Description:
The Teen Health Educator is responsible for delivering engaging, age-appropriate health education to adolescents in schools, community centers, and other youth-serving environments. This role focuses on promoting physical, emotional, and social well-being among teens through interactive workshops, peer education, and outreach initiatives. The Teen Health Educator works collaboratively with youth, families, educators, and community partners to address topics such as mental health, nutrition, substance use prevention, sexual health, healthy relationships, and self-care.
Essential Functions
- Facilitate educational presentations utilizing the evidence-based curricula: TOP (in middle schools), PREP (in high schools), and Teen Speak (in CBOs or virtual platforms) throughout northern NJ
- Coordinate Community Service Learning (CSL) opportunities to cohorts (TOP and PREP)
- Maintain professional relationships with partner schools and organizations within target area
- Administer, gather, and track data for the project implementation and evaluation through the following forms: Parent Consent Forms and pre and post survey tools, TOP Club attendance tracking tools in the web-based Wyman Connect system, etc.
- Conduct necessary marketing and outreach for cohort recruitment
- Promote the teen health programs at health fairs, meetings and events throughout the year
- Attend all required TA/trainings, meetings, conference calls, webinars and activities
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Requirements:
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with a concentration in public health, health sciences, or related fields is required, CHES is preferred
- Experience facilitating group presentations/workshops with community populations is required
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish preferred
- Demonstrated understanding of public health issues is required, focus in protective factors, trauma-informed care, and positive youth development is preferred
- Experience working with teen populations is preferred
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
DEIB Drivers for Success:
PMCH aims to foster a workplace culture that prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our collective vision is to create an antiracist organization through:
- Encouraging bidirectional and transparent communication
- Promoting a culture of belonging
- Practicing cross-program collaboration and engagement
- Engaging in continuous learning/enrichment
- Embracing inclusive representation and practices
