Public Health Consultant 13 - Primary Prevention Public Health Consultant

Full Job Description

This second advanced level position serves as the state’s Primary Prevention Public Health Consultant in the Cancer Prevention and Control Section (CPC). The Primary Prevention Public Health Consultant serves as a statewide consultant with responsibility for a highly complex major public health program initiative. Specifically, this consultant functions as the Program Director for the WISEWOMAN program, funded by the CDC. In this capacity the consultant performs advanced public health consultant work including administratively managing and overseeing federal grant requirements associated with WISEWOMAN program including facilitating important communications with CDC project officers, providing detailed and timely reports to the federal funding agency, and working directly with and providing highly complex technical assistance to representatives of local health and community-based agencies to ensure program success. This also includes performing advanced public health consultant activities such as overseeing the collection and analysis of data from agencies, and leading policy and systems change to help ensure program participants understand cardiovascular and other chronic disease risk factors and make healthy lifestyle choices. The program director also plans, promotes, and monitors evidence-based policy, system, and environmental change interventions/activities aimed at improving health and reducing cancer morbidity and mortality while helping to align policy activities with other CDC-funded chronic disease programs. This program director compiles and disseminates related data, resources, reports, etc. and provides highly complex guidance to internal and external partners to enhance policies, systems, and environmental changes aimed at improving public health practices. This advanced-level consultant promotes policy and system changes that address health equity, the social determinants of health, and that contribute to the reduction of cancer health disparities. This advanced-level consultant performs high-level work with local, state, and national partners to effect cancer primary prevention initiatives to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality.


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To be considered for this position you must:

• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• Attach the required writing sample if applicable.

If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts.

Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.


Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions

Requirements

Education
Possession of a master's degree in public health, health communication, health services administration, community development, urban planning, population and health sciences, international studies, political science, health policy or a public health related field such as nursing, epidemiology, health education, health economics, dietetics/nutrition management, genetics, or speech and audiology; a master's degree in social work; master's degree in counseling; master’s degree in education or special education with specialization in blind/visual disabilities; or a master’s degree in public or business administration with a health care concentration.
Experience
Four years of professional experience as a consultant in a field of public health equivalent to a Public Health Consultant, including two years equivalent to a Public Health Consultant P11 or one year equivalent to a Public Health Consultant 12.

Additional Information

Position Location/Remote Office:

The physical location of this position is 320 S. Walnut St, Lansing MI. Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work schedule requests for this position may be considered.

Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.

Employees will be provided computers to perform state work. Phones may also be provided for necessary communications. If working remotely, employees will be responsible for providing other components of a remote office at their own expense, including:
• A secure work location that allows privacy and prevents distractions.
• A high-speed internet connection of at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
• Suitable lighting, furniture, and utilities.

Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.

As a Condition of Employment: this position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check.

If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.

The Department of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For information about this specific position, please email MDHHSVacancies@michigan.gov. Please reference the job posting number in subject line.

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