The application deadline is January 5, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific.
Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Educator Consultant I (Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention)! The position will develop and strengthen collaborative partnerships, enhance hepatitis prevention efforts through education and outreach, provide technical assistance and education to birthing hospitals, healthcare providers, and community partners, and support other work to promote the benefits of hepatitis B and other routinely recommended childhood immunizations.
Salary range: $41.21 – $52.23 Hourly
Job Duties
- Develop and strengthen relationships with internal and external partners to enhance hepatitis B education and prevention efforts.
- Engage and seek input from communities most impacted by hepatitis B so that structures, systems, decisions, and policies advance equity and social justice by ensuring that resources are allocated in a way that addresses health disparities.
- Lead hepatitis B education and outreach activities with communities at increased risk of hepatitis B.
- Develop, inform, and distribute guidance documents and trainings to partners, including internal program leads, Public Health leadership, Washington State Department of Health (DOH), and community-based organizations. Participate in and present educational webinars and other outreach activities as needed.
- Provide technical assistance, education, and outreach to health care facilities and health care providers regarding the PHBPP, the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine, benefits of screening, and prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B infection.
- Represent Public Health with internal and external partners, including community and academic partners, coalitions, other local health jurisdictions, and the DOH.
- In collaboration with other team members, monitor performance and develop and refine program activities and goals, implementing changes as needed.
- With support from the Adult Immunization Team Lead and Best Starts staff, develop and disseminate program evaluation and data summaries about outreach and education activities to CD-Imms Section managers, community partners, healthcare providers, and the public.
- Facilitate team meetings to coordinate PHBPP activities within and across teams.
- Coordinate with other Best Starts staff as appropriate.
- Under the direction of the Adult Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Disease Team Leads, manage and track Best Starts and DOH grant deliverables related to outreach and education activities.
- Create social media posts, newsletters, blogs and other messaging, and assist with website updates.
- Provide support for events, including community-based screening and education events, as needed.
- Serve as a trained consultant for responding to hepatitis B phone and email queries.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):
- Two (2) years of experience developing and/or strengthening partnerships with health care facilities, health care providers, and/or community organizations.
- Two (2) years of experience and demonstrated skills in health education including leading community engagement activities in diverse communities.
- Two (2) years of experience providing consultation and/or technical assistance to health care facilities, health care providers, and/or community organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to incorporate principles of equity and social justice into program work.
- Experience relating to and working with clients and partners from various cultural, racial, social, and economic backgrounds.
- Experience developing and giving presentations and leading trainings.
- Demonstrated ability to create, compose, and edit written materials.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with both public and health care professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and adapt public health guidance to various settings and audiences.
- Demonstrated flexibility and experience working in a variety of settings.
- Strong organization, facilitation, and coordination skills.
- Demonstrated ability to carry out assignments and responsibilities reliably in a thorough, accurate, and timely manner.
- Demonstrated good judgement and comfort in taking initiative and making independent decisions, while understanding limitations and elevating as needed in the absence of information.
- Demonstrated ability to respond flexibly to change and work effectively in situations involving uncertainty.
- Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office 365), other web enabled tools, and multiple large databases. Candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform essential functions of the position.
The most competitive applicants will have the following experiences and qualifications (Desired):
- Lived or professional experience working with communities most impacted by hepatitis B.
- Bilingual in one of the most common non-English languages in King County (such as Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Hindi, Punjabi, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean).
- Demonstrated knowledge of hepatitis B epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and prevention recommendations and activities, including the prevention of perinatal hepatitis B transmission.
- Demonstrated knowledge of prenatal, infant, and childhood immunization recommendations.
- Experience or knowledge in a local or state public health practice setting.
Best Starts for Kids
Building on the deep knowledge, connections, and skills within King County communities, and backed by what science and research tells us about human development, the Best Starts for Kids King County initiative meets children and families with the right services at the right time. The first Best Starts for Kids levy, approved by King County voters in 2015, reached 490,000 of King County’s youngest children and their families and 40,000 youth and young adults, catalyzing strong starts in a child’s earliest years, and sustaining those gains through to adulthood. In August 2021, King County voters chose to renew the levy with over 62% approval for another six years. The plan for the second Best Starts for Kids levy will maintain current Best Starts for Kids investments in promotion, prevention, and early intervention, while deepening our investments to address critical needs in our community. View the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan: 2022 – 2027.
