Sexual Health Education Program Lead

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Educational Programming, Level A

Job Title

Sexual Health Education Program Lead

Department

Research | SARAVYC | School of Nursing | Faculty of Applied Science

Compensation Range

$4,970.92 - $7,141.92 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

June 3, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Jun 8, 2027

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

Organizational Status

The Stigma and Resilience among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) is a research centre within UBC’s School of Nursing. The team is made up of researchers and community partners advancing research to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQ+ and other marginalized youth.

Work Performed- Develop a comprehensive curriculum for the sexual health education program in both English and French, including curriculum materials development such as videos, presentations, and handouts.- Collaborate with youth and parent advisory groups to tailor the curriculum as needed.- Train sexual health educators on implementing the culturally relevant sexual health education program.- Provide guidance to the team in delivering culturally relevant sexual health education to youth and their parents.- Contribute to evaluating the sexual health education program.- Perform other tasks as assigned.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
This position involves interacting with youth, parents, researchers, and community educators so errors may contribute to loss of reputation and potentially harmful information for young people.

Supervision Received
This position reports to the Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc and is expected to work independently. Overall objectives are determined in consultation with the PI.

Supervision Given
Supervising contractual sexual health educators.

Minimum Qualifications
University degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications- Fluent in English and French for teaching content.- Strong written and communication skills in both languages.- Demonstrated knowledge of issues related to marginalized youth, such as 2SLGBTQ+ youth health inequities.- 5 years’ experience in developing sexual health education curriculum for all ages, and especially for 2SLGBTQ+ people, preferred.- Experience in training sexual health educators to effectively deliver sexual health content.- More than 5 years’ experience in delivering sexual health education programs among youth, including 2SLGBTQ+ youth, preferred.- Ability to work with Microsoft Powerpoint preferred.- Experience delivering programs virtually via Zoom or MS Teams an asset.