Adolescent Health Educator 11-Month Position
Adolescent Health Educator 11-Month Position
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Working Title: Adolescent Health Educator 11Month Position)
State Role Title:Education Support Specialist II
Position Type:Fulltime Staff (Classified)
Position Status: FullTime
FLSA Status: NonExempt: Eligible for Overtime
College/Division: College of Health and Behavioral Studies
Department: 526172 SexEdVA PREP
Pay Rate:Maximum Starting
Specify Range or Amount: $38000
Is this a JMU only positionNo
Is this a grantfunded positionYes. This is a grantfunded position and is contingent upon continued funding.
Is this a Conflict of Interest designated positionNo
Beginning Review Date:04/07/2025
About JMU:
James Madison University is a publicly funded university with a beautiful campus and a supportive community that is committed to preparing students for the future. The university offers excellent comprehensive benefits which include paid vacation sick parental and community service leave in addition to 19 paid holidays a year; affordable health insurance; retirement through the Virginia Retirement System. We also offer a worklife balance and integration program Balanced Dukes that is designed to support the overall wellbeing of our employees and a Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU.
Visit our Prospective Employee site to learn more about what makes JMU a great place to work: bit.ly/JMUEmployment
General Information:
Adolescent Health Educators are responsible for assisting with the planning coordination and implementation of the Personal Responsibility Education Program funded by the Family Youth Services Bureau. The PREP program is a collaborative effort that emphasizes principles of positive youth development and optimal health emphasizing both abstinence and contraception and addressing the adulthood preparation subjects of healthy relationships parentchild communication educational and career success healthy life skills and adolescent development in order to significantly reduce the number of teen pregnancies in the Harrisonburg Rockingham and Page County area of Virginia. PREP is part of SexEdVA at the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services at JMU. To learn more about SexEdVA visit www.sexedva.
This is an 11month fulltime position with a recurring rest period of July 10th August 9th.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Facilitate the Get Real program with 6th 8th grade students in Page County and Harrisonburg City schools. Facilitation takes place between the hours of 7:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. The facilitator is responsible for learning curriculum preparing classroom materials adhering to the school scheduling collecting attendance and student surveys managing classroom behavior and ensuring program fidelity IRB compliance medical accuracy and age appropriateness at all times.
Assist the PREP program leadership in developing materials for social media newsletters and community engagement events.
Facilitate the Safer Choices program with 9th and 10th grade students in Rockingham Page and Harrisonburg schools. Facilitation takes place between the hours of 7:30 to 3:30 Monday through Friday. The facilitator is responsible for learning curriculum preparing classroom materials adhering to the school scheduling collecting attendance and student surveys managing classroom behavior and ensuring program fidelity IRB compliance medical accuracy and age appropriateness at all times.
Assist in the recruitment of SexEdVA Youth Ambassadors and the facilitation of monthly meetings. Provide support for coordination and implementation of the annual teen health fairs.
Qualifications:
Knowledge of adolescent development sexuality education and best practices in delivering teen pregnancy prevention programming.
Ability to work with youth and facilitate youth programming engage in public speaking plan effective public health education programs and implement health education programs.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships and engage in outreach.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
Must possess good oratory organizational administrative and interpersonal skills.
General computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
Conditions of Employment:
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.
EVerify Notice: After accepting employment new hires are required to complete an I9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the EVerify system to confirm identity and work authorization.
EEO Statement:
James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age color disability gender identity or expression genetic information national origin parental status political affiliation race religion sex sexual orientation or veteran status.
We promote access inclusion and diversity for all students faculty staff constituents and programs believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.
Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity:.
Reasonable Accommodation:
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance searching or applying for jobs please contact us ator You may also visit the JMU Human Resource Office located at 752 Ott Street Harrisonburg VA 22807 and we will be happy to assist you.
Employment Type
Full-Time
