Health Educator

Full Job Description

About the Position: Position serves as a Health Educator, providing health education to improve health behaviors and using evaluation tools to measure changes in support of the Wellness Center program in a Military Treatment Facility (MTF) or clinic environment within the Defense Health Agency (DHA).

Located in Vicenza, Italy Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Health Educator: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, such as Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Healthcare Management, Health Education, Community Health, Public Health, or other health/wellness related field.

OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, such as Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Healthcare Management, Health Education, Community Health, Public Health, or other health/wellness related field, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the four-year course of study described in A above.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing technical assistance to comprehensive health promotion programs; utilizing appropriate screening tools to enhance the health and well-being of the community or service population; and/or applying accepted health coaching strategies to facilitate a complete wellness program.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Healthcare Management, Health Education, Community Health, Public Health, or other health/wellness related field.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

It is preferred that employee possess a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) credential from the American College of Sports Medicine, the Cooper Institute, the National Strength and Conditioning Association or other organizations meeting the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

Major Duties:

• Conduct physical fitness testing and comprehensive health and wellness assessments.
• Conduct biometric screening and utilizes appropriate screening tools to determine exercise testing readiness.
• Apply various behavior change theories and accepted health coaching strategies.
• Provide health coaching and health education in various group settings to the general population on health promotion programs such as physical fitness, healthy nutrition, general wellness education, and stress management.
• Maintain proficiency in approved standard operating procedures on health assessment review, healthy nutrition, and physical fitness to promote health education programs, primary prevention, and behavior change.
• Utilize computer systems and applications to input, verify, and prepare health promotion related information.