Description
Teen Empower Inc. is a non-profit organization located in central Oklahoma. Our mission is to empower, educate, and motivate teens to make informed decisions for their sexual health.
Our Youth Health Educators discuss reproductive anatomy with the same ease as they discuss arms, legs, hands, and feet. We understand adolescent development and acknowledge the physical, mental, and emotional transitions teens are experiencing.
Job Description
The Health Educator is responsible for implementing specific evidence-based curricula in school and community settings. Educators are primarily responsible for providing programs for youth with specific goals and objectives. Educators teach classes in middle and high schools and in community settings. The person selected for this position will provide age-appropriate, medically accurate, science-based lessons to young people in schools and community settings in a professional, inclusive, non-judgmental manner.
Requirements
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
Prepare lesson materials needed for each class session
Present curriculum following best-practice health education strategies
Collect program implementation data and information, and complete forms required for program and evaluation reports
Actively participate in local task forces, coalitions, committees, and work groups, as assigned
Assist in the design and implementation of our Sexual Health and Peer Education (SHAPE) program as needed
Assist and/or create professional training, presentation, and promotional materials
Review and/or prepare various program documents such as reports, handouts, and program outreach materials
Help promote Teen Empower through social media and other communication venues, as needed
Maintain appropriate confidentiality and follow agency guidelines and statutory regulations regarding the release of information
Complete required training in support of the duties and responsibilities of this position
Attend training and professional development opportunities assigned by the supervisor
Drive to off-site locations to perform job duties as needed
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
Bachelor’s Degree OR at least two years of experience working with young and diverse populations
Communication skills are critical, both verbally and in writing with diverse groups using respect, tact and diplomacy
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google applications, email and text
Flexible and able to work hours not considered standard (occasional evenings and weekends)
Ability and be an engaged and supportive teammate
Ability and willingness to speak in a classroom setting
Ability and willingness to maintain confidentiality and to assume responsibility for information disseminated
Ability and willingness to follow established policies and procedures
Ability and willingness to assume responsibility for delivering a high-quality work product that achieves the program’s objectives
Other Requirements
Bilingual-English and Spanish
Must have an operating vehicle available for use when field duties are required with current insurance
Must have reliable home internet
Must agree to a background check
Must agree to drug testing, if requested
Working Conditions
Hybrid - In person and remote
Primarily indoors and in central Oklahoma schools and community settings
Subject to standing for extended periods for program and presentation delivery
Flexibility and coordination enough to bend, stoop, stand, crouch and walk to perform tasks such as setting up equipment and making presentations
Strength enough to lift and move equipment weighing up to 35 pounds
Subject to driving to off-site locations in varying weather to perform job duties
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of adolescent development
Background in discussing human growth and development to middle and high school-aged youth
Compensation Package
Annual Salary Range - $45,000-$55,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications
Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Certain Holidays Off
Cell Phone Reimbursement
Please email cover letter and resume to Kami Kuykendall at kamik@teenempower.org
Job posting will close once filled. To learn more about our organization, visit: teenempower.org
