COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Location
- Wisconsin, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Sep 25, 2020
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Job no: 227521-AS
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department: SMPH/CARBONE CANC CTR/CANC CTR
Location: Madison
Categories: Communications, Editing, Broadcasting, Media, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement
Position Summary:
The UW Carbone Cancer Center's Cancer Health Disparities Initiative's (CHDI) mission is to increase the capacity of communities, and UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) members, to reduce inequities in cancer burden through research, outreach and education. The Community Health Educator (CHE) will facilitate the continued development and dissemination of cancer education and outreach, support other CHDI staff in CC&S implementation and develop additional health education materials. The CHE will serve as lead staff for CHDI's Rural Disparities Project and work with community residents, leaders, organizations, advocates and healthcare institutions to reduce cancer-related health disparities in rural communities.
The School of Medicine and Public Health has a deep and profound commitment to diversity both as an end in itself but, also as a valuable means for eliminating health disparities. As such, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.
Position Duties:
List of Duties
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Degree and Area of Specialization:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred in education, community health, health education, public health, communication, or related field.
- Specialized knowledge or training in health education, health literacy and program evaluation (use of logic models) is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of applied population health research or training in quantitative and qualitative research methods is desired.
- Knowledge of community-based participatory research and health disparities is also desired.
Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:
- Work experience related to community outreach, education and training, health literacy or public health required. Two or more years of experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to write clearly and to speak effectively in a group setting is required.
- Experience mentoring student interns and writing reports, grants or publications desired.
- Experience living or working in a rural community preferred.
- Experience developing and managing projects with multiple community stakeholders preferred.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously is strongly preferred.
- Experience developing literacy informed health education materials and training others to conduct health education is desired.
Preferred qualifications:
- Ability to speak and present in front of others (public speaking)
- Demonstrated ability to project manage
- Demonstrated ability to work with teams
- Ability to travel around Dane, and surrounding counties for outreach events
- Ability to travel nationally one time a year
Prefix assignment determined by years of relevant work experience. The Senior level requires 7 or more years of relevant experience.
Additional Information:
Work experience should demonstrate dependability, flexibility, and maturity. Candidates must be effective at building interpersonal relationships with constructive interactions, be clear and effective communicators, promote and create collegial environments that value accountability. Employees will also be expected to uphold UWCCC core values as defined below:
- Respect: Demonstrate respect for self and others -- behave professionally
- Integrity: Act with integrity and honesty.
- Teamwork: Commit to and demonstrate teamwork.
- Excellence: Ensure excellence, quality, and high ethical standards in conduct and performance.
- Attention to detail; facility with standard computer software applications.
- Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and in a team-oriented environment.
- This position requires regular travel throughout a multi-county region and occasionally state wide. A valid driver's license and eligibility for Car Fleet usage (or own transportation) is required.
- Successful candidates will have experience in community outreach, health education and program planning and evaluation. They will have excellent skills in relationship building, coordination of projects, tracking of outcomes, strategic thinking and problem solving. They will have interest in applied research in population health and community based participatory research. They must be committed to health disparities reduction in partnership with communities affected. They will also have the capacity to work very independently and to participate effectively in a highly collaborative team. Experience mentoring student interns and writing reports, grants or publications is a plus.
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment.
A period of evaluation will be required. A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring. In addition to the prior listed responsibilities, the role will perform other duties as assigned.
Department(s):
A533400-MEDICAL SCHOOL/CARBONE CANC CTR/CANC CTR
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $40,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Instructions to Applicants:
To apply for this position, please click on the "" button. You will be asked to upload a resume and cover letter as a part of the application process. Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the minimum/preferred qualifications for the position. You will also be asked to provide three professional/supervisor references during the application process.
Contact:
Devonne Tucker
dtucker@wisc.edu
608-263-9404
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Official Title:
SR OUTREACH SPEC(S92BN) or OUTREACH SPECIALIST(S92DN) or ASSOC OUTREACH SPEC(S92FN)
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
227521-AS
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change in Fall 2020. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/ .
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .
