Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Job Benefits:

Excellent benefit package including:

• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
• Group Health Insurance
• Vacation Days
• Sick Time
• Personal Day
• 14 Paid Holidays
• 35 hour workweek
• 4 day work week available for most positions
• Great work environment
• National Health Service Corp (NHSC) approved site

To Apply:

• Submit an online application at apply.egyptian.org
• Download or pickup a paper application and return to Tammy Karnes at:
  • Address: 1412 US 45 North, Eldorado, IL 62930
  • Fax: (618) 273-2808
  • Email: tkarnes@egyptian.org

Please include resume and three letters of reference with application. Three letters of reference will be required prior to start date.

Next application deadline is: August 1, 2026

• Has breastfed at least one baby within the last 5 years (does not have to be currently breastfeeding).
• Previous or current WIC participation or, other women from the community with breastfeeding experience and an enthusiasm for breastfeeding may be recruited, hired and trained to be peer counselors.
• A woman of the community, with similar characteristics (i.e. age, race, cultural ethnicity, education and socioeconomic level) of WIC participants
• Has a telephone and is willing to make phone calls from home.
• Has reliable transportation.

• Attends breastfeeding training classes to become a peer counselor.
• Receives a caseload of WIC mothers and makes routine periodic contacts with all mothers assigned.
• Gives basic breastfeeding information and support to new mothers.
• Counsels WIC pregnant and breastfeeding mothers by phone, home visits, and /or hospital visits at scheduled intervals determined by the local WIC program.
• Is available outside the WIC clinic and the usual 8-5 working schedule to new mothers who are having breastfeeding problems.
• Individuals must demonstrate great cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity to populations served