Health Educator

• Lead various public health education initiatives
• plan, conduct and evaluate special and continuing programs in health education
• may supervise subordinates
• act as health education specialist to inter and intra-departmental divisions across the full Spectrum of Prevention
• support and provide backbone staffing to DPH and community coalitions
• plan, organize, conduct, and evaluate training programs for DPH employees, the SF Health Network, and community partners
• develop communications plans and materials
• keep informed of current trends in public health
• partner with and provide technical assistance to community organizations
• analyze and utilize data for policy analysis, program planning and evaluation
• prepare strategic plans, reports to funders, grant proposals, position papers, quality improvement (QI) activities, and other key documents

• Possession of Master's 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
• 6 months (completion of 1040 hours) of health educator experience during or post-Master's program in a public or community health setting

Bilingual fluency in a variety of languages