Hours: Maximum 35 hours weekly total 70 hours per pay period (bi-weekly)

Schedule: Weekdays + Weekend Availability

Purpose: Under the direction of the team leader/community education program coordinator, responsible for providing prevention education and other educational resources to youth and adults throughout Onondaga County.

Responsibilities:

• Promote Health and Personal Development
• Utilize Evidence Based materials to develop and implement lesson plans within the community
• Gather accurate and up to date information to incorporate into the prevention education skill-based lesson plans and media awareness campaigns
• Adolescent Education
• Spend time in schools and with community groups
• Communicate effectively and professionally with students, educators, community members, and health professionals to attain positive outcomes with a broad range of multi-ethnic and socio-economic groups.
• Engage in outreach with schools and community groups within Onondaga and contiguous counties to make programming/services available to the region
• Plan and implement Education workshops/ trainings
• Format, plan, and implement adult training sessions for both community organizations and local businesses upon request
• Engage in community outreach to increase awareness of available programming
• General office assistance when needed
• Phone coverage including directing calls from a multi-line phone system
• Assist walk-in patrons
• Pack and unpack resource boxes brought to tabling events; log literature dissemination accordingly
• Other tasks as assigned

Education Requirements

• Associate degree or education experience required; Bachelor's degree preferred

Required Skills and Experience

• Must be able to adapt to different school environments (Onondaga County has 18 school districts)
• Demonstrated understanding of age-appropriate learning strategies
• Availability for some evening and/or weekend programming; flexible/nontraditional hours required
• Reliable transportation
• Some local and regional travel
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Office suite is required, including Teams, Outlook, One Drive, Power Point, Excel and Word
• Ability to work in an evolving, sometimes face paced environment
• Willingness to represent Prevention Network with the public in a professional manner, both in-person and virtually

Supplemental skills/Experience (preferred but not required)

• Youth development training experience
• OASAS training experience
• Evidence Based program training
• Familiarity with Zoom and Survey Monkey

Salary: $40,000 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

License/Certification:

• Driver's License and transportation. (Required)

Work Location: In person