A professional who directs activities of organization to coordinate functions of various community health and welfare programs. Responsibilities include:

• Organizes and develops planning program to ascertain community requirements and problems in specific fields of welfare work, and to determine agency responsibility for administering program.
• Surveys functions of member agencies to avoid duplication of efforts and recommends curtailment, extension, modification, or initiation of services.
• Advises health and welfare agencies in planning and providing services based on community surveys and analyses.
• Reviews estimated budgets of member agencies.
• Prepares and releases reports, studies, and publications to promote public understanding of and support for community programs.
• May recruit and train volunteer workers.
• May organize and direct campaign for solicitation of funds.
• May visit agency sites to evaluate effectiveness of services provided.