Assistant Director – Health Services Agency (Chief Operations Officer)
About the role
The County of Santa Cruz is seeking an Assistant Director – Health Services Agency (Assistant Health Services Agency Director) to assist in leading one of the largest county departments with an annual budget of approximately $321M and a workforce of nearly 638 employees.
Responsibilities
- Assists the Director in the planning, administration, and management for the Health Services Agency (HSA) divisions of Administration, Behavioral Health, Clinics, Environmental Health, and Public Health.
- Promotes an environment that shapes and enhances positive health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
- Works to provide access to the public with appropriate and effective expenditure of public resources to serve those with the greatest needs.
- Leverages and manages multiple public and private funding sources to achieve a range of strategic goals.
- Provides leadership to reduce mental health, clinical health, and environmental health disparities among vulnerable and underserved communities to achieve health equity throughout Santa Cruz County.
- Serves a critical role in enhancing public health emergency preparedness and response, including serving as command staff for the HSA Department Operations Center.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in public health, nursing, public administration, health care administration, public health administration, or a closely related field (e.g., business administration, hospital administration, etc.) AND four years of extensive budgetary, administrative, and management experience that demonstrates application or possession of the knowledge and abilities listed below.
Qualifications
- Project management experience
- Change management experience (LEAN desirable)
- Leveraging and managing multiple public and private funding sources to achieve a range of strategic goals
Skills
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Benefits
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Pay
$184,101 – 246,750 / Annually
Schedule
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