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SalaryJob Benefits:
Excellent benefit package including:
- Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
- Group Health Insurance
- Vacation Days
- Sick Time
- Personal Day
- 14 Paid Holidays
- 35 hour workweek
- 4 day work week available for most positions
- Great work environment
- National Health Service Corp (NHSC) approved site
To Apply:
- Submit an online application at apply.egyptian.org
- Download or pickup a paper application and return to Tammy Karnes at:
- Address: 1412 US 45 North, Eldorado, IL 62930
- Fax: (618) 273-2808
- Email: tkarnes@egyptian.org
Please include resume and three letters of reference with application. Three letters of reference will be required prior to start date.
Deadline to apply is: April 15, 2024
Community Health Educator/Overdose PreventionDepartment: Health Education
Minimum Requirements:
- Requires a master’s degree in Community Health education: OR a bachelor’s degree with courses in community education with areas of concentration in the behavioral and biological sciences, and experiences in Community Health education and/or substance us
- Must be 21 years of age to apply.
Full Time
Hours: 35 Hours per Week
Job Duties: - Works with the coordinator to plan, organize and conduct overdose prevention programs for participating agencies.
- Speaks before various community groups; prepares lecture materials and resource lists.
- Attend Community Health or substance use coalition meetings throughout the service area.
- Educate the community about the current opioid epidemic and overdose prevention.
- Attend regional meetings and trainings in regards to overdose prevention and the heroin/opioid epidemic.
- Develop educational and promotional materials; work with coordinator and other program staff in the development of social marketing messages and materials.
- Attend regional meetings and trainings in regards to overdose prevention and the opioid epidemic.
- Track number of trainings, individuals trained, and naloxone distribution; coordinate trainings with other community members when applicable.
- Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served
