Position Summary
The Health Educator is accountable for achieving measurable health awareness outcomes through the delivery of dynamic, interactive, fact-based health education programs. This position assists in the development and evaluation of the health curriculum. This is a full-time 10-month hourly position and reports directly to the Director of Educational Services. Position may require occasional evening and weekend hours.
Major Responsibilities
· Learn multiple health education programs and present them to the general community, school groups, businesses, and not-for-profit community groups.
· Execute actual program presentations including visuals, graphics, activities, and other learning strategy needs.
· Participate in team conferences, sharing knowledge, information, and ideas among team members.
· Identify opportunities for development of new programs.
· Exhibit at community events as needed.
· Assist with marketing of programs to schools and other partners while in their buildings.
· Actively supports and promotes the organizations strategic and operational plans.
· Actively supports all efforts to increase cooperation, communication, and collaboration between and among staff members and volunteers.
· Understands importance of seeking resolution to issues by working toward a solution in a timely manner.
· Seeks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of McMillen operations with positive and creative approaches to challenges.
· Demonstrates sound time-management skills by effectively and efficiently organizing, prioritizing, and completing multiple assignments in a timely manner.
· Maintains strict confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
· Embraces fund development as an important component of job-related responsibilities by contributing personally and seizing opportunities to emphasize the Centers case for support.
· Attends meetings as scheduled.
· Travel up to 150 miles from McMillen’s location to provide outreach programming as needed.
· Stand, teach and talk for multiple class periods.
· Continually seeks and accepts opportunities for personal and professional growth
· Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Educational Services, Director of Operations and Sustainability, and CEO.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in education, health, nursing, or related field
· Teaching License or Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) preferred
· Two years experience teaching
· Excellent organizational, verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
· Working knowledge and experience in the following computer applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet usage, email
· Valid, Active Driver’s License
**McMillen Health does not offer health insurance**
Our Misson
McMillen Health is a non-profit organization and is one of less than four independently operated health education centers remaining nationwide. Our organization is recognized as the number one resource for health education in the Northern Indiana region—reaching more than 90,000 students annually.
McMillen Health’s Mission is to provide vital, effective preventive health education that promotes physical, emotional, and social well-being to students of any age, ability, and background. Since we opened our doors in 1981, we have grown immensely in size and capability. We provide over 250 education programs on various topics offered either here at our facility, on-site at a school or organization within 150 miles, via distance learning, and e-learning. Our programs include general health; safety; HIV/STDs; drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use prevention; nutrition; fitness; and more!
McMillen Health develops custom curricula, media, videos, and resources for other organizations. Projects have included developing a secondhand tobacco smoking curriculum for the Indiana Department of Health; a wellness program for Healthier Moms and Babies involving videos, text messages, and consumer journals to use along with the program; and a COVID-19 campaign including videos, text messages, flyers, rack cards, and social media posts for Neighborhood Health in Fort Wayne; and more.
Our Values
We are committed to excellence in teaching preventive health education through
interactive learning. As such, McMillen Health values
- the pursuit of good health as a right of all individuals;
- the continued growth and survival of our community through a healthy population;
- partnerships with the community and collaborations with institutions of higher education,
health systems, and non-profit agencies to enhance the health of the citizens in the region; - fact-based health education beginning at an early age and continuing through the senior years;
- preventive health education as the best method to assure a healthy population;
- skilled, professional, experienced health educators who practice the strength-based approach to teaching;
- effective assessment to enhance the quality of our programs; and
- fiscal responsibility and board-involved fundraising as essential to the integrity and accountability of our organization.