Applications Open: Sep 25 2020 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Oct 12 2020 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time
Work type: Staff-Full Time
Department: SMPH/CARBONE CANC CTR/CANC CTR
Location: Madison
Categories: Communications, Editing, Broadcasting, Media, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement
Position Summary:
The UW Carbone Cancer Center's Cancer Health Disparities Initiative's (CHDI) mission is to increase the capacity of communities, and UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) members, to reduce inequities in cancer burden through research, outreach and education. The Community Health Educator (CHE) will facilitate the continued development and dissemination of cancer education and outreach, support other CHDI staff in CC&S implementation and develop additional health education materials. The CHE will serve as lead staff for CHDI's Rural Disparities Project and work with community residents, leaders, organizations, advocates and healthcare institutions to reduce cancer-related health disparities in rural communities.
The School of Medicine and Public Health has a deep and profound commitment to diversity both as an end in itself but, also as a valuable means for eliminating health disparities. As such, we strongly encourage applications from candidates who foster and promote the values of diversity and inclusion.
Position Duties:
List of Duties
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Degree and Area of Specialization:
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred in education, community health, health education, public health, communication, or related field.
- Specialized knowledge or training in health education, health literacy and program evaluation (use of logic models) is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of applied population health research or training in quantitative and qualitative research methods is desired.
- Knowledge of community-based participatory research and health disparities is also desired.
Minimum Years and Type of Relevant Work Experience:
- Work experience related to community outreach, education and training, health literacy or public health required. Two or more years of experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to write clearly and to speak effectively in a group setting is required.
- Experience mentoring student interns and writing reports, grants or publications desired.
- Experience living or working in a rural community preferred.
- Experience developing and managing projects with multiple community stakeholders preferred.
- Experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously is strongly preferred.
- Experience developing literacy informed health education materials and training others to conduct health education is desired.
Preferred qualifications:
- Ability to speak and present in front of others (public speaking)
- Demonstrated ability to project manage
- Demonstrated ability to work with teams
- Ability to travel around Dane, and surrounding counties for outreach events
- Ability to travel nationally one time a year
Prefix assignment determined by years of relevant work experience. The Senior level requires 7 or more years of relevant experience.
Additional Information:
Work experience should demonstrate dependability, flexibility, and maturity. Candidates must be effective at building interpersonal relationships with constructive interactions, be clear and effective communicators, promote and create collegial environments that value accountability. Employees will also be expected to uphold UWCCC core values as defined below:
- Respect: Demonstrate respect for self and others -- behave professionally
- Integrity: Act with integrity and honesty.
- Teamwork: Commit to and demonstrate teamwork.
- Excellence: Ensure excellence, quality, and high ethical standards in conduct and performance.
- Attention to detail; facility with standard computer software applications.
- Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and in a team-oriented environment.
- This position requires regular travel throughout a multi-county region and occasionally state wide. A valid driver's license and eligibility for Car Fleet usage (or own transportation) is required.
- Successful candidates will have experience in community outreach, health education and program planning and evaluation. They will have excellent skills in relationship building, coordination of projects, tracking of outcomes, strategic thinking and problem solving. They will have interest in applied research in population health and community based participatory research. They must be committed to health disparities reduction in partnership with communities affected. They will also have the capacity to work very independently and to participate effectively in a highly collaborative team. Experience mentoring student interns and writing reports, grants or publications is a plus.
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment.
A period of evaluation will be required. A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring. In addition to the prior listed responsibilities, the role will perform other duties as assigned.
Department(s):
A533400-MEDICAL SCHOOL/CARBONE CANC CTR/CANC CTR
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $40,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Instructions to Applicants:
To apply for this position, please click on the "" button. You will be asked to upload a resume and cover letter as a part of the application process. Please ensure that the resume and cover letter address how you meet the minimum/preferred qualifications for the position. You will also be asked to provide three professional/supervisor references during the application process.
Contact:
Devonne Tucker
dtucker@wisc.edu
608-263-9404
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Official Title:
SR OUTREACH SPEC(S92BN) or OUTREACH SPECIALIST(S92DN) or ASSOC OUTREACH SPEC(S92FN)
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
227521-AS
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is engaged in a Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project to redesign job titles and compensation structures. As a result of the TTC project, official job titles on current job postings may change in Fall 2020. Job duties and responsibilities will remain the same. For more information please visit: https://hr.wisc.edu/title-and-total-compensation-study/ .
Employment will require a criminal background check. It will also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .
Applications Open: Sep 25 2020 Central Daylight Time
Applications Close: Oct 12 2020 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time
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