Statewide Health Educator - Women's

Job Type
Full-time
Description
General Responsibilities
Hyacinth AIDS Foundation's mission is to help people live with HIV, stop the spread of the epidemic, and serve as a critical voice in the public debate surrounding AIDS in New Jersey.
The following foundational behaviors are expected as an employee of Hyacinth:
Service/Customer Services
Consistently demonstrates respect, responsiveness, and professionalism towards others while providing superior service for our customers
•Treats each customer as a priority
•Respects each customer's right to quality service, confidentiality, and dignity.
•Works with co-workers to ensure integration of services
•Displays a welcoming, helpful attitude to clients
•Establishes and maintains personal boundaries in clinical supervision with customers or co-workers
Community/Teamwork
Actively cooperates within the region and/or program and participates in the constructive resolution of conflict.
•Focuses on improving communication and collaboration
•Tries to understand the other person's point of view when there is a challenge
•Works with all regional staff to provide a full continuum of services to clients.
•Understands local community resources and can make appropriate referrals.
•Is clear and tactful when collaborating and working with others.
Leadership
Assuming responsibility for one's own self in the workplace and exhibiting commitment to the client and agency.
•Takes pride in his/her/their work
•Advances Hyacinth's reputation for excellence.
•Incorporates boundaries and ethical guidelines into decision making.
Employees of the Agency may learn certain facts about individuals being served by the Agency that are of a highly personal and confidential nature. Examples of such information are medical conditions, sexual orientation, relations with family members and other individuals. All such information must be treated as completely confidential. All staff are required to conform to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) guidelines which require the protection of personal health information.
Position Summary
•Programmatic supervision will be provided by the Statewide Manager for Women's Prevention
•Engage customers in a sex-positive, non-judgmental, manner encouraging education on HIV and STI related matters
•Conduct a social media campaign using the Center for Disease Control's "Promise for HIP" and "Safe in the City" interventions. These are community mobilization project and distribution of small-media materials and risk reduction supplies, such as condoms and bleach.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Approximate Percentage of Time
Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities
70%
§ Conduct community engagement to determine needs of the community
§ Recruit and train community members to become peer advocates
§ Create role model stories based on personal accounts from individuals that are engaged in HIV treatment, U=U, PrEP, PEP, HIV/STI testing
§ Distribute risk reduction materials
§ Train Peer Advocates to share role model stories within the respective communities.
§ Create on-line social media and in-office safe spaces for priority communities to seek supportive services.
15%
Reporting /Monitoring
§ Oversee that customer case records using approved agency forms and procedures are maintained and updated. Ensure confidentiality of all records.
§ Track on-line activities such as likes, shares, new page members etc.
§ Prepare monthly and quarterly reports in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
§ Track and spend down quarter program budgets
§ Maintain and update client information in SharePoint, eCOMPAS and/or EvalWeb
§ Develop data update and present to Hyacinth leadership team as well as other stakeholders.
10%
Hyacinth representation/advocacy
§ Attend and participate in staff meetings and supervisory conferences
§ Maintain working relationships with other community providers
§ Observe established administrative procedures.
§ Provide written reports and maintain statistics as required
§ Represent the agency at community events, meeting and conferences
§ Attend and participate in staff training opportunities.
§ Adhere to Hyacinth policies and procedures including client confidentiality provisions
5%
Training and certifications
•Attend DOH and CDC Train intervention and capacity building training sessions
•Attend NJ HIV Planning Group meetings
•Participate on NJHPG committee
•Attend regional planning meetings and participate on one committee
•Attend any additional required community or DOH meetings
100%
Total
Other Duties
1. Monitor schedule and attendance
2. Commitment to Hyacinth philosophy
3. Access to currently registered car and a valid driver's license a plus
Demonstrates understanding of objectives, duties, and responsibilities in accordance with the job description.
§ Understands job responsibilities and keeps current on skills and information needed to meet new challenges
§ Works with team leader/manager on areas of job responsibilities that are unclear.
Delivers quality results and balances priorities to meet all project and team commitments in a timely manner.
§ Serves as a steward of the public's trust and money.
§ Takes responsibility for timely decisions and actions.
§ Routinely checks for accuracy in his/her own work.
§ Evaluates how well an event or program was completed (i.e. attendance and target audience specifications, asks clients to rate effectiveness, asks people what was good and what can be better next time).
Disseminates relevant information about decisions, plans and activities to team leaders and supervisors
§ Informs managers about decisions that affect work.
§ Recognizes problems and complaints and escalates to team leaders and/or managers when necessary.
§ Identify potential opportunities to implement marketing plans
§ Outreach and contact key influencers through social media, phone, and in person meetings when possible
§ Monitor and report the success of your outreach efforts
§ Proactively seek ways to improve yourself, team, and company
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree Other: None
Required Years of Related Experience: 2-4 years
•A minimum of two years' experience in the field of HIV / AIDS
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(Include any required computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc.
•Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and interests.
•Successful and demonstrated completion of NJDOH/DHSTS Basic Core Series
•Successful and demonstrated completion of Alere and INSTI training; as well as NJDOH/DHSTS HIV Counseling and Testing course
•Training as an HIV antibody test counselor and/or at least one year of experience providing HIV testing and counseling.
People Management Experience:
•Must be comfortable engaging customers in a sex-positive, non-judgmental manner.
Required Years of People Management Experience:
•At least 1 year
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Minimum Education:
§ Bachelor's degree and one year experience working in the HIV/AIDS field. A candidate who has no degree but seems exceptionally suitable will be considered if he/she can demonstrate additional years of relevant experience in exchange for the educational requirement.
Other:
§ Proficiency in written and verbal communications
§ Must be willing to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
Preferred Area of expertise:
§ Develops and maintains relationships within business and community organizations
§ Assists in preparation of all marketing and education events, activities and all presentations to eligible candidates, community partners, provider partners, etc
§ Self-starter personality, ability to work in fast paced environment.
§ Must possess excellent communication skills both written and oral
Preferred Related Industry Experience:
•Experience working with people living with HIV
•Experience working with LGBTQ, MSM and gender non-conforming population.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
(Include any preferred computer skills, certifications, licenses, languages, etc.)
•HIV Status-Neutral Service Delivery System