Job Description
Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!
Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.
What it is like to work here:
At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.
Surround yourself with:
Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.
We encourage a work life balance:
Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.
Additional Benefits include:
Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
Tuition Reimbursement
Plus: Onsite medical clinic and gym; pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.
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JOB SUMMARY
Represents the Division of Community Health Services in countywide health education, health promotion and risk reduction programs. The health educator for the Substance Use Prevention (SUP) program works closely with policy makers, community coalitions, partners, contracted providers, and other staff to advance prevention and prevention science in Salt Lake County. The health educator must be an independent worker and creative problem solver who is comfortable working in the community and building partnerships. Must be willing to immerse themselves in prevention science to support evidence-based environmental strategies to prevent substance use and misuse. Must have experience with presentations and training facilitation. Must be familiar with reading and understanding community or program data. Must be able to demonstrate organizational skills, professional writing skills, time management skills, and relationship building skills. This position requires occasional travel throughout Salt Lake County.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Health Education, Health Science, Public Health, Early Childhood Education, Community Health, or Behavioral Science and Health with an emphasis in Health Education; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.
A valid Driver’s License accepted by the State of Utah is required at the time of hire. A valid Driver’s License issued by the State of Utah must be obtained within six (6) months of hire to operate a county vehicle.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Develops, plans and implements health education, behavior risk reduction, and outreach programs.
Assesses health education needs and priorities of various populations using appropriate assessment tools.
Develops, conducts and evaluates the effectiveness of health education/health promotion programs.
Creates marketing and educational materials; promotes events through various marketing methods.
Acts as a resource providing links to communities.
Creates and implements policy focused on population-based behavior change.
Develops and prepares required reports and documents.
Collaborates with internal and community agencies to accomplish stated objectives.
Acts as a representative of the agency and program.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)
Knowledge of:
Health Education theory
Preventive health strategies and risk reduction techniques
Techniques of effective program planning, development and implementation
Evaluation methodologies including instrument design, data collection, analysis, and reporting techniques
Community organization methods
Recent developments in the fields of health education, health promotion, healthy lifestyle and risk reduction
Federal, State, and local regulations related to medical, health care, and public law
Computer operations and uses, including word processing, graphics, spreadsheets, and presentation design
Program marketing, Public relations and media relations methods and techniques
Effective communication techniques including audio-visual use
Principles, methods and techniques of conducting field and/or special studies and investigations using scientific research methods and techniques
Medical terminology
Skills and Abilities to:
Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Communicate and deal effectively with public, government, business and community leaders
Use a word processor/computer
Prepare and explain data by written, graphic, or verbal methods
Work effectively with people from a variety of social, ethnic, economic, educational, and professional backgrounds
Work with minimum supervision and act independently
Design and implement evaluation methodologies, scientific studies, needs assessments, data collection and reporting mechanisms
Interpret and follow instructions
Work effectively in team settings
Additional Information
This position works Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This position does require travel within Salt Lake County using personal vehicle with mileage reimbursement.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSITION
Time-limited Appointed employees will perform work for a specified amount of time dependent on agency funding. They are exempted by law from the rights of a merit employee and work as an at will employee.
Job LocationsUS-UT-WEST JORDAN
Requisition ID2025-39359
Requisition Post Information* : Posted Date5 days ago(8/15/2025 5:56 PM)
SLCO Department (Portal Searching)Health Department
Location : LocationUS-UT-WEST JORDAN
Location : Address7971 S 1825 W
Location : Postal Code84088
Position Type (Portal Searching)Time-Limited
Requisition Post Information* : Post End Date8/25/2025
Grade014
Posted Min$51,021.00/Yr.
Posted Max$76,534.00/Yr.
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