Employee Wellness Health Educator - Part-Time - Health Department

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

This 15 hour a week employee represents the Division of Community Health Services in countywide health education, health promotion and risk reduction programs.

Employee Wellness empowers Salt Lake County employees to adopt sustainable health and wellness behaviors that improve quality of life and support a thriving workforce. This position supports this mission by developing evidence-based educational content, maintaining program data and metrics, responding to employee inquiries, coordinating and attending wellness events, teaching classes, and helping deliver engaging, accessible wellness programs and resources across many departments and target audiences.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Health Education, Health Science, Public Health, Community Health, or Behavioral Science and Health with an emphasis in Health Education; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

A valid Driver’s License accepted by the State of Utah is required at the time of hire. A valid Driver’s License issued by the State of Utah must be obtained within six (6) months of hire to operate a county vehicle.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops, plans and implements health education, behavior risk reduction, and outreach programs.
• Assesses health education needs and priorities of various populations using appropriate assessment tools.
• Develops, conducts and evaluates the effectiveness of health education/health promotion programs.
• Creates marketing and educational materials; promotes events through various marketing methods.
• Acts as a resource providing links to communities.
• Creates and implements policy focused on population-based behavior change.
• Develops and prepares required reports and documents.
• Collaborates with internal and community agencies to accomplish stated objectives.
• Acts as a representative of the agency and program.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)

Knowledge of:

• Health Education theory
• Preventive health strategies and risk reduction techniques
• Techniques of effective program planning, development and implementation
• Evaluation methodologies including instrument design, data collection, analysis, and reporting techniques
• Community organization methods
• Recent developments in the fields of health education, health promotion, healthy lifestyle and risk reduction
• Federal, State, and local regulations related to medical, health care, and public law
• Computer operations and uses, including word processing, graphics, spreadsheets, and presentation design
• Program marketing, Public relations and media relations methods and techniques
• Effective communication techniques including audio-visual use
• Principles, methods and techniques of conducting field and/or special studies and investigations using scientific research methods and techniques
• Medical terminology

Skills and Abilities to:

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Communicate and deal effectively with public, government, business and community leaders
• Use a word processor/computer
• Prepare and explain data by written, graphic, or verbal methods
• Work effectively with people from a variety of social, ethnic, economic, educational, and professional backgrounds
• Work with minimum supervision and act independently
• Design and implement evaluation methodologies, scientific studies, needs assessments, data collection and reporting mechanisms
• Interpret and follow instructions
• Work effectively in team settings

TEMPORARY POSITIONS:

An "At Will", FLSA non-exempt employee who is not eligible for County benefits and who must work an average of 29 hours or less per week or an average of 129 hours or less per month.

• Must work an average of 29 hours or less per week or an average of 129 hours or less per month.
• Are not eligible for County benefits except as otherwise provided for by policy.
• Are not considered merit employees.
• Are "at will" employees who may be terminated for any reason, without notice, and without a pre-termination hearing.

Additional Information

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION

This 15 hour a week hybrid position typically works Monday through Friday, during the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with occassionally evenings and weekends due to program needs.