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Position Number: 1420471
Location: Durham, NC
Position Type: Health - Health Education & Promotion

Student Health Educator

North Carolina Central University

Closing Date: at 11:55 PM

Campus Location: Student Affairs - Student Health Services

Essential Functions:
Health Educator will contribute to: disseminating current health information; educating students about health issues; nurturing healthy attitudes and behaviors for students to make informed decisions regarding personal health; promote a culture that values and supports a healthy community; and coordinate university's public health and training intervention programs.

As part of a team of health educators, this person develops, implements, and evaluates theory and evidence-based health education programming focusing on prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion for all NCCU students; serves as a campus resource for health information; provides leadership and expertise to build a comprehensive educational program; networks with campus departments and organizations. Position will conduct needs assessments, and identify areas of student issues and concerns and develop goals and objectives for interventions; will develop program content, learning resources, and evaluation tools for specific education interventions; will provide individual consultation to students with specific health education needs; collaborate with other campus resources to ensure accuracy of information and effectiveness of programming; coordinate information and activities with community resources and serves as a liaison with community agencies as appropriate. Position will train and monitor peer educators regarding health information.

Minimum Education/Experience:
A Masters degree in Health Education, Public Health, Nursing, Sociology or related field. Two years experience in Health Education, a portion of which must have included some program coordination and oversight responsibilities.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Candidate should possess a thorough knowledge of principles and practices of Public Health Education and considerable knowledge of methods and techniques of disseminating wellness/health education information to the universitys campus and surrounding community. Must possess skills with audio-video, and computer technologies, and an understanding of evaluation and outcome assessment.

Must have abilities to: serve as leader for prevention efforts by envision, articulating, and initiating population based initiatives; develop strategies that are effective with college students and the university community; recruit student staff, and provide training, and supervision as appropriate; implement periodic health surveys and other assessment initiatives to identity unmet needs and evaluate programs, and or initiative effectiveness; assist in evaluation of student learning outcomes; identify possible grants for funding new initiatives; participate in relevant conferences and seminars, through attendance, and participating as presenter, facilitator, etc.; present wellness topics for a variety of academic classes on topics such as contraception, womens health, stress management, disease prevention, STIs, nutrition, and fitness as requested; advise enrolled students; assist with coordination, marketing, and supporting all campus events sponsored or co-sponsored by SHCS; research, design, and edit relative publications (i.e.: pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, etc.); serve as guest lecturer and adjunct professor (part-time) as schedule permits; in collaboration with Residential Life staff, design and develop instructional programs for Resident Assistants; develop, organize and coordinate health education programs and identify health care problems, recommend courses of action, and evaluate results; adapt and implement national and local information, campaigns and education programs to meet the needs of high risk populations in the service area; maintain interface with civic groups and health service agencies to develop health goals and determine availability of health services; prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations or conclusions; plan and develop health education program outlines incorporating various learning techniques and formats (i.e.: group discussion, lecture, role play, etc.); develop and design promotion of health education events and programs to distribute throughout the campus community; assist SHCS in Health Education and Promotion surveys and special projects; networking with professors and other campus professionals in creating opportunities conducive for health education programming and preventive health messages; assist in development and execution of various health awareness days/week on campus: Sexual Violence Awareness Week, Breast Cancer Awareness Days, Great American Smokeout, World AIDS Day, AIDs Awareness Week, Love and Body Week, Spring Break Awareness Days, Alcohol Awareness Week, and etc.

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Salary and Benefits:

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: https://jobs.nccu.edu/

North Carolina Central University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.