Community Health Educator
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 35 - 52
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Seattle Childrens Community Health team partners with communities to promote wellbeing prevent injury and address social drivers of health. We serve children and families living in the Washington Alaska Montana Idaho (WAMI) region through equitable and community-responsive programming education and advocacy.
We are seeking a Community Health Educator to co-lead injury prevention education activities across Washington partnership with the Program Manager you will deliver clear trauma-informed and culturally responsive education on complex topics such as firearm injury and suicide prevention to a wide range of audiences. Our ideal candidate is a collaborative communicator who can bridge diverse perspectives reduce stigma and champion evidence-based prevention efforts.
This is a limited term position active through June 30 2027. Flexibility needed for evening and weekend event work.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and sustain collaborative partnerships with community organizations healthcare systems academic institutions volunteers and public health partners to co-create and deliver equitable culturally responsive programming. This includes coordinating and leading safe and secure firearm storage education and training events for different audiences across Washington state.
- Translate public health frameworks research and data into accessible plain-language education materials for community health partners community members and clinicians. You will review develop and distribute community education materials and quarterly program reports.
- Expand knowledge of and access to secure firearm storage resources and promote evidence-based practices to support the safety of children teens and young adults.
- Co-lead the design implementation and continuous improvement of injury prevention initiatives with an emphasis on firearm safety. This includes conducting literature reviews and applying and implementing emerging research into actionable evidence-based designs and interventions.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelors degree in Health Education Community Health Public Health or related field.
3 years healthcare experience or 1 year healthcare experience with a masters degree.
Washington Drivers License.
Preferred
Bilingual Spanish preferred.
Masters degree in Health Education Community Health Public Health or related field.
Certified Health Education Specialist or equivalent.
Experience crafting communications and resource materials for multiple audiences and modalities.
Experience adhering to editorial graphic and health literacy standards.
Experience managing multi-faceted projects with complex timelines.
Experience practicing and demonstrating cultural humility and health equity with diverse populations.
Compensation Range
$35.28 - $52.92 per hourSalary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity skills experience and expertise and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.
Benefits Information
Seattle Childrens offers a generous benefit package including medical dental and vision plans 403(b) life insurance paid time off tuition reimbursement and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website Us
Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Childrens to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many and touches the hearts of all #HOPECARECURE
Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region regardless of the families ability to pay. Together we deliver superior patient care advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research and serve as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington Alaska Montana and Idaho the largest region of any childrens hospital in the country.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Childrens among the nations best childrens hospitals. For more than a decade Seattle Childrens has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are honored to be one of the nations very best places to care for children and the top-ranked pediatric hospital in Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
As a Magnet designated institution we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion Excellence Integrity Collaboration Equity and Innovation. Whether its delivering frontline care to our patients in a kind and caring manner practicing the highest standards of quality and safety or being relentlessly curious as we work towards eradicating childhood diseases these values are the fabric of our culture and community. The future starts here.
Our Commitment
Seattle Childrens welcomes people of all experiences backgrounds and thoughts as this is what drives our spirit of inquiry and allows us to better connect with our patients and families. Our organization recruits employs trains compensates and promotes based on merit without regard to race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
The people who work at Seattle Childrens are members of a community that seeks to respect and celebrate all the qualities that make each of us unique. Each of us is empowered to be ourselves.
Seattle Childrens is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace and Affirmative Action Employer.
Key Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Algebra
- Classroom Experience
- Lesson Planning
- Special Education
- Adult Education
- Special Needs
- Calculus
- Teaching
- Geometry
- Experience with Children
- Public Speaking
About Company
One of the best children's hospitals in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Seattle Children's Hospital, Foundation and Research Institute advance pediatric care.
