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Health Educator - Nutrition - Health Education MHC (120856)

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location
Champaign, IL

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Full Time
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Four-Year Institution

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McKINLEY HEALTH CENTER

HEALTH EDUCATOR – NUTRITION

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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is seeking applicants for the position of Health Educator- Nutrition for the Health Education unit of McKinley Health Center. The Health Education unit consists of health educators in the areas of fitness, nutrition, sexuality, cross-cultural health and stress management. McKinley Health Center is one of the nation’s premiere student health centers, an accredited ambulatory care facility, providing primary care for 46,000 university students. We are seeking a dynamic, service oriented clinician for an exciting career in a college health setting. As part of the student health center, the unit provides a wide variety of wellness promotion, health education, fitness testing, and sports promotion for students at the University of Illinois. The Health Educator works with a team of educators within the Health Education Unit to promote a campus environment that supports health lifestyle behavior.

University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO.

The position involves :

A. PROGRAMMING (10%)

  1. Develop, implement and evaluate educational programs based on needs assessment including, but not limited to weight management, eating disorders, vegetarian diets, cholesterol and diabetes education. The formats for education include workshops, guest lectures, health screenings, written materials, and displays. Services are provided at McKinley Health Center in addition to other campus locations as appropriate.
  2. Develop or locate appropriate nutrition education materials as needed; update nutrition materials in the Health Resource Centers in collaboration with the Health Education Coordinator.
  3. Collaborate as needed with the Sports Nutrition Educator in providing the peer–facilitated Nutrition Education workshops, guest lectures in appropriate classes and coordination of FSHN 229 peer education program.
  4. Coordinate campus-wide National Nutrition Month activities; collaborate with Health Education staff in planning and implementing other campus-wide health promotion activities.
  5. Execute special programs as requested by the Director of Health Education.

B. ADVISING/CONSULTING (80%)

  1. Provide individual and group instruction and advice to students on matters related to nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, eating disorders and weight management.
  2. Consult with and provide information to appropriate McKinley Health Center and/or University staff on matters related to the nutrition care of referred students, including medical record documentation.
  3. Serve as a source for nutrition information for students, staff and faculty.
  4. Refer students, when appropriate, to campus or community agencies, medical facilities, etc.
  5. Provide in service education for McKinley staff in nutrition-related areas.
  6. Coordinate health education materials development among health educators including making revisions with appropriate unit/personnel and posting handouts/brochures to World Wide Web.
  7. Serve as liaison with McKinley Health Center units on health materials development and distribution.

C. ADMINISTRATION (10%)

  1. Coordinate nutrition services and resources provided by McKinley Health Center.
  2. Train, supervise and direct graduate assistants and other staff as assigned.
  3. Determine budgetary needs for nutrition services and monitor expenditures.
  4. Develop annual goals and objectives consistent with the unit/ McKinley Health Center goals and objectives and participate in unit strategic planning process.
  5. Coordinate and maintain library/ Information Center at Health Resource Centers.
  6. Coordinate the self–care sites including the display center.
  7. Conduct ongoing Quality Improvement activities as part of the unit and McKinley Health Center QI program.
  8. Provide bi-weekly reports outlining significant activities and work in progress.
  9. Attend the unit staff meetings and monthly Student Affairs staff meetings.
  10. Serve on Health Education Unit, McKinley Health Center, Student Affairs, and University committees as requested.
  11. Participate in continuing education programs and professional growth experiences.
  12. Inform the Director of Health Education of changes and/or new developments in the program area.
  13. Execute all University policies and procedures including those of the Health Education Unit, McKinley Health Center, and Student Affairs.
  14. Responsible and accountable to support and ensure a culture of safety, quality and risk management including compliance with ethics.
  15. Assume appropriated related additional duties to further the mission of the unit.

A Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics is required.

Experience working with diverse student populations is preferred.

Illinois licensure or eligibility for Illinois licensure or Registered Dietitia, is required.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS, ABILITIES:

Excellent communication and ability to organize workshops. Excellent computer skills and can plan, implement campus-wide events.

