What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wellness Advocate - Brevig Mission position at Norton Sound Health Corp?
Purpose of Position:
The Wellness Advocate position is designed to serve a community by mentoring local people to be community wellness advocates through planning, leading and teaching fitness and nutrition education, and wellness activities for the youth and broader community in their home community. The Wellness Coordinator will work to support the CAMP Department in developing and sustaining year-round health advocacy, participating in community outreach and fostering environments and opportunities for residents of all ages to lead active, healthy lives.
Uphold the organization’s vision, mission, and corporate values. Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with organization’s policies, procedures, code of conduct and work rules.
Essential Functions:
- Offer physical fitness, health education and wellness opportunities to youth and community participants of all ages.
- Facilitate high-energy physical activity and nutrition education sessions ensuring high quality curriculum and participant safety.
- Coordinate communication and collaboration between NSHC staff and local community partners (including local hires and volunteers) to execute all stages of program implementation, including preparation of materials, promotion within the community and the successful execution of the program components
- Act as a positive health role model, motivating youth & community members to develop healthy habits, physical and food-related literacy.
- Oversee the logistics of daily activity sites ensuring equipment is maintained and the environment is conducive to learning and wellness. Facilitate storage of supplies when not in use.
- Assist in the planning and execution of community-wide wellness events such as health fairs, community walk/runs, health newsletter distribution, subsistence events and participation.
- Serve as a community liaison to Nome-based CAMP Department Prevention Programming & Summercise Staff.
- Activitely participate in trainings, meetings, planning session and other inderdisciplinary meetings with CAMP, village based supervisors, Tribal Training and Development staff and other collaborating organization as required
- Report on outcomes of the programs, communicate updates regularly
- Perform other duties as assigned
Personal Traits:
All Norton Sound Health Corporation employees are expected to consistently demonstrate the organization’s values: integrity, cultural sensitivity and respect for traditional values, continual learning and improving, compassion, teamwork and pride. Employees are expected to demonstrate integrity, professionalism, accountability, cooperation with and consideration of others.
Required Knowledge:
All Norton Sound Health Corporation employees are expected to have general knowledge of typical office technologies such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, and typical office software.
Job Specific knowledge is listed below:
- Knowledge and experience working with children and youth in an organized setting.
- Basic understanding and desire to increase understanding of physical activity, basic nutrition, and wellness principles including subsistence and traditional activities.
Required Skills and Abilities:
All Norton Sound Health Corporation employees are expected to have a broad range of skills and abilities centered around a strong patient focus, efficient performance, and teamwork. All employees should have patient/customer service skills, interpersonal skills and good communication skills. All employees should have the ability to manage their time and organize their work to ensure efficient performance. In addition, all employees should have the ability to follow policy, procedure and instructions, actively communicate with their supervisors to ensure understanding and manage their work accordingly. Finally, all employees should have the ability to understand and manage patient/customer confidentiality.
Job specific skills and abilities are listed below:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to engage with community members, partners, youth, and parents.
- Ability to lead a group of children and community members in wellness-related activities.
- Must be able to physically and actively participate in physical wellness activities and demonstrate an ability to maintain high energy and enthusiasm extended periods of time for program delivery.
Minimum Requirements
Education | Degree | Program |
High School Diploma/GED (required) | Progress towards a degree, certificate or other program in a health-related field (preferred) | |
Experience | General (Non-supervisory) | Supervisory |
Amount: | 0-1 year(s) Preferred: Experience working in community outreach or organized youth development and programming | 0 (years) |
Type: | ||
Must have both general and supervisory experience if indicated. | ||
Credentials | Licensure, Certification, Etc. | |
CPR within one month of hire. |
Physical Requirements:
- Use hands and arms to operate office or other equipment
∙Sit less than half the workday
- Stand and/or walk more than half the workday
- View electronic monitors for prolonged periods of time
- Use hands and arms for repetitive motion tasks
- Lift or carry unaided up to 50 pounds
- Push or pull using up to moderate force
Working Conditions:
∙Work is conducted in an environment conducive to child focused activities, this may include exposure to latex.
- No travel is required
- Work may be conducted outside in less than ideal weather conditions (not severe weather).