Remote TN Healthy Schools Specialist: District Impact

Action for Healthy Kids; Tennessee; On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403(b) retirement plan

Medical (employer contribution)

FSA

Dental (employer contribution)

Vision (employer contribution)

Paid PTO & holidays

Annual wellness & home office stipends

Professional development support

Job summary

Action for Healthy Kids in Tennessee seeks a Healthy Schools Specialist (TN only) to support rural districts with coaching, partnership development, and evidence-based school health improvements.

This full-time, remote role requires travel across Tennessee, collaboration with district leaders, and delivering technical assistance, planning, and professional learning to advance whole child health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public health, education, school health, health promotion, community health, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Five+ years in school health, public health, education, or nonprofit program implementation.
• Experience with coaching, facilitation, and action-planning support.
• Knowledge of policy, systems, and environmental approaches to health improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for rural Tennessee districts with onboarding and site visits.
• Build relationships with district leaders, health advisory councils, and partners.
• Facilitate meetings to inform locally driven planning and implementation.
• Support districts using data sources like WellSAT and the School Health Index.
• Provide coaching and professional learning on nutrition, activity, emotional health, and more.
• Help manage grant-funded activities, budgets, milestones, and barriers.
• Collaborate with Research & Evaluation for data quality and reporting.
• Plan Tennessee communities of practice and regional convenings.

Skills

Relationship-building

Coaching

Facilitation

Project management

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Salesforce

SharePoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

Action for Healthy Kids in Tennessee seeks a Healthy Schools Specialist (TN only) to support rural districts with coaching, partnership development, and evidence-based school health improvements.

This full-time, remote role requires travel across Tennessee, collaboration with district leaders, and delivering technical assistance, planning, and professional learning to advance whole child health.