Education Specialist

Pay range: $57,699 - $86,548 annually, based on experience.

This part-time position comes with benefits including medical, dental, vision, a 403(b) retirement plan, and Earned Time Off (ETO).

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEMJOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:

Education Specialist REPORTS TO POSITION:
Supervisor, Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC)
DEPARTMENT:
Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) - IPERDATE LAST REVIEWED:
September 2026

OUR VISION:
Creating America's healthiest community, together OUR MISSION:
In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better valueOUR VALUES:
Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:

Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) is one of 5 regional Area Health Education Center (AHEC) centers in Oregon; and one of 250+ centers across the United States. CEAHEC is hosted by St. Charles Health System. AHEC works in designated regions through community and academic partnerships to advance the availability of health care and health care education, focusing on rural and medically underserved areas.

CEAHEC's main focus is on increasing the distribution and diversity of the health care workforce. The current goals of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant- that funds AHECs nationwide- are:

• Oregon AHEC Scholars Program
• Community-based experiential training
• Grades 9-12 pipeline and entry-level health care professions
• Didactic and experiential training activities for health care professionals
• Statewide assessment and evaluation of all AHEC programs and activities
• Historic CEAHEC activities that fall outside of the current HRSA goals include student scholarships, Sim Manikin (alliance, use), regional emergency preparedness, and K-8 outreach and education.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Education Specialist position at the Cascades East Area Health Education Center (CEAHEC) within St. Charles Health System, is responsible for the design and delivery of all education programs offered by Cascades East Area Health Education Center. The Cascades East Area Health Education Center works with 10-12 high schools within Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties. This position provides provides a variety of occasional programming to the 50+ high schools in the 7 county area served by Cascades East Area Health Education Center.

The goal of all educational offerings by Cascades East Area Health Education Center is to increase the diversity of and distribution of health care professionals in rural, frontier and under-served areas. The position also manages the independent job shadow process for non-high school adults.

This position does not directly manage other caregivers, however may be asked to review and provide feedback on the work of other caregivers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:

• Coordinates, implements, and delivers health careers education programs and activities as defined by the CEAHEC team and regional needs assessment. Current formal programs include Health Occupations, Diagnosis Days and Camp Med Stars.
• Develops and nurtures community partnerships for the purpose of supporting and delivering educational and academic programs.
• Coordinates scheduling for education programs and activities.
• Demonstrates best educational practice skills in teaching and presentation; stays current on use of educational technologies for distance program delivery.
• Coordinates evaluation process for programs and records evaluation data. Works with CEAHEC outside evaluators in providing data collection for larger evaluation purposes.
• Follows budget and resource guidelines for educational offerings and programs.
• Maintains grant tracking records, assists with grant writing and fund-raising as necessary.
• Represents CEAHEC (and SCHS) on regional,…