QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in health education, biology, or a related field and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional health education work.
Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time professional experience in health education may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.
Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional qualifying graduate coursework in health education, biology, or related field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for year basis, to a maximum of two years.
Necessary Special Qualifications: A valid vehicle operator’s license may be required for employment in some positions.
Overview
Under general supervision, is responsible for professional public health education work of considerable difficulty
and supervisory public health education work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the highest class in the Public Health Educator sub-series. An employee in this class performs a full range of considerably difficult statewide public health education work and/or performs supervisory work. This class differs from that of Public Health Educator 2 in that an incumbent of the latter performs a full range of educational program development, evaluation, and consulting work with no supervisory responsibility or statewide oversite of a moderate to large public health educational program.

Responsibilities

• Supervises professional staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.
• Implements health education evidenced-based programs through a creative process to educate targeted population based on their needs.
• Selects and uses training methods and procedures for the purpose of learning and teaching new ideas to community health partners.
• Determines the characteristics and resources needed for successful coalition building.
• Assesses the value, importance or quality of educational materials for the targeted population.
• Supervises the design and delivery of relevant in-service training programs or classes and teaches and instructs others. Identifies the educational needs of others, develops formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaches others.
• Routinely assists with budget preparation; makes recommendations on obtaining and utilizing funds for health education activities.
• Prepares, reviews and maintains operation records and reports to facilitate health education programs. Monitors and controls resources and oversees the distribution of health education materials.

Competencies (KSA’s)

KNOWLEDGES:

• English Language
• Sales and Marketing

SKILLS:

• Systems Evaluation
• Time Management

ABILITIES:

• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Originality
• Selective Attention
• Written Comprehension

Tools & Equipment

• Computer
• Phone
• Other Standard Office Equipment

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver’s license
• For the past five years, the candidate’s driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Responsibilities

• Supervises professional staff in implementing health programs, objectives, and goals.
• Implements health education evidenced-based programs through a creative process to educate targeted population based on their needs.
• Selects and uses training methods and procedures for the purpose of learning and teaching new ideas to community health partners.
• Determines the characteristics and resources needed for successful coalition building.
• Assesses the value, importance or quality of educational materials for the targeted population.
• Supervises the design and delivery of relevant in-service training programs or classes and teaches and instructs others. Identifies the educational needs of others, develops formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaches others.
• Routinely assists with budget preparation; makes recommendations on obtaining and utilizing funds for health education activities.
• Prepares, reviews and maintains operation records and reports to facilitate health education programs. Monitors and controls resources and oversees the distribution of health education materials

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver’s license
• For the past five years, the candidate’s driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations