Pipeline Program Associate (Part Time)

Job Description

Work with the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) team members to conduct hands-on classroom presentations to Middle School and High School students. Presentations introduce students to a variety of healthcare career opportunities through exploration and experiential activities that include a lecture and discussion with fresh or frozen organ dissections (i.e., heart, lung, chicken wing and eyeball). Work with program staff to deliver other healthcare career program activities.
• Deliver engaging classroom presentations on healthcare careers to middle and high school students.

• Facilitate experiential learning activities, including organ dissections (e.g., heart, lung, chicken wing), to introduce students to a variety of healthcare career paths.

• Support program staff in planning and executing healthcare career related events and activities.

• Demonstrate strong, dynamic presentation skills that captivate student audiences.

• Exhibit excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Work independently in a flexible, fast-paced environment with varying daily schedules. Presentations may begin as early as 7:25 AM and run through 3:30 PM.

• Must have reliable transportation and be willing to travel throughout the Crossroads AHEC region (Salt Lake, Tooele, Wasatch, Summit, and Utah Counties).

• Capable of lifting 50-60 lbs and transporting up to 100 lbs using a dolly.

• Communicate clearly and effectively with attention to detail.

• Always maintain punctuality and professionalism.

• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.

• Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

• High School Graduate.

• Completion of some college courses in science or health related fields.

• Experience working in the medical field.

• Experience working with Microsoft Office programs.

• Familiarity with careers in health care.