Health Educator/Communications Specialist - Remote (R&D)

SUMMARY 

The Health Educator-Communications Specialist works as part of the Occupational Health Branch COVID-19 Team in the California Department of Public Health and collaborates with scientific staff to summarize and translate technical information, findings, and guidance for prevention of COVID-19 and similar airborne viruses and emerging issues in an occupational health context for multiple audiences. Literacy-appropriate communications may include guidelines and protocols, fact sheets, trainings, webinars, webpages, and other forms of messaging. Duties encompass working with a broad array of stakeholders, including other agencies, to develop, promote, and communicate health equity policy recommendations and prevention strategies; create low literacy educational resources and translate into appropriate languages, mostly Spanish; develop dissemination strategies; and build relationships with stakeholders to expand partnerships for dissemination and collaboration. Specific projects could include improving indoor air quality in high-risk settings, developing training on personal protective equipment for employees working in environments that are high-risk for infection, and conducting focus on groups in English and Spanish to assess worker education needs.

Salary range: $80,000 to $95,000 annually depending on experience/ qualifications.  

If hired for this position, you will be required to provide proof that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to your start date or have a valid religious or medical reason qualifying you for an exemption (that may or may not require an accommodation).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS                                                                                                             

• Collaborate with scientific staff to summarize and translate findings and prevention recommendations.                                               
• Prepare and disseminate educational resources for a wide array of audiences and literacy levels, including oral presentations, fact sheets, video, social media, guidelines, webinars, web content, and publications for a lay audience                       
• Translate guidance into Spanish.
• Develop and implement projects targeting long-term issues faced by workers related to airborne infections and air quality in the workplace.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS 

• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Familiarity with occupational and environmental health issues, including how to convey risk
• Experience with health education approaches and techniques, including designing communications conveying complex results interpretable by a variety of audiences
• Ability to develop relationships with and work well with stakeholders
• Ability to work with technical staff to decipher technical results and recommendations
• Ability to present results orally and in written form to both a scientific and a lay audience
• Spanish skills necessary
• Graphic design skills a plus
• Knowledge of public health practices and the application of health education principles and skills for the promotion of health and the prevention of disease and disability
• Knowledge of community resources and how to utilize them
• Knowledge of current developments in public health

Education/Experience 

• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree in public health, communications, or related field preferred
• At least 5 years of related experience

Certificates/Licenses/Clearances 

• N/A 

Other Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities 

• Skilled in MS Office applications, Canva, video editing software (e.g. Capcut)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

• Stand: Frequently
• Walk: Frequently
• Sit: Frequently
• Handling / Fingering: Occasionally
• Reach Outward: Occasionally
• Reach Above Shoulder: Occasionally
• Climb, Crawl, Kneel, Bend: Occasionally
• Lift / Carry: Occasionally - Up to 15 lbs
• Push/Pull: Occasionally - Up to 15 lbs
• See (Vision): Constantly
• Taste/ Smell: Not Applicable

KEY

• Not Applicable = Not required for essential functions
• Occasionally = (0 - 2 hrs/day)
• Frequently = (2 - 5 hrs/day)
• Constantly = (5+ hrs/day) 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

General Office Setting, Indoors Temperature Controlled

EEOC STATEMENT

It is the policy of Heluna Health to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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Salary Minimum: 80000Salary Maximum: 80000