Christina Bedilion
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Health Communications Specialist with 3+ years of experience in public health communication and marketing at NIOSH. Skilled in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating communication initiatives for mining audiences.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Health Communication Specialist
Niosh National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health
Pittsburgh, PA
10.2022 - Current
- Disseminates educational materials aimed at coal miner health. This includes developing new materials as necessary, updating existing materials, overseeing translations, and ensuring that appropriate supplies are available from the health comm team.
- Plan, organize, and support seminars and conferences in collaboration with researchers supporting coal miners' health.
- Advises researchers on how to streamline content into actionable messages for research banners and handout cards at NIOSH Mining Program exhibits.
- Determines appropriate media formats, such as looping PowerPoint, handout card, and/or website presence, for research content at NIOSH Mining Program exhibits. Uses traditional and emerging communication and marketing channels to increase impact.
- Analyzes coal miner health issues to determine how best to communicate the information to target audiences.
- Contributes to the development of exhibit plans, employee scheduling, and task orders.
- Format materials for print media, including creating mine packets for dissemination at mine sites, creating posters and educational materials for events, and creating business cards to support PMRD employees.
- Maintains printing equipment, including cleaning the printer, ordering supplies, and scheduling maintenance, to ensure the best optimal printing.
- Responds to all inquiries from the mining email, providing shareholders with requested information and infographics.
- Plan, apply, and evaluate various communication science and marketing techniques to achieve optimal program results and promote positive health outcomes.
Administrative Operations Assistant
01.2019 - 10.2022
- Prepares agendas, notebooks and other meeting related materials as needed by staff
- Proofreads documents for accuracy, grammar, spelling and conformance to policies and procedures
- Maintains Branch/Team calendars in order to minimize scheduling conflicts
- Arranges meeting spaces for conferences and meetings
- Responds to inquiries from officials within the organization, state agencies and national organizations
- Collects information and input transactions into the appropriate databases such as travel, credit card purchases and conference registration
Human Resource Assistant
MEPS Pittsburgh
11.2018 - 01.2019
- Greets and accounts for visitors/applicants in and out of MEPS
- Musters applicants for processing and enlistment ceremonies
- Administers pre-oath briefings, also briefs applicants on MEPS procedures
- Questions applicants to obtain and verify complete data required for final data processing of forms and records for entry into the military service
- Finger prints applicants using automated systems, ensuring finger prints are classifiable
- Screens applicants’ records to ascertain that all necessary documents are present according to the requirements of each military service
- Collates, reproduces, assembles and distributes applicant enlistment record documents to appropriate organizations
- Assists other section at MEPS, to include assisting with the preparation of transportation orders, amendments to transportation orders, delayed entry program orders for active duty and reserve personnel assigned to military service branches
- Ability to quickly and accurately record and verify enlistment data and print enlistment products
- Knowledge of USMIRs system and USMEPCOM missions
Mail Clerk
Department of Veteran Affairs
12.2017 - 11.2018
- Oversees all aspects of the mailroom including sorting, delivering, metering, and accountability
- Provides input into establishing and maintaining controls for reports to ensure timeliness and accuracy
- Collaborates on completion timelines, follows up with the identified points of contact, and serves as a reviewer of the completed report for typing / grammatical / content errors before the report is processed through the chain of command
- Reviews, records and reports findings pertaining to mail production, fiscal budgeting, movement of packages, and workflow output
- Formulates spreadsheets to track necessary data
- Subject matter expert on rules and regulations concerning the mailroom and mail processing
- Performs a variety of tasks having several steps or sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations in a mailroom following established procedures
- Provides guidance in handling complex or difficult problems in helping to resolve escalated complaints or disputes
Rural Carrier Associate
United States Postal Service
08.2009 - 12.2017
- Sort and bundle incoming mail, placing special focus on areas that they need to be delivered to
- Ascertain that mail such as parcels, packages and letters are properly bundled according to their type and delivery location
- Place all bundled mail in different sacks and load them onto assigned delivery vehicle
- Ascertain that work orders for all assigned mail is obtained from the supervisor
- Map appropriate routes using both the GPS and standard maps, ensuring that the shortest and safest routes are determined
- Drive assigned delivery vehicle to different delivery destinations in a time efficient manner
- Verify addresses on work orders and parcels / packages / envelopes with actual addresses
- Hand over mail to customers by first verifying their identities and ensure that any needed signatures are obtained
- Deliver COD (cash on delivery) parcels, obtain signatures on receipts and ensure that the right amount of payments are made
- Relay all delivery information to the postal station and communicate any problems such as route problems in rural areas to the supervisor
- Ascertain that the assigned vehicle remains in good repair and that minor maintenance and repair work is timely performed
Orderly Room NCO
United States Army
04.2004 - 12.2008
- Responsible for 19 sections of personnel matters for a soldier company including processing financial transactions, awards, evaluations, and promotions
- Communicated openly and honestly with the management team and company personnel that established a level of trust
- Immediately informed supervisors when supplies were low or if equipment was not functioning properly
- Prepped items for later use to save staff time during busy hours
- Tracked personnel and supplies within the company
- Coordinated work activities of subordinates and staff relating to labor relations and employee relations
- Managed the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information
- Maintained the front desk and reception area in a neat and organized fashion
- Planned meetings and prepared conference rooms
- Wrote reports and correspondence from dictation and handwritten notes
- Maintained an up-to-date department organizational chart
- Made copies, sent faxes and handled all incoming and outgoing correspondence
- Organized files, developed spreadsheets, faxed reports and scanned document
- Received and screened a high volume of internal and external communications, including email and mail
- Managed daily office operations and maintenance of equipment
Education
Associates Degree -
Columbia College
Ft. Stewart, GAFood Service Specialist -
Vocational School/AIT
Ft. Lee, VirginiaSkills
- Internal Communications
- Strategy implementation
- Technical knowledge
- Information Security
- Document Control
- Quality Assurance
- Research
- Customer Relations
- Purchase orders organization
- File Organization
- Invoice Processing
- Clerical Support
- Mail handling
- Time Management
- Event execution
- Event Coordination
Volunteer Experience
- American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, 2012-2015
- Down Syndrome Awareness, The Buddy Walk and Ups for Downs, 2008-2014
- USPS, Food Drive, 2009-2017
Timeline
Health Communication Specialist
Niosh National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health
10.2022 - Current
Administrative Operations Assistant
01.2019 - 10.2022
Human Resource Assistant
MEPS Pittsburgh
11.2018 - 01.2019
Mail Clerk
Department of Veteran Affairs
12.2017 - 11.2018
Rural Carrier Associate
United States Postal Service
08.2009 - 12.2017
Orderly Room NCO
United States Army
04.2004 - 12.2008
Associates Degree -
Columbia College
Food Service Specialist -
Vocational School/AIT
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