Public Health Representative

Requisition ID: 63489

Position: Public Health Representative 2

Customer: State of TN - TN DOH

Location: Nashville, TN 37243 (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months - 7.5 Hours Per Day

Qualifications

· Preferred: Minimum of 1 year of experience working in community outreach work. e.g., social work, public health, behavioral health, public policy). Experience in working directly with communities with a Community Based Organization (CBO), Faith-Based Organization, nonprofit or governmental agency. State or local health department experience is a plus.

· Excellent listening skills to understand the individual situation of a community member. Able to establish trust when communicating with community members.

· Ability to understand the challenges in the communities and differences in attitudes and beliefs towards health issues and solutions.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to convey information in an empathetic and positive manner

· Follow established procedures including obtaining information from community members and maintaining it in compliance with the standards of the health department

· Ability to identify and engage partners and stakeholders, and foster new or current partnerships (e.g. with CBOs, national organizations and state and federal agencies), and conduct outreach and community engagement activities

Preferred Skills and Experiences

· Knowledge of public health programs

· Previous work with community or faith-based organizations with outreach to priority audiences

· Verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish or other languages of priority audiences

· Previous work with COVID-19 mitigation or vaccination efforts

· Previous experience working in multicultural workplaces and settings

· Flexible and adaptable. Able to work as part of a team.

· Experience in data entry

Job Type: Contract

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Schedule:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18