Job Posting Title

TSET Wellness Coordinator - Temporary

Agency

340 OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Supervisory Organization

340 District 7

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Part time

Job Type

Temporary

Compensation

The hourly rate for this position is up to $24.35 based on education and experience.

Why you’ll love it here!

RESPECT. COLLABORATION. SERVICE. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is committed to leading Oklahoma to prosperity through health. Our mission is to protect and promote health, prevent disease and injury, and cultivate conditions by which Oklahomans can thrive. Check out why we are passionate about public health and believe it is the career for you!!!

Job Description

Location: Muskogee County Health Department

Salary: up to $24.35/hour based on education and experience.

Full Time /Part Time: Part Time

Work Schedule:  Monday-Friday / Occasional evenings and weekends 

Primary Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Position Description: 

Responsible for oversight of public health grant programs like Healthy Living Grants for Tobacco Control, Nutrition and Fitness, and/or other Wellness Program events, activities, and community/county partnerships.  In addition, will mobilize, recruit, and coordinate the wellness related activities of coalition members and serve as the community/county resource for wellness initiatives.

Duties:

• Develops and maintains strong collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders (local, county-wide, and state-wide) and community partners for involvement in tobacco control, nutrition and fitness, and other wellness initiatives;
• Communicates program goals and success to professionals, decision makers, community leaders, contractors, and the media;
• Ensures use of accurate demographic, scientific, statistical and programmatic information related to tobacco control, nutrition and fitness, and other wellness issues;
• Coordinates and facilitates resources for meetings (may include but are not limited to providing meeting accommodations and notices, logistical assistance, training opportunities, health communication resources, budget support, and other assistance as may be needed by the coalition);
• Provides and coordinates training and technical assistance to the community and local partners. Assures that the partners members are provided opportunities to develop or enhance specific experience and expertise in effective tobacco control and nutrition and fitness interventions, (wellness topics) through participation in training workshops, conference calls, and evaluation activities;
• Mobilizes community organizations to develop and implement community interventions and system and organizational level changes;
• Develops media messages (press kits, fact sheets, and other materials tailored to local tobacco, nutrition and fitness, and other wellness needs) for professional and lay audiences based cultural, social and behavioral factors in the delivery of tobacco control, nutrition and fitness, and other wellness information and cultivates media relationships;
• Analyzes and stays abreast of public health policy and standards;
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts on-site educational and training activities and provides technical assistance on various tobacco control, nutrition and fitness, and other wellness related topics;
• Provides education to designated local stakeholders, city council members, and state legislators;
• Monitors grant budget, including the rate of expenditures and compliance with budgeting requirements, including indirect costs, if applicable;
• Develops grant reports, collects data and maintains data on the grant program;
• Complies with all program, financial and evaluation guidelines and requirements of the grant;
• Develops and maintains a communication mechanism to keep partners and community fully informed of community issues, events, and activities as well as grant related plans, budgets, and issues;
• Coordinates the strategic planning process and meetings involving the stakeholders and its partners;
• Reviews and analyzes local strategic plans and works with the coalition and partners and lead agency staff to implement the plans as well as formulate future strategic plans under the grant program for submittal to grantor annually;
• Researches promising and best practices interv