YELL Bilingual Health Education Specialist

• Maintain collaborations with program partners, schools, and other community-based organizations.
• Implements evidence-based interventions promoting positive life skills development, provides substance misuse and HIV prevention education to youth and young adults.
• Keeps current on harm reduction/risk reduction models, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and other health-related issues and serves as a resource to other agency and program staff on these topics.
• Works collaboratively with the LGBTQ+ department team to enhance delivery of program activities.
• Provides Botvin Life Skills and other evidence-based interventions to youth and young adults, acts as a liaison to community sites, administers and tracks evaluation instruments, and conducts outreach activities to promote the social marketing campaign.
• Provides health education, workshops, and one on one support and referrals to target population.
• Supports YELL Coalition activities.
• Provides workshops addressing harm reduction, substance use and abuse along with related topics to professionals and community members who work with youth and young adults at risk.
• Conducts outreach and recruitment for project activities in the community at venues frequented by the target population.
• Responsible for completing and gathering accurate documentation of all activities and events using proper forms, files, and databases.
• Responsible for accurate and complete data entry and monitoring supply inventories.
• Ensures accurate program data collection and timely reporting for funding sources.
• Serves as a representative from SAAF for community events and committees as needed.
• Attends all program, agency, and department meetings at SAAF as directed.
• Works collaboratively across the organization, including but not limited to covering shifts for Eon Youth Lounge, Syringe Access and/or assisting with unloading food pantry items, programmatic support, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Reports to the Youth Prevention Coordinator.

• Bilingual (English/Spanish).
• Appropriate fingerprint clearance through the Arizona Department of Public Safety (paid for by SAAF).
• Demonstrate a comprehension and appreciation of diverse and complex cultures including LGBTQ youth, youth of color, and other youth risk and protective factors.
• Ability to exercise and demonstrate compassion and non judgment when working with program participants.
• Readiness to be trained (if needed) and to then perform required phlebotomy-related venipunctures for confirmatory testing.
• Responsible, dependable, energetic self-starter who can work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Access to a reliable vehicle, a valid AZ Driver’s License and a driving record that will be supported by our liability insurance provider.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software.
• Previous work experience with youth and/ or previous experience with group facilitation and curriculum delivery.
• Knowledge of STI, HIV/AIDS, prescription drug & alcohol substance use prevention and substance abuse treatment services.
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination, with the possibility of applicable and approved exemption accommodation request.

Submit letter of interest and resume with dates of employment to: Director of People and Culture, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, 375 S Euclid Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719, email to hr@saaf.org or visit www.saaf.org.