Health Educator - Senior
4513 - Health Educator - Senior (Tobacco Prevention)
This grant-funded position is in the Community Outreach and Prevention Education Division fo the Pima County Health Department.
Salary: $40,913.60 Annually
Salary Grade: 41
Plans, implements and develops marketing and educational materials and services for County health education programs.
Please Note: Successful candidates offered employment with Pima County, including current employees who have applied for new positions, are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination prior to their scheduled start date. If you are unable to become fully vaccinated due to a medical disability or religious observance/practice, you must request an accommodation – accommodation forms are located on-line.
Duties/Responsibilities
(Work assignments may vary depending on the department's needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)
- Researches community health problems and develops educational and promotional materials for Pima County health education programs;
- Develops marketing techniques and designs marketing media materials including brochures, articles, newsletters and announcements;
- Researches and designs consumer literature and educational materials including slide/tape presentations, pamphlets, handouts and displays;
- Prepares pamphlets, brochures, press releases and reports describing and publicizing departmental and related services and information;
- Presents issues at community conferences, workshops, and seminars on local public health problems and encourages community participation in health programs;
- Plans health education programs and provides consulting services to interested groups;
- Participates in health education activities in specialized areas;
- Conducts program evaluations;
- Supervises the operation of the audio-visual media and equipment library;
- May assist other departments and divisions in the development of educational programs.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Knowledge of:
- principles, methods and techniques of community health education;
- selection and use of audio-visual materials for educational programs;
- principles and practices of marketing and media design;
- current community health problems;
- methods and instruments used in program evaluations;
- techniques of print and visual aids preparation.
Skill in:
- organizing and presenting health education programs;
- developing marketing or educational materials;
- utilizing audio-visual materials in educational programs;
- communicating effectively, both orally and in writing.
- researching community health issues.
Minimum Qualifications
(1) A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in health education, adult education, psychology, marketing or a related field and two years of health education experience.
(Additional relevant education may substitute for the aforementioned experience.)
(Additional relevant experience may substitute for the aforementioned education.)
OR:
(2) Two years of experience with Pima County as a Health Educator.
Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.
Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):
- Bachelor's degree in public health, healthcare, health education, business, government and civics, education, general studies, social services, behavioral health, communications or related field.
- Experience working with youth ages 12 to 24.
- Experience participating in recruiting for or guiding community groups, coalitions, or student groups.
- Experience conducting any outreach, public health activities, non-profit work, or health-related activities and education.
- Experience developing and providing community and group presentations.