Bilingual Program Specialist

Join our passionate team at PMCH and help drive meaningful change in our community. As a CLPP Program Specialist, you’ll play a key role in delivering mission-driven programs that make a real difference. You’ll be the connector—coordinating daily operations, supporting strategic planning and evaluation, and fostering clear, effective communication across teams, participants, and community partners.

Essential Functions:

• Provide lead poisoning prevention and healthy homes education to professionals, parents, and young children throughout eight Northern New Jersey counties: Bergen, Essex (excluding Newark), Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, and Warren. This may include scheduling and preparing for in-person and virtual workshops and presentations.
• Provide eco-healthy childcare training to childcare center staff.
• Assist programs’ four lead poisoning prevention coalitions in coordinating educational campaigns.
• Initiate quarterly outreach campaigns to promote the Keep Me Lead Free program and other workshops offered for parents and professionals, by contacting childcare centers, schools, and community-based organizations through phone and email across the eight designated counties.
• Attend state task force meetings, regional lead poisoning prevention and healthy homes coalition meetings.
• Participate in health fairs and parent workshops including evenings and weekends as needed, to distribute lead prevention resources and incentives.
• Perform administrative functions at coalition meetings (e.g., taking minutes, assisting with set-up, etc.)
• Conduct marketing and outreach activities, as needed.
• Assist in planning and implementing outreach activities for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.
• Assist in providing quarterly social media outreach.
• Track all education and activities provided accurately and in a timely manner.

Job Requirements:

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated interest and knowledge in environmental public health topics.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, Health Education, or a related field required.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish, Creole, or Arabic) is required.
• Experience working with diverse populations.
• Experience conducting presentations.

All PMCH employees must comply with PMCH’s Immunization Policy.