Health Educator

The Tooele County Health Department is a family-friendly organization dedicated to providing excellent benefits and career growth opportunities where everyone can reach their full potential. We are seeking a dynamic Health Educator to help strengthen community health through evidence-based prevention and wellness programs, including chronic disease prevention, injury prevention, healthy aging, child passenger safety, overdose prevention, and community coalition building. Working collaboratively with community partners and coalitions, this position promotes healthy behaviors, supports policy development and data assessment, and advances the overall well-being of Tooele County residents.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of the Health Promotion Coordinator.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Coordinate and implement grant-funded injury prevention programs, contracts, and activities, including child passenger safety, falls prevention, healthy aging, naloxone education, and overdose prevention.
• Teach Child Passenger Safety classes, provide car seat education, assist with car seat check events, and maintain or obtain Child Passenger Safety Technician certification.
• Teach falls prevention and healthy aging classes using evidence-based curricula.
• Provide naloxone education and community outreach related to overdose prevention and opioid response.
• Manage program data in COMPASS and other required systems to ensure accurate documentation, data collection, reporting, and evaluation.
• Complete required grant reports, including quarterly reports, activity reports, and other documentation for MCH, Utah Highway Safety Office, Falls Prevention, and related funding sources.
• Coordinate and facilitate the Tooele Safe Kids Coalition, including coalition meetings, stakeholder engagement, and injury prevention initiatives.
• Participate in opioid response coalitions and other community partnerships focused on injury prevention, overdose prevention, healthy aging, and community safety.
• Build and maintain partnerships with local agencies, healthcare providers, schools, law enforcement, housing authorities, and community organizations.
• Represent the Health Department at community outreach events, health fairs, coalition meetings, public forums, and other community activities.
• Develop and share public health messaging through presentations, newsletters, media campaigns, educational materials, and outreach efforts.
• Use program data and community feedback to assess impact, improve services, and support future funding opportunities.
• Promote equitable and culturally responsive approaches to injury prevention programs, outreach, and education.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Community Health Education, Health Promotion, Nursing, Lifestyle Management, or a closely related field.

Two years of professional health education experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. Knowledge: Strong knowledge of substance use effects, public health practices, health education, behavior change, community assessment, and use of media and educational tools for promoting community health.
2. Skills: Skills in delivering presentations to individuals and groups; Considerable skill in communicating verbally and in writing; Basic computer and word processing skills.
3. Abilities: Work independently to develop educational materials and programs, assess and address community health needs, communicate effectively with diverse audiences (people from a variety of social, ethnic, economic, educational, and professional backgrounds), manage challenging interactions, and build strong partnerships with agencies, providers, schools, and community leaders.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be a non-smoker and non-tobacco user.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to lift to 25 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 15 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may only be a negligible amount, a job is in this category may require walking or standing to a significant degree.

**Tooele County is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or any other protected class.**