What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

We are hiring immediately for a Community Health Education Specialist to join the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Houston, Tx. In this position, you will work with community stakeholders and participants to conduct research projects and organizing and leading events, orientations, and recruitments for firefighter cancer research. This is hybrid position, supporting the Texas Firefighter Cancer Study. The ideal candidate should have strong presentation and communication skills, previous experience in a research setting is preferred.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides professional level skills in the teaching, counseling, training, and research aspects of health education programs in the community and for the institution.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Contacts or may be contacted by various community agencies and participants for the planning and development of specialized educational programs.

• Coordinates, promotes, and provides administrative assistance to multi-disciplinary programs which combine institutional interests/developments with community needs.

• Prepares, coordinates, organizes, schedules and conducts special events, orientations, workshops, and/or training programs for health education topics.

• Provides educational training and research functions pertaining to various aspects of health education programs.

• May maintain and organize administrative records and details of contact. Coordinates and promotes multidisciplinary programs, establishes policies, provides administrative assistance, and coordinates activities with various standing committees in the Health Science Center.

• Prepares, coordinates, organizes, schedules and conducts special events, orientations, workshops, and/or training programs for health education topics.

• Provides information, referral, and consultation to faculty, staff, students, employees of other universities and organizations, and private individuals on community health education programs.

• Assists in the writing, editing, and reviewing of various publications, newsletters, and catalogs.

• Maintains and organizes administrative records of participants in the health education programs, workshops, activities, etc. and provides details of contact as needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Social work, or health related field required

Minimum Experience:

• 3 years of experience working with community agencies and health related institutions required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.