This position is a 100%, 12 month appointment. Salary is competitive and includes a very attractive, comprehensive benefit package. The start date will be as soon as possible after the close date of the search. Interviews may be conducted before the closing date, however, all applications received by the closing date will receive full consideration.

To ensure full consideration, create your candidate profile at jobs.illinois.edu and upload your letter of application, resume and the names and the information of three professional references by November 15, 2019. The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.

For further information, please contact:

Kathryn Donaldson, Chair
Consultative Search Committee
McKinley Health Center
1109 S. Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2711 Fax: (217) 244-1758
Email:donalkat@illinois.edu

College Name or Administrative Unit:Student Affairs Category:5-Education and Student Services Title:Health Educator - Nutrition - Health Education MHC (120856) Open Date:09/27/2019 Close Date:11/15/2019 Organization Name:Health Educaton

Organization

Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

Faculty

A talented and highly respected faculty is the University's most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. 

Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

Academic Resources

Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 11 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

Research

Students and scholars find the University an ideal place to conduct research. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is a model for interdisciplinary research, where eighteen research groups from sixteen University departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The University is also home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Undergraduate Education

The University has a fundamental commitment to undergraduate education. Nearly 28,000 undergraduate students are enrolled in nine undergraduate divisions, which together offer some 4,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study.

Undergraduate admission is highly selective. In the 2001 freshman class, students in the middle 50% had ACT scores between 25 and 30 and ranked between the 83rd and 96th percentiles of their high school graduating classes.

The University enrolls over 9,000 graduate and professional students in more than 100 disciplines. It is among the top five universities in number of earned doctorates awarded annually in the United States.

Also integral to the University's mission is a commitment to public engagement. Each year about 65,000 Illinois residents participate in scores of conferences, institutes, courses, and workshops presented statewide. Research and class projects take students and professors off campus to share expertise and technical support with Illinois farmers, manufacturing firms, and businesses. In a typical year, student volunteers log more than 60,000 volunteer hours.

The Arts

A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture. 

Other major facilities include the multipurpose Assembly Hall (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Intramural-Physical Education Building, one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Illinois is about how we value difference to make a difference. http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu/

As evidence of the University’s commitment to enhance the working, living, and learning environment for faculty, staff, and students, the University will encourage a standard of conduct and behavior that is consistent with the values of inclusivity. In an environment of inclusivity, there is no place for acts of hatred, intolerance, insensitivity, bigotry, threats of violence, harassment or discrimination.

Inclusive Illinois, one campus, many voices

Inclusive Illinois is the University’s commitment to cultivating a community at Illinois where everyone is welcomed, celebrated, and respected. Through education, engagement, and excellence, each voice creates the Inclusive Illinois Experience.

How can we appreciate difference to make a difference?

Illinois is the place where we embrace difference. We embrace it because we value it. We value it because we know that we have so much to learn from each other in our living, learning, and working environment.

Illinois is the place where we recognize the power of possibility and where great potential is realized. Inclusive Illinois is the vision of that place: a vision made real by leadership and commitment.

Illinois is the place where consensus is forged by discourse and where everyone’s contributions are recognized: significant contributions that elevate us because they are informed and enhanced by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, physical ability, religion, class, and national origin. We are enriched by these perspectives, and we are united by the very discourse that brings these views together.

It is a process. It is transformative. And we celebrate the remarkable changes we set in motion here … taking an important step … crossing boundaries … starting with our own.

It all starts with each of us: with our willingness to embark on the journey in the search for answers, and with our openness and acceptance of the answers we find. Illinois is the place where it all comes together.

Learn more about how Inclusive Illinois promotes diversity here.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

The commitment of the University to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of opportunity, and human dignity requires that decisions involving students and employees be based on individual merit and be free from invidious discrimination in all its forms, whether or not specifically prohibited by law. Among the forms of invidious discrimination prohibited by the University policy but not law is discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of sexual orientation. Complaints of invidious discrimination in violation of University policy are to be resolved within existing University procedures. The policy of the University of Illinois is to comply with all federal and state nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action laws, orders, and regulations. The University will not engage in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies to admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs and activities

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