships with benefits vendors and online or software-based vendor interfaces
- Lead the development and coordination of HR policy, procedures and initiatives and prepare related documentation and internal communications
- Support employee performance documentation and review processes
- Support staff-wide and individual professional development planning
- Maintain up-to-date personnel information and files
- Participate in the investigation and resolution of HR issues
- Coordinate and monitor the recruitment, hiring and on-boarding process and separation process for positions at the Tennessee Disability Coalition
- Participate in disciplinary and termination meetings, as needed
Position benefits:
The TN Disability Coalition covers 100% of the premiums for full-time employees to enroll in one of two employer-sponsored health plans, a dental plan, basic life policy and short-term disability policy. Full-time employees have supplemental health insurance options, a health savings account, health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account options.
Mutual of America provides the Coalition’s employer sponsored 403(b) Retirement Plan.
The Coalition matches the amount our employees contribute to the plan dollar for dollar up to 6% of employee salary after the employee has been with the Coalition for one year.
The Coalition observes 10 designated holidays each year. Paid time off (PTO) accrues per pay period (semi-monthly). Annual PTO earning for full time employees who have been employed 0-5 years is 18 days and increases with tenure to a maximum of 32 days per year. Flexible scheduling is permitted.
Contact Information and Procedure:
All applications (cover letter, resume and work sample) must be submitted via email to hr@tndisability.org
A work sample can be any format. Examples include but are not limited to: written material such as a brochure or blog post, graphic material such as a social media post or infographic, a project plan you developed for a work or volunteer project, a video or audio interview you provided, etc.
Non-discrimination policy:
The Tennessee Disability Coalition is committed to providing equal opportunities to volunteers, employees, applicants for employment and those seeking our services, consistent with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No person will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The Coalition requires that each employee adhere to the same standard of non-discrimination. Each employee is required to have a signed Non-Discrimination Policy statement on file.
In compliance with the American Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Disability Coalition will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. We encourage both prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations.