Health Educator- Office of Violence Prevention

Health Educator- Office of Violence Prevention

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Hiring Range: $52,132 - $68,423.25

This is an exempt (salaried) position. Pay rates are based on education, skill,experience level and internal equity. Internal equity consideration includes anassessment of the applicant's salary history and qualifications in comparisonto the market rate and requirement for the job.

This role is on-site 5 days a week, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with occasional weekendhours.

Position Summary
This is a Grant Funded Position through November 30th, 2027. This position sitswithin the Office of Violence Prevention which works to reduce homicides andgun violence as well as support the mental health and wellbeing of countyresidents through trauma-informed approaches. Within the broad ecosystem ofcommunity violence prevention and intervention, OVP serves as a backboneorganization fostering collaboration among community members, organizations,government entities, and other partners, guiding a public health approach tocommunity violence reduction.

Essential Functions
• Coordinate and facilitate comprehensive community education programs insupport of Health
Promotion, Communicable Disease Prevention and other MCHD programs
• Develop educational/media materials related to health promotion strategy tosupport MCHD
programs (i.e. communicable diseases, chronic diseases, nutrition, obesity,physical activity,
worksite wellness, tobacco cessation, built environment, etc.)
• Conduct outreach, marketing and education in the implementation of program
• Assist in interpreting the Department's program to public, professional andvoluntary
organizations and groups, and in maintaining cooperative working relationships
• Give technical and program consultation to management in the Department
• Plan exhibits, participate in health fairs, and conduct health promotion andpublic education forum
discussions to motivate audiences to understand health issues
• Serve as resource to assist individuals or other health professionals in thecommunity
• Work closely with community agencies to provide connection to resources andsupport for
targeted populations to improve their health and general well-being
• Respond in cases of urgent and/or emergent events that require public healthinterventions.
• Employees may be trained for and assigned duties unrelated to their regularwork; work outside
normal business hours and workdays and/or in a different work location may berequired.
Emergency events include, but are not limited to, communicable diseaseoutbreaks, severe
weather situations (e.g. snow or ice storms, tornados, hurricanes), naturaldisasters (e.g.
earthquakes), fire, or power outages, and acts of terrorism.

Minimum Qualifications
Experience:
Minimum of two years of experience in health education or related field

Education:
Bachelor's degree in Health Education or health-related field required
Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted?: Yes

Licenses and Certifications
• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
• Requires County Driving Privileges
• Annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check required

Preferred Qualifications
• Prefer Bachelor degrees in Social Work, Psychology, or other Human Servicesfield

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of
• Principles and practices of public health
• Local resources and services
• Person-centered planning

Skills
• Ability to effectively implement communication and marketing strategies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to design, develop, and adapt presentations on a variety of healthtopics targeted toward a
diverse audience
• Good presentation and interpersonal relationship skills

Abilities
• Applied Learning: Assimilating and applying new job-related information in atimely manner
• Collaboration: Working effectively and cooperatively with others;establishing and maintaining
good working relationships
• Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety ofmedia to individuals
or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand andretain the
information provided
• Leveraging Diversity: Working effectively with individuals of diversecultures, interpersonal styles,
abilities, motivations, or backgrounds; making the most effective use of thecapabilities, insights
and ideas of all individuals
• Patient Education/Health Promotion: Supporting, explaining, and instructingpatient and patient's
family in understanding the clinical procedures and equipment used tofacilitate optimum health
status; promoting the lifestyle changes required of the patient and thepatient's family to achieve
optimum health status
• Patient Relations: Meeting patient and patient family needs; takingresponsibility for a patient's
safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; using appropriate interpersonaltechniques to resolve
difficult patient situations and regain patient confidence
• Safety Intervention: Having knowledge of conditions that affect patient,self, and/or employee
safety under normal conditions and conditions that occur in crisis situations;skilled in identifying
conditions that might cause health or safety hazards and takes action to removesuch hazards;
understands all aspects of providing a safe environment for patient, self,and/or others in crisis

Computer Skills
• Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform,with or without reasonable
accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to
help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions.

Disclaimer Statement This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job-relatedresponsibilities, duties, skills, requirements or
working conditions. Other duties may be assigned based on business need and thesupervisor's request.
Mecklenburg County reserves the right to revise the job description at anytime. Designated positions
may be required to assist in emergency and/or disaster situations.