Peer Education Specialist

Peer Education Specialist

Company:

Sam Houston State University

Job Location:

Category:

Student Affairs and Services

Type:

Full-Time

Department: Student Wellness

This position is a pay grade 9. Please see Pay Grade Table at: https://pa-hrsuite-production.s3.amazonaws.com/116/docs/550174.pdf.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serves as advisor to the Peer Health Ambassador
  (PHA) program through the Student Wellness department.
• Provides training to all PHAs at the beginning of each Fall and Spring
  semester.
• Educates PHAs on relevant health topics for college students, including but not limited to, substance use, sexual health,
  healthy relationships, mental health and stress management, and general wellness.
• Creates training and activities for weekly
  meetings with PHAs to aid in team building and ongoing peer educator professional development.
• Maintains and updates peer education
  course curriculum in Blackboard.
• Oversees the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs created by
  PHAs.
• Builds and maintains PHA schedules including office hours, scheduled presentations, workshops, events, and other assignments.
• Provides direct support and oversight of PHA events (may include nights and weekends).
• Manages PHA recruitment and selects
  the upcoming academic year cohort each Spring semester in collaboration with the Director.
• Evaluates PHAs each semester for
  effectiveness in their roles as peer educators to foster personal and professional growth.
• Participates in professional development
  specific to training and developing student leaders and peer educators for effective health education programming.
• Develops
  relationships with campus partners to support growth of the PHA program.
• Prepares required reports to support data collection within
  the department.
• Supports various Student Wellness departmental events, including but not limited to, engagement with New Student
  Orientation, Bearkat Kickoff, Welcome Week, annual health fairs, flu shot clinics, etc.
• Presents on various health and wellness
  topics including alcohol and other drugs, mental health and stress management, sexual health and healthy relationships, and overall
  well-being related topics to the SHSU student community.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Other
Specifications: Requires detailed knowledge of university infrastructure, policies and procedures. Requires thorough knowledge of office
systems. Must have the ability to solve operational problems and make suggestions for process improvement. Ability to work evening and
weekend shifts may be required.

Educational & Experience Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health
Promotion/Education, Education, or related field. Master's preferred. Two years of experience in advising peer groups, health-related
practice, health programming or related field. Current working knowledge of health trends, issues, and topics that directly affect the
college aged population. Experience in developing and delivering educational programming on a variety of health-related issues. Demonstrated
knowledge of health promotion, behavior change and public health theory and models. Excellent interpersonal skills and proficient public
speaker. Experience in supervising and evaluating others work. NASPA CPE Trainer certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of
employment. Additional education can be considered in lieu of experience.

Nature & Purpose of Position: Provide oversight of
the Peer Health Ambassador program focusing on peer-to-peer education and evidence-based practices to build a culture of health and wellness
that foster student well-being. Work collaboratively with Student Wellness staff and campus partners to provide educational programming on
campus.

Supervision Given & Received: Works under the direction of the Director of Student Wellness and is responsible for
recruitment, training, and supervision of the Peer Health Ambassador (PHA) program (7-8 per semester).

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