Responsibilities
The Health Promotion Associate delivers a comprehensive, evidence-based and best practices approach to health promotion behaviors to a diverse campus population using a socioecological model as the guiding framework.
Providing presentations and workshops, outreach offerings, and population-based programming on a wide range of relevant college health content areas including stress management, sleep hygiene, healthy body image, general wellness, and behavior modification is also a responsibility of this position (50%).
The Health Promotion Associate collaborates with other wellness partners, Student Success, and campus stakeholders on prevention, education, and awareness involving general wellness content areas. In addition, the Health Promotion Associate builds and maintains collaborative relationships with USF Tampa and USF St. Petersburg health promotion partners (30%).
The Health Promotion Associate conducts literature reviews on timely college health and wellness content areas and creates reports and documents reflective of health promotion work carried out through the semester and academic year, supporting the goals and objectives of the unit and the university (15%).
A small percentage of time may involve performing other duties as assigned (5%).
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Community Health, Health Education, Wellness Management, Psychology, Social Work, Education, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- One year of experience supporting, coordinating, developing, or delivering health promotion, wellness, prevention, student engagement, or educational programs.
- Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3-5 years related experience
- Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Community Health, Health Education, Wellness Management, Psychology, Social Work, Education, or a related field.
- Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) or Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) certification preferred.
