Health Management
Resume:
LEEANN MAHOTA RIZK
New York, NY
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Highly motivated public health professional with over seven years’ experience and a demonstrated expertise in health education, communication and promotion with a specialized focus on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and population health.
Extensive experience in managing projects and achieving deliverables in high-volume, client-centered work environments.
Well-demonstrated ability to translate current and relevant culture into organizational branding, programmatic materials, and multimedia campaigns.
International experience with a proven ability to identify, develop and deliver culturally competent health strategies and programs in both public and private sectors.
Excellent communicator with a valuable and adaptable talent for building relationships with people of diverse educational and professional backgrounds, including youth volunteers, senior management, community leaders, elected officials and other program partners.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Fluent in Krio.
CPR/First Aid Certified.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Health Education & Promotion
Counseling
Motivational Interviewing
Stakeholder Engagement
Communications & Marketing
Project Management
Event Planning
Program Development
Public Speaking & Facilitation
Curriculum Development
Monitoring & Evaluation
Program Reporting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc. (HCZ), Healthy Harlem, New York, NY Present
Teen Health Specialist
Curriculum Development / Health Education / Facilitation / Counseling
Lead the implementation of a research-based teen pregnancy prevention curriculum delivered to approximately 15,000, 6th-12th grade students in charter schools and community-wide after-school programs.
Train staff as well as community members on the teen curricula, and deliver technical assistance on teen pregnancy prevention and other adolescent health issues.
Identify and provide referrals to community-based and governmental resources to clients, including advocating for the acquisition of resources on their behalf.
Facilitate weekly educational workshops on reproductive health, sexual health, and other health and lifestyle topics.
Provide supportive and confidential counseling to individuals and families.
Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Family & Children Services, New York, NY 2/2012-12/2013
Community Health Supervisor/Educator
Supervision / Curriculum Development
Oversaw all day-to-day operations of the department, including developing the peer educator training curricula, and recruiting, training and monitoring the activities of 18 youth peer educators and three support staff.
Program Management / Event Planning / Program Development / Marketing
Coordinated annual community health fairs including advertising, networking and inviting public/political figures and the public-at-large.
Established teen summit seminars led by youth peer health educators who delivered trainings on HIV/AIDS, STIs, pregnancy prevention, etc.
Designed and distributed new marketing materials for programs, and aranged for the distribution of health education materials such as pamphlets, leaflets and posters to the community-at-large.
Promoted, planned, organized and guided the use of focus groups and other evaluation data.
Redesigned the monitoring and reporting of program indicators to Program Director.
Assisted in grant research and development of funding proposals.
Counseling / Education / Facilitation
Provided prevention counseling to high risk and HIV positive individuals.
Delivered presentations on health disparities relating to HIV/AIDS to community.
Facilitated skill-building workshops on topics related to reproductive health and personal life skills.
Marie Stopes International Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone 1/2009 – 10/2011
Behavior Change Communications and Social Marketing Officer
Supervision
Managed, trained and supervised over 200 clinical and non-clinical staff on implementing Behavior Change Communication (BCC) strategies such as radio discussion guidelines, interpersonal communication and customer care techniques.
Project Management / Facilitation
Controlled project budgets relating to marketing of value over of £1 Million reporting to the Country Director.
Designed and delivered trainings to over 100 Community Based Mobilizers (CBMs) and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), who are volunteers that recruit and identify program beneficiaries and participants.
Social Marketing / Curriculum Development / Event Planning
Created key messaging and concepts for organization’s branding and promotional campaigns on behavior change priorities reaching a population of approximately 2 million clients including community stakeholders, and men and women of reproductive age.
Coordinated all media promotions including television, radio and print,
Designed and produced training manuals, organizational calendars, signage, educational and other promotional materials used to disseminate to target groups, NGO partners, community stakeholders and government entities.
Planned, organized and conducted seminars/workshops targeting a range of International donors, private partners, rural and urban communities and government entities. Topics included public relations, sexual/reproductive health awareness and social marketing.
Monitoring and Evaluation / Reporting
Traveled to the provinces of Sierra Leone to monitor and evaluate BCC programs and demand creation activities using the International organization’s dashboard system.
Developed forms for program evaluation, compiled and interpreted field data and actual data results for major donor projects such as the European Commission, DFID, UNFPA, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and prepared reports on performance.
Conducted behavior and trends analysis pertaining to sexual/reproductive health.
Designed and implemented a non-reading suggestion box to elicit feedback from program participants.
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 6/2007 – 7/2008
Assistant Health Educator
Program Management / Stakeholder Engagement / Monitoring and Evaluation
Identified, planned and facilitated hospital community events, such as seminars, workshops and community health fairs.
Supported the Director of Community Health Education in grant proposal preparation and project management.
Represented hospital at community member events/board meetings to elicit community needs for hospital engagement.
Evaluated and prepared projects/event data for appropriate reporting to senior hospital executives and community boards committees.
Provided post-test counseling of community beneficiaries of various treatment options related to diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, etc.
Marketing / Promotion / Communication
Assisted in the marketing of educational and promotional health initiatives to various identified target groups including low-income families, elderly, immigrant, Hispanic and African-American populations.
Liaised between hospital and community representatives of public health initiatives and services provider entities to ensure to proper flow of communication to affected communities.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Current: Public Health Association of New York City; Chair, Health Advisory Committee, West Harlem Early Learn Program
Previous: Advisor and Counselor, TelemCamp for African Children, Inc. (2013-2014); Team Leader, NYC AIDS Walk (2012-2014); Participant, Concern Worldwide Innovations Project (2011); Health Director, Young Leaders of Sierra Leone (2009-2010); Volunteer, Marie Stopes Sierra Leone (2008-2009); Public Relations Executive Officer, Young Leaders of Sierra Leone (2007-2009); Health Educator, Sierra Leone Long Life & Well Body Health Fair (2007); Health Educator, HIV/AIDS Big Bend Cares of Tallahassee & Bond Community Health Clinic (2007); President, Health Care Management Student Association (2007-2006)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Health Care Management, 2007
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL
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