Job id: 59759

Title: Public Health Educator

Client: TN DOH

Location: 710 James Robertson Parkway 6th Floor Andrew Johnson Tower, Nashville.TN

Duration: 12 + months

· The Public Health Educator will be responsible for coordination and implementation of state-wide capacity building assistance [CBA] efforts for the HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program.

· These efforts include updating, hosting, and facilitating training courses for health department and community-based organization staff.

· Training topics include, but are not limited to, HIV counselling and testing, linkage to care, harm reduction, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), health equity, and U=U (Undetectable=Untransmittable).

Job Responsibilities Include:

· Coordinate trainings for Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program staff at community-based organizations, Centers of Excellence, and health departments.

· The current course list includes the HIV Counselling, Testing, and Referral course, the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Navigation course, the PrEP in the Health Department course, the PrEP Basics course, the Harm Reduction course, the Early Intervention Services (EIS) Refresher course, the Linkage-to-Care course, the Undetectable Equals Untransmittable (U=U) for Ryan White Case Managers course, a series of health equity courses, and a set of onboarding and reporting courses.

· Support Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program staff by creating, co-facilitating, and supporting CBA efforts. This includes creating new courses, updating courses to align with national, local, and best-practice standards, and creating point-in-time training to support specific projects and activities.

· Support CBA activities conducted by external partners (ex: CDC-funded capacity building providers) for HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program staff, community-based organizations, Centers of Excellence, and health departments.

· Supporting these efforts includes, but is not limited to, promoting upcoming activities, coordinating participation, providing logistical support for travel, in-person meetings, and virtual activities.

· Coordinate technical assistance (TA) requests from community-based organizations, Centers of Excellence, and health departments partnering with Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program.

· Technical assistance projects may include starting rapid HIV testing programs, starting large-scale condom distribution, transitioning from PrEP referral to PrEP navigation, and supporting client transition to the Ryan White Part B Insurance Assistance Program.

· Coordinating TA involves creating and conducting point-in-time training, researching best-practice solutions to public health implementation challenges, creating reports and resources, and arranging virtual and in-person meetings.

· Maintain and update the Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) training calendar and work with Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program staff to schedule in-house training courses as needed for community-based organizations, Centers of Excellence, and health departments.

· Update training course information on the HIV Prevention CBA website. Announce course openings and closings through the United Way HIV, STD, and Viral Hepatitis weekly email list. Provide additional promotion to training audiences as needed.

· Update and maintain the CBA online hub. Maintaining the hub involves, but is not limited to, keeping uploaded content current, triaging requests for certificates and training status checks, reporting technical issues and working to resolve them.

· Provide Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program staff with post-training data summaries.

· Conduct data analysis of post-training data to include satisfaction surveys, virtual training data, and training pre- and post-tests.

· Respond to public health information requests related to Tennessee Department of Health’s HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program.

· Draft public health educational content for email lists, social media, and press releases for review. Support the updating of webpages for the HIV, STI, and Viral Hepatitis program as needed.

· Support in-person and virtual training by coordinating course material printing and distribution, reserving, setting up, and breaking down physical training spaces, creating, preparing, opening, and closing virtual training spaces, providing production support for in-person and virtual trainings.

Required Education and Experience:

· Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in health education, public health, sociology, biology, or a related field and experience equivalent to two years of public health education work.

Substitution of Experience for Education:

· Additional qualifying professional experience can be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.

· Experience providing training to health care and/or public health professionals is strongly preferred. Experience in HIV, STI, and/or Viral Hepatitis public health work is strongly preferred.

Substitution of Education for Experience:

· Additional graduate coursework in health education, public health, sociology, biology, or a related field may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for up to one year of professional experience.

Desired Qualifications:

· Strong oral and written communication skills

· Experience conducting public health education/trainings

· Experience working effectively with diverse groups (e.g., governmental agencies and officials, professional organizations, and the public)

· Strong computer skills, including demonstrated use of Excel to manage data, PowerPoint for educational needs, and facility with virtual conferencing platforms like Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom

· Experience with training of professional staff

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Nashville, TN 37219: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Case management: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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