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Job Category:
Academic Staff
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Profile:
Outreach Specialist
Job Summary:
This position will advance multi-level strategies to promote nutritional, physical and behavioral health by engaging in and coordinating community-based coalitions, working directly with community organizations to promote health-supportive policies, systems, and environments, and providing education on healthy behaviors. Health & Well-Being educators are responsible for conducting local situational analyses and have experience in program development and evaluation.
Initial programming efforts of this position may include: conducting community assessments; delivering evidence-based well-being promotion programs focused on healthy eating, active living, and/or mental health; collaborating with local organizations and residents to plan, implement and evaluate policy, systems and environmental change initiatives that promote healthy food access and well-being; and supporting community coalitions. This position may also have the potential to provide oversight of volunteers to provide health promotion
programs.
FTE
This position is part-time, 50%
County Location
The main office for this position is located in Superior, WI and the primary programming focus is Douglas County; however, some programming may also be conducted over a broader geographical area.
In Person
It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.
Evening/Weekend Work
This position may be required to work occasional nights and weekends to meet the program needs and priorities of the communities served.
Travel Expectations
It is expected that employees will make individual arrangements for transportation adequate to meet position responsibilities and essential job functions. Read more about UW-Madison Driver Authorization.
Applicants are required to: Have a valid drivers license and a reliable source of independent transportation for periodic in-state work travel, and/or comply with requirements for UW-Madison vehicle use authorization.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Identifies, promotes, and maintains external partnerships to support the outreach program
Develops and evaluates curriculum and programs and provides recommendations for improvement
May assist with the monitoring of outreach program budget spending
Schedules and secures resources and communicates logistics in support of an outreach program
Leads the implementation of programs, policies, and procedures through oversight of day-to-day activities for program staff and student and community volunteers
Communicate plans, activities and achievements to Area Extension Director, Program Managers, partners and relevant stakeholders
Delivers outreach program content and materials to community members
Researches, develops, and facilitates outreach program content and materials
Department:
Division of Extension, Health & Well Being Institute, Douglas County, is hiring for a Health & Well Being Educator.
About Extension
Extension embodies the Wisconsin Idea by developing and connecting the research and educational resources of UW–Madison with residents and communities to address local, statewide, and national issues. We teach, learn, lead and serve, transforming lives and communities.
About the Institute
The Health & Well-Being Institute supports healthier lives by working with and for the people, communities and Tribal nations of Wisconsin to build relationships, facilitate learning and pursue data informed and culturally based strategies. ( https://health.extension.wisc.edu/ )
In living our values, the Health & Well-Being Institute:
Builds and maintains positive, trust-based, inclusive relationships
Centers community voices, experiences, strengths, and diverse perspectives
Takes purposeful, strategic…