Position Description As the largest and most vibrant city in the state, Minneapolis depends on purposeful, dedicated and innovative employees. Minneapolis has a large variety of careers for people of all experiences and backgrounds who come together for a singular purpose--serving the residents, businesses and visitors of Minneapolis. The Health Educator also known as the Public Health Specialist I provides adolescent health-focused health education services through the School Based Clinic (SBC) Program. This position will implement individualized clinic-based health education sessions to teens, conduct clinic outreach, provide classroom presentations and may co-facilitate the Teen Health Empowerment Council (T.H.E. Council). There is one full-time non-exempt vacancy that report to the Health Education Program Manager and coordinates work with onsite SBC staff members. These positions do not supervise staff. The City of Minneapolis does not sponsor applicants for work visas. Attaching a resume is recommended. Job Duties and Responsibilities Client Recruitment * Work with SBC staff, school staff and community partners to identify and screen clients for health education needs and connect them to health education services. * Attend school meetings and school events and conduct classroom presentations and outreach to promote all clinic services including but not limited to sexual health and STI prevention programs. * Form partnerships with school staff and other key community stakeholders to improve clinic referrals and expand outreach efforts. * Participate in school leadership groups or activities as needed to promote inclusive, youth friendly policies and to raise visibility of the SBC as adolescent health experts among school staff and families. Health Education * Implement 1:1 evidence-based and evidence-informed pregnancy and STI prevention education to adolescent clients, including but not limited to delivering the Safer Sex Intervention. * Provide 1:1 health education services to adolescents on a variety of sexual health topics including birth control methods, STI prevention, STI testing and negative results counseling, healthy relationships, communication, and adult preparation topics using adolescent friendly approaches and motivational interviewing skills. * Develop quality working relationships with adolescent clients. * Customize the content of each educational session to the interests and risk level of each patient. * Follow up with clients in additional sessions as needed or required by program specifications. * Make internal and external referrals based on needs to SBC, school or other community resources. * Assist in creating client education materials on relevant health education topics including designing brochures, videos, bulletin board materials, and other creative content. * Implement health education programming based on grant and SBC internal performance measure requirements including meeting monthly targets for 1:1 sessions and outreach activities. program procedures, training, and data collection. * Collaborate with SBC, school staff and other youth serving community agencies on service delivery. * Co-facilitate the Teen Health Empowerment Council (T.H.E. Council) in partnership with other SBC Public Health Specialist I and with direction from the Health Education Program Manager. Program Outreach * Develop and deliver evidence-based educational content for class presentations on a variety of adolescent health topics including but not limited to sexual health and healthy relationships. * Conduct program outreach activities including presentations via classrooms, lunchrooms, school staff meetings, sport events, school conferences, parent meetings or other venues. * Work with and foster collaborative relationships with key school staff such as family liaisons, coaches, health teachers, administrative staff or others to promote utilization of the SBC. * Promote school based clinics activities through ongoi g social media presence including Facebook and YouTube. * Develop new outreach activities, including but not limited to creating health fair and lunch table outreach activities, social media content and social media campaigns, and adapting presentations for a variety of audiences (students, clubs/activities, parent groups, etc). * Coordinate key outreach activities including health fairs, STI Fast Testing events, and open houses. Additional Requirements * Participate in monthly school based clinic health education team meetings and ongoing SBC staff meetings. * Attend and participate in all grant-required trainings and ongoing meetings, per grant agreements. * Provide updated information on health education programming to SBC staff. * Attend trainings for health education-related topics including those organized by funders and trainings in specific evidence-based curricula as needed. * Compile and submit health education data for monitoring and reporting purposes and grant reporting. * Assist in evaluation activities to determine impact of clinic services, including the collection of client surveys and senior surveys, and assisting in the analysis of electronic health records data. * Participate in public health emergency preparedness training and response as assigned. WORKING CONDITIONS: Normal office setting; Clinical and school settings. Required Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Psychology, Social Services, Health Care, a related field of equivalent MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: One year of experience as a health educator or related experience with emphasis with adolescent populations. LICENSES/CERTIFICATES: N/A Equivalency: An equivalent combination of related education and/or experience may be considered. Language: Bilingual skills in Spanish is desirable. Cultural competency: Ability to relate and work effectively with people from diverse cultural, economic and ethnic backgrounds. Selection Process: The selection process will consist of one or more of the following steps: a rating of relevant education and experience (100%). It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. Only those candidates who attain a passing score (70%) on each step in the selection process will be placed on the eligible list. The City of Minneapolis Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process. Interview Selection: The hiring authority reserves the right to determine the maximum number of candidates to interview from the established eligible list. If the hiring authority decides to interview other than by exam score order, they may select additional people to interview based on a candidate's education or experience related to the field, work history, or skills uniquely related to the operational needs of the position. Background Check: The City has determined that a criminal background check and/or academic check are necessary for certain positions with this job title. Persons offered employment must, as a condition of employment, sign an informed consent allowing the City to obtain their criminal history information in connection with the position sought. Applicants who do not sign the informed consent will not be further considered for the position. Drug/Alcohol Testing: All job applicants must pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be required to sign a notification and consent form prior... For full info follow application link. The City of Minneapolis is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.