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About The Position

Requirements

• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in public health, health education, health promotion, or a closely related field; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in health education, health science, public health, health promotion, community health, health communications, or a closely related field; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in education, nursing, epidemiology, wellness and fitness, or nutrition and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in health education; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in marketing, human services, social work or psychology and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in health education.
• In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" above, to be assigned to Assignment Level III, candidates must have three additional years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in “3” and “4” above, at least one year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working in and/or managing a Customer Service Unit.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent decision making, problem-solving skills and organizational abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Develops and delivers presentations, educational programs, and training workshops to promote public health and compliance with the health code.
• Prepares, reviews and develops written health education material, community resource lists, referral information and visual aids, and coordinates their distribution and presentation to community members, organizations, agencies, institutions, and other stakeholders.
• Represents the agency at meetings with the public and stakeholders to share information.
• Conducts surveys of the public, target populations, stakeholders, and agency staff to identify public health needs, challenges, and available resources.
• Plans and carries out on-the-job trainings.
• Explains program/agency policies, objectives, and procedures.
• Acts as liaison with other agencies.

Benefits

• Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance.
• Premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• A public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• A tax-deferred savings program
• A robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
• Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.