Job Description

Health Educators are responsible for providing culturally responsive, developmentally appropriate prevention, intervention, and health promotion programs in an inclusive, collaborative, and integrated Center for Health and Wellness. They are responsible for one of the following content portfolios: general health promotion, alcohol and other substance education, violence prevention and advocacy, or mental health promotion. This person will oversee violence prevention and advocacy portfolio.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $54,828 - $68,550 per year.

Core Responsibilities:

• Facilitates health promotion and prevention trainings, workshops, and group series for undergraduate, graduate and adult learner students
• Recommends, implements, and assesses environmental prevention strategies to reduce community risk and bolster strengths
• Coordinates and curates programming calendars for awareness days, weeks, and months with campus partners
• Creates, tests, and edits health communications for print, web-based, and social media audiences
• Enhances faculty and staff capacity as partners in promoting health and wellness through consultation, training, and material development
• Hires, trains, and supervises student workers and/or peer educators
• Completes timely documentation in the EHR according to best practices and office policies
• Participates in collaborative cross-portfolio health education work, Staff Advocate on-call rotation for the peer rape crisis hotline, committee work, and crisis responses as assigned

Requirements

• Master’s degree in public health, health promotion, community health, social work, education, higher education administration or counseling, psychology, nursing, or related field
• Experience implementing health promotion and behavior change theories in health education program planning, interventions execution, and assessment at the individual, group, and community levels
• Commitment to addressing intersections of multiple identities and their related health outcomes
• Commitment to collaboration with cross-discipline colleagues to support positive health outcomes
• Knowledge of the social, psychological, and physical developmental stages of college students

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Regularly operates a computer and other office productivity tools. Regularly moves about inside the office and across Middlebury’s undergraduate campus. May require limited and infrequent in-state and out-of-state trips for training, professional meetings, and professional development. Schedule flexibility is routinely required including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays to attend events and facilitate programming according to the academic calendar.

Other:

An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College's golf course and Nordic and alpine ski areas). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access).
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
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Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

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