Health Educator - Limited Duration (unclassified)

About the position

The Ramsey County Department of Public Health is hiring a Health Educator for the Climate and Health Team. The county's Climate Equity Action Plan calls on St. Paul Ramsey County Public Health to "Collaborate with communities, local organizations and local governments to support the development of resilience hubs. These would provide culturally responsive services and support during climate-related events, such as extreme heat, extreme cold, flooding, air quality alerts and power loss." all in an effort to expand supportive public health services across the Ramsey County community. This limited duration health educator will utilize the county's climate change vulnerability assessment to build and maintain relationships with community partners interested in developing resilience hubs, help partners connect to supportive resources and provide educational programming around resilience hubs to partners and the community members they serve. They'll also be tasked with publishing the county's updated climate change vulnerability assessment and provide education on how to interpret and apply the results of the assessment to resilience focused projects. The position is scheduled to last through the end of 2026.

Responsibilities

• Perform community health assessments and identify areas of need in community health services provision.
• Establish criteria for evaluation of community health promotion programs and activities.
• Prepare reports based on community health assessments and program evaluations for use in addressing community health goals and regarding disease specific interventions.
• Develop contacts and partnerships with community agencies and individuals, schools, health care professionals and social service providers.
• Conduct health education activities and identify health care problems or needs and appropriate referral process.
• Participate as a member or chair of department task forces and committees for strategic planning, service delivery design and other topics.
• Provide leadership and coordination with other health organizations, volunteer health agencies and other public health departments.
• Prepare and assemble educational materials including web resources, brochures, exhibits, posters, newsletters, slides and other audio-visual materials.
• Develop and conduct training sessions for county staff and for staff members of other public health or service organizations.
• Organize and conduct health education meetings and conferences for community groups and organizations.
• Plan and prepare publicity material including news releases, radio and television copy and related art materials for public health education activities.
• Compile and maintain health information containing web resources, books, media, slides and other materials.
• Assist in compiling and preparing statistical and narrative sections of annual reports and other agency publications.
• Receive and respond to inquiries from the general public related to information concerning health services and health educational resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in health sciences, education, behavioral sciences or a related field.
• None required experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• Vacation leave
• Sick leave
• Health insurance
• Other benefits as determined by the county board.