Family Connection Center- Health Educator (San Francisco, CA)

Job Title: Health Educator
Reports To: Education Director (or designee)
Location: Portola and Excelsior
Compensation: $26-28 per hour (based on experience), including employer-paid medical premium benefits for staff working a minimum of 24hrs/wk.
Status: Non-Exempt Part-time position

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Date: January 6, 2023

Position Summary
The Health Educator is responsible for leading the implementation of the agency’s Healthy Connections health and wellness education programs. The Healthy Connections program focuses on four overarching areas of preventive health: nutrition, physical activity, disease prevention, and mental health.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Manage the coordination and implementation of health and wellness activities in programs
Collaborate with staff and/or consultants to develop Healthy Connections curricula and training materials for workshops, support group, and classrooms
Provide coaching and ongoing supervision of interns with work plans and written evaluations
Establish and maintain ongoing relationships with community partners and private and public contractors
Provide updates on health resources and educational materials for staff and participants
Maintain current knowledge of the health and wellness trends and provide agency in-service trainings, including ongoing staff wellness programs
Work closely with staff to conduct outreach and ensure enrolment and evaluation of workshops meets requirements of funders
Monitor, maintain, and order necessary workshop materials within approved budget and approval of supervisor
Compile and manage data and program narratives for grant reports and agency/funder databases
Follow mandatory reporting requirements for suspicion of child abuse or neglect
Participate in staff meetings, in-service trainings, consultations, and professional development workshops
Represent the agency as needed at community meetings, funder meetings, etc.
Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as needed or requested by supervisor

Qualifications

BS or BA degree in related core courses including public health, family sciences, nursing, etc.; or years of relevant professional experience can be substitute for degree
Bilingual in English and Cantonese or English and Spanish strongly preferred
Minimum of 2 years of experience of workshop facilitation preferred
Knowledge of current and evidence-based preventive health practices
Experience with program evaluation, development, and implementation
Experience working effectively in diverse communities of staff and participants
Collaborative and self-directed, with the ability to work well in teams and independently
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, listening skills, and public speaking skills
Professional ethics of confidentiality, discretion, and good judgment
Proficiency with full Microsoft Suite and experience with database useful
Experience working in a remote workspace, with ability to move between centers and from on-site to remote
LiveScan Clearance and physical health/TB clearance required to be maintained throughout employment

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
All employees are expected to be fully vaccinated, which includes current/available booster shots based on CDC recommendations.

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional classroom and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 25 pounds and on occasion may require lifting/carrying a child or object up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Family Connections Centers is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity, inclusion, and respect. We welcome and strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Department: Education Department
This is a part-time position

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* If hired, can you provide proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.? * State law requires that persons associated with licensed facilities applicants be fingerprinted and disclose any conviction. Are you able to pass a DOJ background clearance for conviction? * If hired, are you able to provide documentation on your COVID-19 vaccination including booster shot? * Which pronouns would you like us to use when referring to your application? * What is your highest completed academic level? * Do you have a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in human services, clinical care, or educational setting? * Are you bilingual in English and Chinese or English and Spanish? * Initial to confirm: I hereby certify that I have not knowingly withheld any information that might adversely affect my chances for employment and that the answers given by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I further certify that I, the undersigned applicant, have personally completed this application. I understand that any omission or misstatement of material fact on this application or on any document used to secure employment shall be grounds for rejection of this application or for immediate discharge if I am employed, regardless of the time elapsed before discovery. * Initial to confirm: I hereby authorize Family Connections Centers to thoroughly investigate my references, work record, education and other matters related to my suitability for employment (excluding criminal background information) unless otherwise specified above. I further authorize the references I have listed to disclose to the company any and all letters, reports and other information related to my work records, without giving me prior notice of such disclosure. In addition, I hereby release the Company, my former employers and all other persons, corporations, partnerships and associations from any and all claims, demands or liabilities arising out of or in any way related to such investigation or disclosure. * How did you hear about this position?