Public Health Educator / Coach II

Battelle - Portsmouth, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Portsmouth, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Public Health Educator / Coach II at Battelle Memorial Institute plays a crucial role in supporting government health promotion and wellness initiatives. This position focuses on enhancing force health protection strategies and solutions to address public health threats, particularly for active-duty service members and their families. The educator will assess health education needs, develop programs, and implement targeted interventions to improve health outcomes and engagement in wellness activities.

Responsibilities

• Supports program development on Health Promotion and Wellness topics.
• Develops and facilitates virtual collaborations, webinars, education sessions, etc.
• Leads and conducts Warfighter Wellness/Health Promotion and Wellness individual and group fitness interventions.
• Implements health education programs by encouraging wellness coaching sessions, classes, and assessments to help expand physical fitness service members.
• Conducts assessments to determine health education needs.
• Collaborates with health specialists and stakeholders to set goals and achieve sustainable results.
• Contributes to program development and creates opportunities to engage in Health Promotion and Wellness topics.
• Participates in fact sheet, presentation, and publication product development by writing clear content to increase accessibility to nutrition and physical activity interventions.
• Produces training programs for NMCFHPC health professionals' community.
• Collects, analyzes, interprets, and evaluates data related to health promotion programs and activities to assess trends and developments.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of programs and educational materials as they are used.
• Collects and analyzes data to learn about their audience and improve programs and services.
• Works with program administrators and content experts to improve Health Promotion and Wellness policies that promote health.
• Provides technical support in assessing health promotion outcomes and arranging and making site visits to monitor and evaluate HPW programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in exercise physiology, nutrition, health education, health promotion, public health, community health, psychology, and community health nursing or a health‐related profession or an equivalent combination of education and or experience in a related field.
• Knowledge and experience developing and evaluating Health Promotion & Wellness (HPW) programs based on social and behavioral science theories.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating data to assess trends and developments.
• Effective communication, public speaking, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Strong MS office skills including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Experience hosting and facilitating meetings, trainings, etc. via conferencing/collaboration platforms such as MS Teams and WebEx.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• 2 years of experience as a health educator in a community‐based Health Promotion environment and/or Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification.
• Certification/Licensure by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA), Health Coach and/or Group Fitness Instructor Certification from a nationally accredited organization such as ACE, AFAA, NASM, ACSM.
• Experience with Healthy Eating, Active Living, Tobacco Free Living, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Psychological and Emotional Well‐being, Injury and Violence Free living, Preventing Drug Abuse & Excessive Alcohol Use, Chronic Disease Prevention and Medical Home programs and services.
• Experience developing and analyzing needs assessments for program planning, assessing health status, identifying health risks, identifying resources, cost containment, and establishing priorities for disease prevention.
• Expertise drafting policy, regulations, instructions, standards, and guidelines related to wellness program issues.
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary teams that assess risk, conduct needs assessments, analyze data, develop content for educational programs, draft policy guidance, and evaluate outcome measures.
• Experience working in a DOD environment.

Benefits

• Balance life through a compressed work schedule allowing for every other Friday off.
• Paid time off to support work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits.
• Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
• Industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer contributions and matching.
• Tuition assistance for pursuing higher education.
• Flexible work arrangements for where and when you work.