Health Educator

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Requisition No:879746

Agency:
Department of Health

Working Title:

HEALTH EDUCATOR -

This is a highly responsible, full-time professional position responsible for assisting the Tobacco Prevention Specialist (TPS) in initiating and coordinating tobacco prevention and control activities at the county level that focus on:

• Preventing initiation among youth and college-age people
• Increasing cessation programs for youth and adults
• Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke

This position requires the ability to work independently and work with youth and adults. Public speaking, coalition building, and program development skills experience is preferred. The person in this position must also have a working knowledge of computers and word-processing skills. This position requires travel and some weekend and evening hours. This is a tobacco-free position, and a background check will be required.

• Work with local schools and with school-based tobacco prevention advisors to plan and implement anti-tobacco activities.
• Recruit youth for participation in SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco) Program.
• Must hold a minimum of one meeting each month at times and locations convenient to the youth, unless school schedule interferes, during the regular school term and continue meeting with youth throughout the summer.
• Chaperone SWAT events and meetings per approved required activities for the fiscal year.
• Transport youth to statewide and regional events.
• Participate in required SWAT trainings including regional tobacco prevention conference calls.
• Submit required supporting SWAT documents on the 5th day of each month. Required supporting documents for each meeting include agenda, minutes, and sign-in sheets. Additional supporting SWAT documents are required for individual SWAT activities.
• Attend quarterly Tobacco-Free Partnership of Madison County meetings and coordinate youth representation (25%) at the meeting from their SWAT groups.
• Serve as a mentor for the SWAT chapter and assist by demonstration and teaching responsible youth empowerment as appropriate to the program.
• Communicate with professionalism, courtesy, respect and understanding when dealing with youth, the pubic, and partnership members.
• Collect and analyze data to ensure program outcomes per grant guidelines.
• Coordinate and attend education meetings with decision makers in the community.
• Promote the Florida Quit Your Way campaign and refers community members to tobacco cessation services offered at the local level.
• Promote youth empowerment by increasing skills, knowledge of tobacco issues and prevention, and advocacy training.
• Collaborate with tobacco prevention staff from other counties for the purpose of planning regional SWAT events.
• Assist the Tobacco Prevention Specialist in completion of designated
• Performs other duties as assigned, including providing assistance as needed in response to and recovery following natural or man-made disasters.

• Knowledge of software to enhance the productivity of the programs.
• Knowledge of tobacco prevention and use reduction in the area of cessation, secondhand smoke, and youth prevention; resources; coalition development.
• Ability to develop, plan, implement programs; work with youth and adults; prioritize and organize work assignments and work independently; build and maintain SWAT Chapter; and work independently, with minimal supervision.
• Skilled in written and verbal communication
• Skilled in planning and organization

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Minimum

• Incumbent may be required to work before, during and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency. Emergency duty required of the incumbent includes working in special needs or Red Cross shelters, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.
• This position requires travel. A valid Florida driver’s license is required. Vehicle not provided by the State
• The incumbent in this position is…