Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
North Carolina
- Full Time
Why Planned Parenthood South Atlantic?
We are powerful educators, advocates and innovators for health care. Be part of the diverse Planned Parenthood Team. Work hand in hand with like-minded individuals in an environment built on collaboration, open communication, and mutual respect. We’re looking for passionate, dedicated people who are eager to make positive contributions to their community and to our mission.
What’s interesting about this job?
The Community Health Educator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing community and health center-based projects focused on maximizing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for the uninsured. They’re responsible for engaging young people in sexual health and advocacy programs that provide the tools to help them make lifelong responsible decisions. The Community Health Educator builds and maintains relationships within the community, schools, and other local and state agencies to bring about an awareness of PPSAT services and promote educational programming. They will provide additional outreach and training to the community around family planning and reproductive health issues as needed.
Who You Are:
Believe reproductive health care is essential to every person’s overall health, well-being, and happiness.
You enjoy designing and developing education/training programs.
Excited about developing a team of strong peer educators.
Excellent with engaging and developing relationships across a diverse service area.
Passion for organization and strong attention for detail.
What You’ll Do: (but not limited to)
Coordinate peer education programs, location and quantity dependent on community need and funding.
Initiate and develop relationships with community organizations, schools, and faith communities to recruit Peer Educators.
Interview, hire, and train Peer Educators.
Design, develop, and provide culturally relevant education/training programs related to adolescent health and social issues for Peer Education Training.
Provide support to Peer Educators. Maintain follow-up relationships with Peer Educators following Peer Education training.
Plan and conduct weekly trainings.
Translate and adapt curricula.
Coordinate collection and submission of evaluation data.
Serve as liaison between Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT) and partner organizations.
Promote PPSAT philosophy and services in the community.
Provide community education and outreach as needed and directed by the Senior Director of Education.
Attend PPSAT community coalition and council meetings as assigned.
Manage and maintain the education department database.
Pull together monthly and quarterly education reports and data as needed and requested.
What You’ll Bring to the Role:
Bachelor’s degree in related field plus 2 years proven experience running community-based education programs working with diverse populations or 6 years related experience in lieu of degree.
One year of experience working with youth.
Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Experience in working with teenagers and youth development.
Experience in coalition building.
Schedule:
40 hours per week Monday through Friday with some night and weekend work required. Weekly hours can vary depending on educational programs and projects. Hybrid work schedule (on-site and remote)
What You Get:
Full benefits: medical, dental, and vision
Health Reimbursement Account
403B Retirement Plan with matched contributions
Paid Time Off
Holiday Pay
Employee Assistance Program
Compensation:
PPSAT’s compensation philosophy is based on equity and transparency. Each job at PPSAT is assigned a pay grade built on market data. For an individual coming into PPSAT, we set a pay generally between the minimum and the midpoint of the salary grade and based on candidate qualifications. The pay range for this position is $25.60 to $29.95 per hour.
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