Education And Training Specialist

EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST -

Date:
Aug 23, 2025

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Requisition No: 849979

Agency:
Department of Health

Working Title:

EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIALIST -

• Maintain active/current International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certification.
• Prepares and teaches classes to promote, protect, and support clients’ breastfeeding decisions. May utilize group teaching or individual instruction. Classes may be taught in WIC clinics, health departments, schools, or other agencies in the community.
• Promotes breastfeeding and provides breastfeeding support to WIC clients per local agency requirements and scope of practice.
• Manages the direct care of clients. Assesses WIC mother/infant dyads helping mothers with simple to complex breastfeeding problems and concerns. Provides follow-up for women and their infants regarding feeding and milk supply issues, support for return to work/school, and/or other questions and concerns.
• Acts on referrals from peer counselors and other WIC staff regarding complex breastfeeding challenges.
• Issues breast pumps and other related equipment to WIC clients according to assessments and WIC policies and procedures.
• All contacts, breastfeeding classes, assessments/consultations, and issuance of breast pumps and breastfeeding equipment are documented accurately and timely according to policy and procedures.
• Updates and maintains breastfeeding inventory. Follows up with client issued breast pumps to assure timely return. Sanitizes and prepares multi use electric breast pumps for client issuance.
• Serve as a breastfeeding resource and mentor for WIC agency staff.
• Provides yearly in-services on breastfeeding to WIC staff. Assists in the breastfeeding training/orientation of new WIC employees as delegated by the breastfeeding coordinator.
• Attends and participates in continuing education and staff in-service programs; assists in providing breastfeeding education at staff meetings. Attends lactation staff meetings.
• Represents WIC at community organizations, meetings, and coalitions to promote breastfeeding and provide outreach.
• May provide lactation services at other locations (Titusville, Viera, or Melbourne Clinics) in Brevard County as needed by the program.
• Accurately completes all required forms and reports including but not limited to Employee Activity Report (EAR), Leave and Attendance Record, Leave Authorization Forms, and travel logs by required deadlines.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience counseling breastfeeding mothers and infants who experience complex breastfeeding challenges.
• Breastfeeding Assessment and Care Plan Development.
• Experience providing breastfeeding training and education.
• Compassion and desire to help mothers resolve breastfeeding challenges.
• Active listening, rapport building and communication.
• Collaboration with other WIC staff and community partner(s).
• Literacy and Language skills appropriate to address the needs of a diverse population.
• Proficiency in computer communication skills and applications.

Qualifications:

• Certified as an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)
• Minimum of one year of experience in counseling breastfeeding women.
• Willing to work before, during and/or beyond your normal work hours in a Special Needs Shelter or to perform other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses involving any disaster or threat of disaster.
• Requires travel in various clinic locations and other community partners in Brevard County throughout the day.

Preferred –

• Bi-lingual-English/Spanish or English/Creole
• Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or have completed a minimum of 8 college courses from an accredited institution in the Health Sciences (suggested coursework includes but is not limited to the following areas:
  Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Biology, Infant Growth and Development, Nutrition, Counseling Skills, Sociology, Introduction to Clinical Research, etc.)

Florida Department of Health Mission, Vision, and Values:

Mission:

To protect, promote & improve the health of all people in…