Rural Health Educator Jobs

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Position Highlights:

Position Title: Rural Health Educator

Location: Hybrid – Springfield, IL

Position End Date: 02/05/2024

Salary: $78,000 plus benefits

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Rural Health Educator with rural health knowledge and experience to help supplement its COVID-19 response team. This position will coordinate and implement the second year of activities in the CDC-COVID Equity grant to reduce health disparities in rural communities.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge about health care policy
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, spreadsheet development, data entry
• Organizational skills demonstrating high attention to detail and the ability to organize multiple priorities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience working with CDC grants, tracking objectives, and working with multiple contractors/partners
• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Public Administration, or Business Administration or similar

Responsibilities:

• Identify and work with community leaders in rural areas including the farm, faith, and health care sectors
• Work with contractor and GPSI to coordinate activities in rural communities
• Report accomplished objectives quarterly to IDPH and CDC
• Collaborate with Center for Minority Health and Office of Health Promotion staff to coordinate post-award activities related to the CDC COVID-Equity grant
• Identify and work with partners and community groups to address health disparities in rural areas
• Track objectives for CDC COVID-Equity grant

Special Notes:

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation and the Illinois Department of Public Health, in order to best support the State of Illinois in their public health programming.

This position is currently a hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R.

• 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.