Community Health Worker

About the role

Harris County Public Health (HCPH) includes a network of more than 1,100 public health professionals working together to improve health outcomes for the third most populous county in the United States. HCPH provides a multitude of services such as medical and dental services, community programming, and health education for the approximately 2.3 million people in unincorporated Harris County. Through its core values of innovation, engagement, and health equity, HCPH strives to bring meaningful solutions to public health issues while keeping Harris County healthy and vibrant.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for diverse outreach, education and community coordination activities such as canvassing local businesses/organizations, attending community events, conducting outreach phone calls, and giving presentations.
• Serves as a subject-matter expert to meet outreach objectives for HCPH programs and recommends changes to improve outreach strategies and support the creation/updating of HCPH program trainings for the entire outreach team.
• Maintains knowledge/skills to educate, promote, and connect community members to all HCPH programs/services.
• Tracks, collects, and submits outreach service data on a daily and weekly basis.
• Buils and maintains relationships with stakeholders and organizations to create and sustain innovative partnerships.
• Responsible for initiating referrals to HCPH programs/services, while ensuring community members' confidentiality.
• Create and deliver educational presentations/workshops on public health topics for diverse target audiences.
• Other duties as assigned, including special tasks involved with responding to emergency events.

Requirements

• Education: High School diploma.
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office. Must communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and foster teamwork in a diverse environment. Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information. Must use your personal mobile device for our Multifactor Authentication process.
• Core Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Communication Skills, Health Advancement Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Science Skills.
• Preferences: Experience in community outreach, public health programs or related field. Certifications: Community Health Worker Certification (CHW). Languages: Bilingual in Spanish.

Qualifications

This position requires the ability to travel within Harris County jurisdiction. Work Environment: This job operates in both field and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Physical Demands: This is a largely sedentary role; however, some duties would require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds and bending & standing for periods at a time. Work Location: Harris County Public Health - Office of Communication, Education & Engagement: 3204 Ennis St, Houston, TX 77004.

Benefits

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email ADACoordinator@bmd.hctx.net. This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in this posting.

Schedule

Details about schedule are not specified in this posting.

General Information

This position is a full-time, regular position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Other days including weekends, and evening hours as necessary for Outreach needs and to attend community events. This position requires the ability to travel within Harris County jurisdiction. Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.