Health Education Associate

Health Education Associate

Salary

$47,663.00 - $61,063.00 Annually

Location

Rochester, NY

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

26DM420DRA20

Department

Department of Recreation & Human Services

Bureau

Recreation & Youth Services

Opening Date

08/11/2026

Closing Date

8/25/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits

General Description

Under the NY HELPS Program, the Civil Service Exam for this title has been waived. For additional information regarding the NY HELPS Program, please visit: https://www.cs.ny.gov/help/faq.cfm

CITY RESIDENCY WILL BE REQUIRED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF HIRE.

Typical Work Activities

• Provides comprehensive, age appropriate, evidence-based, and medically accurate sexuality education to youth in an effort to promote healthy sexual behaviors including abstinence, delay the onset of sexual activity and reduce the practice of risky sexual behaviors;

• Facilitates access to comprehensive reproductive health care and family planning services for teens to prevent pregnancies, STDs, and HIV/AIDS;

• Seeks the expansion of education, social, recreational, vocational and economic opportunities for youth to provide alternatives to sexual activity and to develop skills that can support a successful transition into healthy young adulthood;

• Assists in the advancement of a comprehensive and sustainable local community effort to improve the community environment for adolescents, reduce initial and subsequent adolescent pregnancy, STD, and HIV/AIDS rates and reduce health disparities related to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and geography;

• Prepares a variety of written and typed correspondence for distribution in an effort raise awareness regarding adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases;

• Maintains logs of various activities for tracking and reporting;

• Attends appropriate trainings to gain knowledge on adolescent sexual health topics; Works evenings and weekends as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

I. Bachelors degree in human services, education, business administration, public administration, or related field AND one (1) year of full-time experience (or its part-time equivalent) providing training on human service related topics, which include program development, implementation, and monitoring

OR

II. Associate's degree in human services, education, business administration, public administration, or related field AND two (2) years of experience as described in (I) above.

OR

III. Four (4) years of experience as described in (I) above.

For full-time employees:

The City of Rochester offers a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

For less-than full-time employees:

The City of Rochester offers numerous growth opportunities to include the potential to transition into full-time, permanent employment.

Employer City of Rochester (NY)

Address 30 Church Street

Room 103A

Rochester, New York, 14614

Phone 585-428-7115

Website http://www.cityofrochester.gov