The Public Health Educator is located at the Health Promotion Department, Fort Yuma Service Unit, Winterhaven, CA. This position is responsible for assessing the needs of the community and planning educational strategies to encourage the wellbeing of community members. This position reports to the Supervisory Health Promotion Coordinator.

Duties

Meets with patients to assess health needs. Provides health information and instructions in an individual, group, classroom setting. Maintains effective work relationships with service unit staff, tribal leaders, tribal programs, state and local agencies. Develops prevention activities to provide wellness activities such as walking clubs, sports and other activities that promote wellness and physical activity. Plan and implement health and wellness workshops.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. Individual Occupational Requirements BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): Degree: Health education, health management, education, sociology, community development, social work, or education psychology. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-9: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. Experience obtained is in the field of public health education, community organization, or social work performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Planning, implementing, and evaluating a comprehensive public health education program; provided individual, group, and community based health education and activities in Indian health to tribal communities, schools, clinics, and work sites; Developed and maintained a site specific health analysis and tracking systems of health information; Developed and produced a variety of culturally adapted and accessible educational market products to be used by health service units and tribal and community programs; Served in a liaison capacity with Native American communities as well as local, civic, state, national and international agencies concerned with health promotion/disease prevention issues and advocacy. OR; Education: Master's degree OR equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree in a related field, at least 1 academic year of the total amount of my graduate study was obtained in a school of public health accredited by the American Public Health Association. OR; Combining education and specialized experience: Combination of graduate level education and specialized experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. Experience obtained is in the field of public health education, community organization, or social work performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Development and provision of formal and informal opportunities (including short and long range health career tracts) for Health Center staff or tribal groups; conducted comprehensive needs assessment and identification of health risk problems of the communities target populations through on-site surveys and other analysis identification tools; led and consulted for demonstration projects of community, inpatient/outpatient and staff programs in all phases of health promotion projects and activities. Maintained information files and a reference library with appropriate literary and audio-visual sources for Native American tribes, Health Centers, and Native Americans in general on general topics. OR; Education: Completed three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, at least 1 academic year of the total amount of my graduate study was obtained in a school of public health accredited by the American Public Health Association. OR; Combining education and specialized experience: Combination of graduate level education and specialized experience that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Fort Yuma Service Unit 401 E. Picacho Road Winterhaven, CA 92283 US
• Name: Lynette Uchima
• Phone: 760-572-4103
• Email: [email protected]