What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Community Health Educator position at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts?
Care. No matter what:
PPLM has been a leader in promoting sexual health for more than 90 years. We believe that all people deserve the information and expert services to make informed, personal decisions that affect their health, their lives and their futures. We are the state’s leading provider of sexual and reproductive health services. We educate families and empower youth to make responsible choices that lead to healthier lives. We advocate for policies that improve sexual health.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
PPLM believes sexual health is essential to every person’s overall health, well-being and happiness. We recognize that geographical and systemic barriers entrenched in discrimination and stigma prevent people in Massachusetts from having equitable opportunity to choose their own path and access to sexual and reproductive health care. In order to address health equity in communities across Massachusetts in an authentic way, we must start with ourselves. We are taking focused steps to make progress in our own organization. We have embarked on a diversity, equity and inclusion journey that will lead us toward becoming an organization that better reflects our patients and embodies cultural humility. We are wholeheartedly committed to this work.
POSITION SUMMARY: The Bilingual Community Health Educator (BCHE) is responsible for providing sexuality education programming in English and Spanish to parents and other caring adults, young parents, and high schoolage students using curricula such as, but not limited to, PPLM’s Let’s Be Honest/Seamos Honestos curricula (LBH/SH), and PPLM’s Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education That Works high school curriculum (GRHS). The educator presents education workshops to schools and community partners and other groups and participates in community events and coalitions to increase community collaboration. This position provides education in Metro Boston and surrounding areas, and is funded in part by DPH’s Adolescent Sexuality Education (ASE) grant. The BCHE reports to the Director of Community Education & Engagement with very close collaboration with the Manager of Youth Education
Compensation: 48-52k
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Establish and manage relationships with community partners for hosting Parent Education and Adolescent Sexuality Education (ASE) programming
- Coordinate and facilitate LBH/SH, GRHS, VOICES, and other workshops and presentations in both English and Spanish
- Collaborate with the Parent and Youth Education staff on events, conferences, and external training opportunities as needed
- Collaborate and coordinate relationships with ASE community partners to ensure delivery of the curricula via in-person and virtual cohorts
- Participate in the process of translating and ensuring cultural relevance of all relevant Spanish language parent and youth education materials
- Participate in trainings, advisory committees, meetings, and other educator and outreachworker networking and professional development opportunities as requested
- In collaboration with various Education, Learning & Engagement staff, contribute to maintenance and updates of English and Spanish LBH/SH and GRHS curricula, training designs, facilitator guides, and materials as needed
- Utilize and contribute to English and Spanish language content on www.kids-ask.org, parent newsletters, and other digital properties
- Attend Parent Education team meetings, Youth Education team meetings, weekly supervisory meetings, and scheduled department meetings
- Contribute to monthly departmental reports, documentation, evaluation, and grant and budget reports regularly, including reporting demographic information, attendance, data logs, and feedback from workshops
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uphold and demonstrate research- and evidence-based training designs and facilitation best practices
- Remain current on sexual and reproductive health and sexuality education information
- Frequent evening hours and occasional weekend hours, depending on community partner needs
- Frequent travel in the Boston area and other sites, depending on and following all federal, state, PPLM, and partner guidelines.
- Access to transportation required
- Other tasks and responsibilities as needed
QUALIFICATIONS
- B.A./B.S. preferred or commensurate experience
- 2 years’ experience teaching in a high school classroom setting, or equivalent - Bilingual (Spanish and English), written and spoken required
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills in person and virtual required
- Familiarity with relevant community organizations/agencies in MA preferred
- Experience in sexual health or sex education field highly preferred
- Experience in facilitation to adult learners preferred
- Commitment to addressing the impact of racism and other oppressions on sexual health
- Demonstrated commitment to building community partnerships and flexibility in response to community needs
- Ability to deal effectively with wide range of outside constituencies concerning highly sensitive and controversial matters
- Ability to work independently while committed to an overall team approach
- Willingness to participate in ongoing feedback with colleagues
- Demonstrated ability to work with people of different races, ethnicities, sexual and gender identities and expressions, ages, abilities, and experiences
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, Teams)
- A commitment to PPLM's mission and values
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts offers a comprehensive benefit package which includes; health, dental and vision insurance, 11 paid holidays, 403B retirement plan with a 3% employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, flexible spending accounts and more.
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory work environment, and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Planned Parenthood is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
Salary : $48,000 - $52,000
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