Sexuality Educator at Annex Teen Clinic

Are you looking for:

• A fun, flexible work environment where you can help shape the future of sexual healthcare in Minnesota and make a positive impact on young people’s lives?
• An organization committed to patient-centered care including longer scheduled patient appointment times?
• A predictable work schedule with generous benefits and paid time off? (Full-time employees qualify for up to 37 paid days off in their first year!)

Who We Are

The Annex Teen Clinic provides sexual health care and education for young adults through age 25 in a friendly, non-judgmental, and comfortable atmosphere.  Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, and developmentally appropriate. The Annex Teen Clinic has been providing services in Northwest Hennepin County and North Minneapolis since 1971.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

The Annex Teen Clinic is the industry leader in sexual health and education for young people through the age of 25. We pride ourselves on creating a comfortable, relaxed, and social work environment for mission-driven employees. Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, non-judgmental, and inclusive. We provide the full range of birth control methods, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and all-options counseling and referrals, as well as sexuality education.

Wages

$20 - $22 per hour

Benefits

Paid vacation time, sick time, and personal time policies, plus nine paid holidays per year and two floating holidays; competitive health, dental, and vision insurance offerings; Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions up to $1,200/year for high deductible health plans, and options for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA); there is employer paid basic life insurance with the option for additional coverage paid by the employee. The employer pays for Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and short- and long-term disability insurance. ATC sponsors a retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution after one year of service.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as The Annex’s Sexuality Educator provides an opportunity to facilitate fact-based sexuality education and youth development programs to promote and provide tools for youth in the community to take control of their sexual healthcare.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Facilitating fact-based sexuality education programs for young people on topics such as contraception, sexually transmitted infections, healthy relationships, sexual orientation and gender identity, effective communication, and various other sexuality topics. This includes single-session and multi-session sexuality education programs.
• Building community relationships to facilitate parent education.
• Collaborating with partner organizations, schools, and Annex educators to deliver high-quality programming.
• Engaging in professional development to grow skills and knowledge around human sexuality, youth development, and facilitating sexuality education programs.
• Promoting and scheduling sexuality education programming.
• Serving as an expert referral source for young people, parents/caregivers, educators, and social service providers.
• Participating in professional meetings and work groups, both internally and externally; building strategic coalitions; and building and maintaining professional relationships.
• Recruiting for and facilitating out-of-school time programs.
• Collecting and entering program data in a timely manner for reporting needs.
• Writing and submitting monthly program data reports and other reports as needed.

Who You Are

• You have a bachelor’s degree in education, youth development, human services, or a relevant field, or you possess demonstrably equivalent knowledge gained through alternative courses of study and life experience.
• You have demonstrated experience providing fact-based sexuality education.
• You are experienced in recruiting and running engaging youth groups.
• You are capable of planning, prioritizing, and closely monitoring work plans and other administrative tasks with your supervisor and as part of a team.
• You have experience planning, organizing, coordinating, and staffing for promotional efforts at community events and health fairs.
• You can manage multiple projects, deadlines, and changing priorities.
• You are passionate about sexuality education and working with young people from diverse communities.
• You possess exceptional public speaking, facilitation, and writing skills.
• You are highly motivated, self-directed, outgoing, organized, and excited to work as part of a team.
• You are skilled at engaging and building relationships with youth, parents, and community members.
• You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet Annex Teen Clinic’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit.

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Annex Teen Clinic. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

Annex Teen Clinic participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.

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