What are the responsibilities and job description for the Health Promotion Coordinator II position at Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department?
Are you looking for a position that will allow you to help support Child Wellness? Are you experienced with developing and distributing educational materials, information, and content? If so, we invite you to apply for our Health Promotion Coordinator II - Child Wellness Assistant position with the Strengthening Families Division. This is a Project, Full-Time (1.0 FTE) position funded through 12/31/2025.
***This is an internal posting only. Interviews will be conducted the week of 4/7***
Some of what you'll do:
- Assist with development and distribution of child and early adolescent educational materials and parent mental health information and content (social media, toolkits, flyers).
- Assist with and help plan events and trainings-set up/clean up, gathering, organizing, and distributing of materials.
- Participate in and plan meetings-set up invites, take notes, provide follow up and reminders to partners.
- Listen to community needs and identify solutions.
- Able to move large amounts of materials including books from one source to another.
- Ability to organize and plan for future situations, anticipate needs of project.
- Track all materials and requests.
- Assist with grant reporting.
- Assist with enrollment and record-keeping for workshops, classes, and events.
- Knowledge of marketing and communications principles and presentation techniques for culturally diverse audiences.
- Knowledge of effective health promotion education principles and methods.
- Knowledge of social science assessment, intervention, and consultation principles and practices.
- Skill in organizing work activities to meet established objectives.
- Skill in communicating effectively in writing and orally to individuals and groups.
- Skill in applying interviewing and assessment techniques for culturally and socio-economically diverse populations.
- Ability to develop and present effective health promotion marketing and educational materials in a variety of settings.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse population of community members, medical providers, businesses, schools, community-based agencies, and departmental staff.
- Ability to collect and maintain program data and confidential information.
Bachelor's degree and one year of relevant experience in a health, environmental, education, or other related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience to perform the essential functions of work.
Equivalencies Include:- Associate's degree and three years experience.
- Less than an Associate's degree and five years of experience.
Required Certifications and Licensure
• Possession of a valid driver's license and an acceptable driver's abstract prior to employment.
- Work is performed almost exclusively indoors in an office environment. Exposure to hazards is limited to those commonly found in government office environments.
- The potential for dealing with dissatisfied or angry customers exists, requiring skills in conflict resolution.
- Work involves special physical demands such as lifting and carrying 25 - 50 lbs.
- Duties require the use of standard office furniture and equipment (e.g., desk, filing cabinet, computer, printer, telephone, fax machine, copy machine, etc.)
- Driving a vehicle requiring a license.
- Some travel is required, and is typically local or regional, to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend or provide training.
- Extensive local travel may be required.
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Salary : $75,046 - $96,699