Employee Wellness Health Educator - Part-Time - Health Department

Salt Lake County•Salt Lake City, UT

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

This part-time, 15-hour-per-week position represents the Division of Community Health Services in countywide health education, health promotion, and risk-reduction programs. Employee Wellness supports Salt Lake County employees in adopting sustainable health and wellness behaviors that improve quality of life and support a thriving workforce. The role contributes by developing evidence-based educational content, maintaining program data and metrics, responding to employee inquiries, coordinating and attending wellness events, teaching classes, and helping provide engaging, accessible wellness programs and resources across departments and audiences. The position is hybrid and typically works Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, with occasional evenings and weekends based on program needs. It is an at-will, FLSA non-exempt temporary position. Temporary employees must work an average of 29 hours or less per week or 129 hours or less per month, are generally not eligible for County benefits, are not merit employees, and may be terminated without notice or a pre-termination hearing. Applicants must meet the stated education or equivalent-qualification requirement, pass a fingerprint-based background check and enroll in the continuous RAP Back program, and have a valid driver’s license accepted by the State of Utah at hire. A Utah-issued driver’s license must be obtained within six months of hire to operate a county vehicle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Health Education, Health Science, Public Health, Community Health, or Behavioral Science and Health with an emphasis in Health Education, or an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
Pass a required fingerprint-based background check and enroll in the continuous RAP Back program, in accordance with County Human Resources policy requirements.
Have a valid driver’s license accepted by the State of Utah at the time of hire.
Obtain a valid Utah-issued driver’s license within six months of hire to operate a county vehicle.
Knowledge of health education theory, preventive health strategies, risk-reduction techniques, and effective program planning, development, and implementation.
Knowledge of evaluation methodologies, including instrument design, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Knowledge of community organization methods and developments in health education, health promotion, healthy lifestyle, and risk reduction.
Knowledge of relevant federal, state, and local regulations related to medical, health care, and public law.
Knowledge of computer operations and uses, including word processing, graphics, spreadsheets, and presentation design.
Knowledge of program marketing, public relations, media relations, effective communication, audiovisual use, scientific field studies and investigations, and medical terminology.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and work effectively with public, government, business, and community leaders.
Ability to use a word processor/computer and prepare and explain data in written, graphic, or verbal formats.
Ability to work effectively with people from varied social, ethnic, economic, educational, and professional backgrounds.
Ability to work with minimum supervision, act independently, interpret and follow instructions, and work effectively in team settings.
Ability to design and implement evaluation methodologies, scientific studies, needs assessments, data collection, and reporting mechanisms.

Responsibilities

Develop, plan, and implement health education, behavior risk-reduction, and outreach programs.
Assess health education needs and priorities among various populations using appropriate assessment tools.
Develop, conduct, and evaluate the effectiveness of health education and health promotion programs.
Create marketing and educational materials and promote events through various marketing methods.
Act as a resource by providing links to communities.
Develop and implement policy focused on population-based behavior change.
Develop and prepare required reports and documents.
Collaborate with internal and community agencies to accomplish objectives.
Represent the agency and program.
Maintain program data and metrics, respond to employee inquiries, coordinate and attend wellness events, teach classes, and help deliver wellness programs and resources.