Health Educator

**Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (BANA) **Requires a **HEALTH EDUCATOR, Full Time-Permanent (35 hours per week) (JOB REFERENCE #HE-4-23)**

**Job Summary**

Reporting to the Executive Director and working closely with Health Promotion team and BANA staff. The Health Educator is responsible for facilitating/performing health promotion and wellness education planning and implementation activities; participating in skills and capacity building activities; participating health promotion presentations, workshops and health fairs, in an effective and efficient manner; providing consumer-oriented eating disorder information and reference material within the community using print and electronic resources; participating in continuing education and forums.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Conducts and updates presentations for schools and community as requested during flexible times
- Represents BANA at health fairs and forums
- Represents BANA on committees related to health promotion goals at BANA
- Recruits, oversees, trains and schedules volunteers for a variety of roles
- Responsible for organizing Eating Disorders Awareness Week in collaboration with staff to educate, engage and create awareness in the community and beyond
- Social Media outreach i.e. designing posts, uploading photos at events, IG lives and organizing panels
- Provides training to community organizations
- Identifies and develops eating disorder wellness and education initiatives based on needs of particular populations.
- Identifies opportunities to develop collaborative partnerships and linkages with a diverse array of stakeholders and sector champions in the community, clinical, health administration, partner organizations and government divisions.
- Works collaboratively with a diverse array of stakeholders and sector champions in the community.
- Participates in community networks that address specific community eating disorder health issues
- Advocates on behalf of community resources to access opportunities/resources for capacities and skills related to eating disorders.
- Participates in the identification and development of health events/forums/opportunities that foster shared learning and capacity building.
- Implements a variety of health promotion strategies including health education, social marketing, population health and community development in order to foster individual self-awareness
- Provides eating disorder promotion strategies with cultural competence and ethno cultural sensitivity.
- Provide a monthly board report to the Executive Director of updates
- Participate in EDO-Prevention work as requested and support the Eating Disorders Prevention Specialist
- Performs cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested.

**Participates in research and statistical reporting**
- Participates in community based participatory research and/or quality initiatives.
- Participates in collecting statistical reporting, including statistics required by BANA

**Participates in forums**
- Presents at conferences, seminars and workshops
- Seeks out opportunities to publish research findings in collaboration with research partners
- Precepts students from variety of community health programs.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Education**
- ŸCompletion of graduate degree in health related discipline or recognized equivalent required, or Bachelor’s Degree plus additional education and related years of experience

**Experience**
- ŸAt minimum, over 3 years practical and related experience
- ŸMinimum of two years of experience in a mental health setting with a focus on children, youth and adults
- ŸExperience required in health promotion, health education, or child/youth education,
- ŸExperience with related mental health areas and community development preferred
- ŸDemonstrated ability to work collaboratively with multiple groups and stakeholders
- ŸClean driver’s abstract and a current and valid Class “G” Ontario Driver’s License with reliable transportation to support travel throughout Windsor-Essex County

**Additional Skills**:

- ŸExcellent organizational, time management and problem solving skill
- ŸFacilitation skills and ability to drive consensus across different sectors both in-person and virtually
- ŸKnowledge and experience of health promotion, population health, community development principles, as well as the determinants of health required.
- ŸAbility to work collaboratively as a member of a team, making the best use of own skills and expertise and those of colleagues is required.
- ŸAbility to work collaboratively with other program staff and community practitioners in order to provide activities, programs and services required.
- ŸExcellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate in a thorough, clear and timely manner required.
- ŸAbility to demonstrate respect for the innate strengths of individuals and communities required.
- ŸDemonstrate