Chronic Disease Health Educator-Public Health

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$26.744

Job Posting:

JR2025-00017179 Chronic Disease Health Educator-Public Health (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

06-18-2025

Job Description:

The DHHS Division of Public Health is seeking a Chronic Disease Health Educator to support the Chronic Disease Community Health Education programs such as Falls Prevention, Health Coaches for Hypertension Control, DPP, and Living Well. Ultimately, the team would like to build a sustainable community health education program across the state to help Nebraskans live better lives.

This position significantly impacts Nebraskans by providing chronic disease prevention and control programs tailored to community needs. It offers lifestyle interventions aimed at helping individuals avoid or manage diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

The role involves distributing and presenting information on chronic diseases to promote healthy living statewide, ensuring services reach the appropriate individuals at the right times and locations. Additionally, it monitors these services to assess goal achievement and addresses social determinants of health within local communities, making this position essential for fostering long-term health among Nebraskans.

 

• Provide Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity prevention, outreach, education, and intervention.
• Be a community partner liaison between our federal funding sources and programs in the community, support the outreach to new or repeat partners interested in implementing our programs, facilitate and monitor partner touchpoints, and support the outcomes of Diabetes prevention and Heart Disease management.
• Coordinate the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Management Nutrition and Physical Activity focused initiatives, and Diabetes Prevention and Management Program throughout the state.
• Support development of statewide lifestyle change programs including teaching leader trainings, ensuring program fidelity, and partner outreach and promotion.
• Develop and manage grant and contract agreements; complete budget monitoring and planning; develop program policies, procedures, and evaluation; provide ongoing program quality assurance and monitoring; outreach and technical support to various entities.
• Support the office through data management and reporting while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Assist with research and writing the required plans, grants, and proposals and maintain internal databases and resources.

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent coursework/training in community health education, biological science, adult/continuing education or related field AND experience in public/community health education activities with responsibility for: developing, evaluating, and leading health education program activities; assessing health needs; writing and designing educational and informational material, training aids, and presentations; preparing grant proposals; or planning and leading group sessions. Related experience may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in public or community health, healthcare, nutrition, or related field. Minimum of one year of experience working in public or community health, healthcare, or related field. Experience in community health education programs, prevention of heart disease and stroke and Diabetes prevention and control; and connecting community programs with health systems to improve heart disease and stroke prevention, care, and management may substitute for a Master's degree on a year-for-year basis.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public health planning and implementation and the principles of grant writing, reporting, and grant administration.
• Knowledge of the practices and techniques of developing partnerships and collaborations.
• Ability to design educational and informational materials, training aids, and presentations and plan and lead group sessions.
• Ability to interpret and apply federal grant requirements, agency rules, policies, and procedures and prepare grant proposals.
• Ability to maintain accurate and thorough records.
• Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate professionalism.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time; problem solve and make decisions; and balance needs, requirements, and workload for multiple pr