Public Health Educator

Job Summary:

Performs technical and professional level health promotion and educational functions including data collection and analysis; quality improvement strategies on health issues; public health modernization programming; targeted health promotion and educational programming within the Grand Ronde community; and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) screening and prevention program. Collaborates with various tribal departments to promote health and wellness.

Essential Functions:

• Researches, evaluates, and collects data on technical issues relating to public health.
• Prepares periodic or special reports on public health performance management.
• Works closely with public health staff and collaborates on program issues.
• Provides public health information and serve as media liaison within assigned program areas.
• Develops and implements social marketing strategies to conduct targeted community awareness, including public presentations in various settings.
• Assists with special health awareness and community-wide prevention projects, for health topics, and prepare evaluations of program activities as required.
• Organizes health education programming on specific public health subject areas.
• Assists with developing and implementing program policies and procedures.
• Develops public health prevention and promotion campaigns that are shared tribal wide.
• Develops STI prevention and screening program.
• Works with department staff on public health modernization tasks.
• Conducts initial and ongoing assessment activities.
• Participates in health promotion events that may be scheduled in off hours or weekends.
• Collaborates with the Portland office to provide relevant public health programming to the Portland area tribal membership.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in health education or related field, Master's degree in public health preferred.
• A minimum of one (1) year relevant experience in public health programming.
• OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) or Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) certification desired.
• Demonstrated knowledge of social determinates of health and health equity.
• Working knowledge and proficiency in the use of office equipment and computer software, including Microsoft Products.
• Must have the ability to work at times with minimal supervision.
• Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and record keeping skills.
• Knowledge of quality improvement best practices.
• Knowledge of the seven competencies of health education.
• Communication techniques, public information and public speaking methods, and material preparation.
• Knowledge of current public health issues and concerns, including healthcare transformation.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule to include some evenings and weekends as needed.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture is required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan. 
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during emergencies.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required. 

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

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All positions are located in the greater Grand Ronde area unless specifically noted otherwise.

If you have questions or need more info, please call: 1-800-422-0232 x-2109

Application materials must be received in Human Resources by 5pm on the closing date.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS ARE DEFINED AS:

• Grand Ronde Tribal members
• Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal member
• Parent or legal guardian of Grand Ronde Tribal member children.
• Current Regular Employee, past their six-month introductory period, receiving at least a "meets expectations" on most recent performance evaluation and not under disciplinary action or performance improvement within the previous six months.

For individuals that meet the minimum qualifications: 

AN INTERVIEW WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING RANKING ORDER:

1. Grand Ronde Tribal members.
   a. (Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal members who show they meet the minimum qualifications of the position during the course of the interview process will be given first consideration for hire and the recruitment process will end)
2. Tribal member spouses, parents and/or legal guardians of Grand Ronde Tribal member children and current regular employees.