The Tennessee Department of Health greatly appreciates your assistance promoting our new Healthy Development Coordinator employment opportunities.  Below is updated information for your networks:

TN Department of Health - Healthy Development Coordinators – APPLY NOW  (enter Healthy Development Coordinator in the search box)

Current Openings:

Upper Cumberland region– Closes April 4^th

West, South Central, Southeast and Northeast regions – Open April 5^th

East TN (Knoxville) – Closed

Middle TN (Nashville) – Closed

From: Leslie Meehan
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 11:28 AM
To: Leslie Meehan
Subject: TN Department of Health: Healthy Development Coordinator Positions - NOW HIRING

Please help to spread the word: the TN Department of Health is hiring 7 positions that will focus on the built environment and health.  If you are receiving this email, please know that you were selected because of your valuable work and connections.  We greatly appreciate you taking time to pass along this employment opportunity to your colleagues and students.

The Tennessee Department of Health is currently advertising 7 regional positions called Healthy Development Coordinators (HDC).  The Coordinators will be housed in the seven Regional Health Departments (map below) and will serve as liaisons between public health and local/regional built environment efforts.  The positions were created in recognition that the places and spaces in which people live have a larger determination on health than access to healthcare or genetics.  The HDCs are part of a broader effort by the Tennessee Department of Health to provide staff and funding to assist communities as they create opportunities for physical activity such as walking and bicycling, access to healthy foods such as grocery stores and farmers markets, healthy school and workplace environments, and housing choices. 

The HDCs will focus on opportunities to create policy, systems and environmental changes to built environments that foster healthy eating and active living.  Examples may include coordinating with partners such as development districts, local planning and zoning offices, parks and recreation, schools and Coordinated School Health programs, chambers, Healthier TN Communities, YMCAs and other stakeholders to address food access, farmers markets, Complete Streets, greenways and walking trails, playgrounds and splash pads, and other publically-available built environment projects and programs to increase access to physical activity and healthy foods.

A variety of backgrounds are eligible including:

public health, public administration, community planning, civic engagement, public policy, engineering, law or economics (see attached for full requirements). 

Each region is advertising separately between now and mid-April.  Please help to spread the word and check back frequently as each region’s job is posted.

Website: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/tennessee/default.cfm  Search by words: Healthy Development Coord.

Now Open:

East TN (location Knoxville, TN) – ACT NOW Closes Tue. 03/21/17 11:59 PM Central Time

Middle TN (location Nashville, TN) – Closes Tue. 03/28/17 11:59 PM Central Time

Leslie Meehan, MPA  AICP| Director

Office of Primary Prevention

Andrew Johnson Building, 5^th Floor

710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243

p. 615-770-0304

leslie.meehan@tn.gov

tn.gov/health

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