Senior Adult Sexuality Educator

Overview

At Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY), our greatest strengths are the employees who empower every individual with the information, resources, and care they need to live happy, healthy lives.

We are a trusted team of health care providers, educators, and fierce advocates committed to advancing equity and improving health outcomes in communities that face systemic barriers to quality, innovative sexual and reproductive health services, including birth control, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing and prevention, transgender hormone therapy, wellness exams, crisis counseling, and financial counseling.

PPGNY also proudly provides compassionate, non‑judgmental abortion services.

• Facilitate sexuality education workshops, conduct community outreach to youth, and develop informative social media content. In all activities, ensure adherence to PPGNY’s mission, values, guiding principles, and maintain curriculum fidelity.
• Assist the Program Coordinator with developing partnerships with community‑based organizations for workshop implementation in schools and out‑of‑school settings.
• Conduct community outreach that includes, but is not limited to, community events, pop‑ups, tabling, fairs, school events, etc.
• Maintain community relationships by representing PPGNY to community partners with professionalism and connecting partners to additional programs as applicable.
• Attend or facilitate trainings for professionals via the PPGNY Training Institute as needed.
• Attend coalition meetings as necessary.

• Collect, monitor, and evaluate demographic data from workshop and training participants; compile data appropriately and prepare submissions.
• Collaborate with Youth Health Promoters to post on social media and create content that will educate and engage the community on sexual and reproductive health (SRH/SRJ).
• Develop written monthly reports.

• Assist and collaborate with the team to execute any cross‑program opportunities or overarching youth program initiatives.

• Work as a member of the Education and Training Department staff and maintain high standards of professionalism and collaboration. Represent the Department at selected internal and external meetings.
• Stay current on research related to sexuality and reproductive health, and help identify articles to be read by other Education and Training staff.
• Perform other educational and experience‑related duties or projects as outlined by the Education Department’s annual Work Plan or as outlined in grant applications.

• 4+ years of experience providing public health educational workshops and presentations.
• Bachelor’s Degree in education, communication, social work, public health, or a related field; successful completion of courses typically required for such a degree.
• Experience with communities impacted by adverse health outcomes and knowledge of systemic barriers to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing faced by marginalized communities, especially women, LGBTQ, poor/working‑class, and communities of color.
• Experience working with and engaging youth.
• Experience working with diverse populations and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health.
• Flexible schedule.

• Bilingual (Spanish/English) (preferred but not required).

• Requires prolonged sitting and repetitive tasks, including use of a computer. Periodic standing, walking, bending. Requires lifting or moving up to 25 pounds of programming or event materials. Able to occasionally walk up and down stairs. Visual acuity sufficient to perform frequent work on a computer screen and review printed reports and other materials. Requires the ability to hear and communicate orally with others.
  
  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets, and will require reaching, grasping, pushing, and pulling.
• Working conditions:
  
  This job operates in a professional office…