HEALTH PROMOTION SPECIALIST

About the company

You will serve as a HEALTH PROMOTION SPECIALIST in the MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION of MARFORCOM NORFOLK.

Your tasks

• You will work as part of a team to help prevent suicide, sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic abuse, child abuse and serve as subject matter expert for leaders on the importance and effectiveness of early intervention to address risk.
• You will actively assist commands in identifying individuals at elevated risk and connect those Marines to skill-building activities.
• You will develop training schedules to support the needs of the unit(s) and engage in outreach efforts to support the command.
• You will conduct prevention education classes and groups for Marines with elevated risk using a variety of techniques and methods.
• You will collaborate with other prevention and counseling personnel and maintain familiarity with programs and services to connect individuals with appropriate resources.
• You will collect metrics and report data in support of measures of performance and effectiveness, conduct needs assessments surveys, collect metrics data on case outcomes, and prepare documentation for presentations and proposals.

Requirements

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Providing evidence-based/informed social emotional skill-building prevention and education; conducting psycho-educational groups to promote protective factors; AND analyzing information to measure program effectiveness and provide recommendations to management. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-science-series-0101/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Basic Requirements: Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess: Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience: I have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR I have successfully completed 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree OR I have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent. A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.