Health Educator (2822) San Francisco Department of Public Health

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION: Under general supervision the Health Educator leads various public health education initiatives; plans conducts and evaluates special and continuing programs in health education; may supervise subordinates engaged in such work; and performs related duties as required.

NATURE OF POSITION: This position may require sustained physical effort involving continuous walking with some bending and stooping in conducting activities with occasional exposure to health and safety hazards and other unpleasant conditions. Also requires sustained time working at a computer workstation. May occasionally be required to work evenings and weekends.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties:
The essential functions of a 2822 Health Educator include but are not limited to:

• Acts as health education specialist to inter and intra-departmental divisions across the full Spectrum of Prevention; this may include: policy development systems/organizational change coalition building mobilizing community and educating providers community members and individuals.
• Supervises Assistant Health Educators interns or other staff engaged in related work as needed.
• Supports and provides backbone staffing to DPH and community coalitions focused on culturally relevant health prevention and promotion projects activities and programs.
• Plans organizes conducts and evaluates training programs for DPH employees the SF Health Network and community partners.
• Develops communications plans utilizing relevant and effective communication strategies; develops produces and updates printed and electronic materials.
• Keeps informed of current trends in public health the work of other agencies community relations; represents the health department in professional and community affairs.
• Partners with and provides technical assistance to community organizations to support objectives and programs of DPH; attends and addresses meetings; acts as technical advisor to organizations; arranges meetings and obtain speakers; recruits volunteers for DPH programs.
• Analyzes and utilizes data for policy analysis program planning and evaluation and other related work.
• Prepares strategic plans reports to funders grant proposals position papers quality improvement (QI) activities and other key documents.
• Confers with supervisor and Branch leadership regarding assignments problems and progress.
• Attends Branch Division and Department level staff meetings.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (Required):

1. Education: Requires possession of Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) with:
   • A concentration in Health Education accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) OR
   • Completion of 4 courses (minimum of 10 semester units or 15 quarter units) in any of the following subjects: program planning/evaluation community assessment/intervention public health education/social behavior theory community organization/promotion groups process training fundamentals culture/ethnic diversity eliminating health disparities/inequities and community-based research methods; AND
2. Experience: Requires 6 months (completion of 1040 hours) of health educator experience during or post-Masters program in a public or community health setting.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted. 

One-year fulltime employment is equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week).

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: Some positions may require special conditions including but not limited to Bilingual Proficiency: Some positions may require bilingual fluency in a variety of languages depending upon the departments bilingual needs. Only those eligible candidates who pass the bilingual proficiency test will be considered for bilingual positions. Applicants must indicate on the application form the language(s) in which they claim proficiency.  Special conditions associated with the position(s) to be filled may differ from the standard minimum qualifications associated with this classification.

Important Note: Please make sure it is absolutely clear in your application exactly how you meet the minimum qualifications. Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Please be aware that any misrepresentation of this information may disqualify you from this recruitment or future job opportunities. 

Additional Information :

Selection Procedures: 
After application submission candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process which includes the following.

Multiple-Choice Examination (Weight: 100%)

Candidates that meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to participate in a multiple-choice examination designed to measure knowledge skills and/or abilities in job related areas which may include but is not limited to the following: knowledge of community health education and public health principles and practices; knowledge of health education program planning; knowledge of health education evaluation methods; health education training ability; communication ability; and interpersonal/collaborative ability.

Candidates must achieve a passing score on the exam in order to continue in the selection process and will be placed on the confidential eligible list in rank order according to their final score.

Additional selection processes may be conducted by the hiring department prior to making final hiring decisions.

Certification
The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be theRule of Ten Scores.

Eligible List/Score Report:
Once you pass the exam you will be placed onto an eligible list and given a score and a rank. For more information visit  duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be 12 months and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

How to apply:

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Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment. Please consider using a personal email address that you check regularly rather than a work or school account.

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Terms of Announcement and Appeal Rights:
Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement including requirements time periods and other particulars except when superseded by federal state or local laws rules or regulations. Note: The correction of clerical errors in an announcement may be posted on the Department of Human Resources website at  The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 110.4. Such appeals must be submitted in writing to the Department of Human Resources 1 S Van Ness Avenue 4th Floor San Francisco CA 94103-5413 by close of business on the 5th business day following the issuance date of this examination announcement. Information concerning other Civil Service Commission Rules involving announcements applications and examination policies including applicant appeal rights can be found on the Civil Service Commission website at  information regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco: 

• Information about the Hiring Process 
• Conviction History 
• Employee Benefits Overview 
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Workers
• Reasonable Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please contact the analyst Elaine Adams at  or . 

We may use text messaging to communicate with you on the phone number provided in your application. The first message will ask you to opt in to text messaging.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time