TO:     Health Promotion Colleagues

FROM:   The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth
        Public Health Department
        Healthy Lifestyles Branch

RE:     Tobacco Use Prevention Promoter Position

DATE:   June 13, 1996


Please post and share with staff and colleagues.


        The Regional Public Health Department, a Teaching Health Unit
affiliated with McMaster University and the University of Guelph, is
recruiting for a position for the Healthy Lifestyles Branch.

        A Tobacco Use Prevention Promoter is needed to plan, develop,
implement and evaluate tobacco use prevention programs.  Applicants with
a Master's Degree in Health Science, Health Promotion, or related area;
sound knowledge of tobacco prevention, behaviour change theory, policy
analysis and development; with demonstrated competence in program
planning and evaluation, health promotion strategies, community mobilization,
and written, verbal, and mass media communication will be preferred.
Candidates with a baccalaurate degree in health or applied science with
two years experience in health promotion, community mobilization, program
planning, implementation and evaluation, and strong research and
analytical skills will also be considered. Salary $41,104.44 - $46,708.48
per annum plus an attractive benefit package.

We thank all applicants in advance and advise that only those candidates
under consideration will be contacted.  Interested individuals are
invited to forward a detailed resume, by June 28, 1996 to: Commissioner
of Human Resources, Human Resources Centre, 25 Main Street West, 19th
Floor, Hamilton, ON   L8N 3A2 Fax: (905) 546-2650.

The Regional
Municipality
of Hamilton-            A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT
Wentworth

                An equal opportunity employer
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