Health Educator

Position Overview

This position will work with afterschool participants, mainly in grades 5-8, to provide health education, including sex education, and life skills during afterschool hours across various afterschool programs. This position will also help educate participants' parents on various health-related topics.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in all required trainings through NIDC and funders

• Implement lessons and activities with participants

• Work with the other Health Educator and Youth and Family team to plan and facilitate corresponding parent workshops

Key Qualifications & Preferred Attributes

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Work, or a related field required

• 2-3 years of health education with youth preferred

• Strong work ethic and professional values

• Able to demonstrate cultural humility with diverse communities

• Desire to learn and grow as part of an expanding organization; team player with a flexible, creative, and analytical approach to problem-solving

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

• Solid computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, internet research

• Able to work with a variety of learning abilities

• Healthy sense of humor

Neighborhood Initiative Development Corp. is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal,

state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Neighborhood Initiative Development Corp. makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

We provide a broad range of youth development and family support services, including after-school programs for students in grades K-12, summer camp, a nightly teen center, and support for older youth and adults. As a staple in the community, NIDC works with tenants, landlords, precincts, schools, health centers, merchants, and elected officials to address a wide variety of issues facing the Bronx, including economic development and revitalization.