Public Health Administrator I-Women's Health

Salary: Hourly $22.95 / Annual $47,752.22

Minimum Requirements

• One year of experience as a Public Health Administrator Trainee
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in public health, public administration, education, communications, behavioral sciences, or a related field and three (3) years of professional public health program experience, including one (1) year of administrative or supervisory experience
• OR Master’s Degree in public health, public administration, education, communications, behavioral sciences, or a related field and one (1) year of administrative or supervisory experience
• OR any equivalent combination of experience and training

If you are claiming education to meet minimum requirements, you must submit a copy of your official college transcripts. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted.

Condition of Employment

• Successful completion of a background check, including verification of Allegheny County Real Estate Tax status
• Drug/medical examinations as required for the position
• Residency in Allegheny County within one year of employment

Employment Type: Full-Time, Associate Level. Grant-funded positions are contingent upon grant funding.

Supplemental Questions

Responses to the following questions are a significant portion of how an application is scored. Use the STAR approach (Situation/Setting, Task, Actions, Results) for thorough answers. You may upload answers as a Word document or email them to ACHD Human Resources if unable to upload.

• Tell us about a time when you identified a need, challenge, or opportunity that others had not recognized. What did you do and what was the outcome?
• What interests you most about improving health outcomes for women, children, and families, and how does this role align with your long-term goals?
• Describe a situation where you had limited resources but still found a way to move a project forward.
• What emerging issue, trend, or challenge in women's health or public health do you believe deserves more attention, and why?
• Describe a time when data changed your perspective or influenced a decision you made, and how did you use the data?

Veterans' Preference: Eligible candidates receive an additional ten points on the final earned rating. Form DD-214 must be submitted for consideration.

Position Summary

This is administrative, management, and professional work in planning, directing, and coordinating public health activities. An employee in this role may assist a higher-level public health administrator or administer a generalized program of public health services. Work involves broadening experience to prepare for broader administrative responsibility in public health. Supervision may be exercised over professional, technical, and clerical personnel. Work is reviewed for conformance to departmental policies and progressive achievement.

Duties

• Assist a high-level public health administrator in administering a public health program on a county-wide basis or a generalized program of public health services
• Provide administrative/management services to departmental personnel, outside individuals, professional and lay groups, and local health groups
• Plan program and budget requirements; collect, analyze, report, and interpret public health program statistics
• Direct adjunctive professional, technical, and clerical staff; prepare and maintain pertinent records and reports
• Perform related administrative/management duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge Of

• Theory, principles, practices, and current developments in public health
• Theory and practices in public health administration
• Medical jurisprudence, including public health laws and regulations
• Functions or resources of Federal, State, and local agencies in public health

Skill In

• Report writing
• Project planning
• Team building
• Supervisory skills
• Interpersonal communication
• Office management
• Data entry and documentation
• Public health practices
• Microsoft Office

Ability To

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local health officials, associates, professional and lay groups, and the general public
• Speak and write effectively to promote public health policies
• Exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting departmental regulations and procedures
• Respond to public health emergencies

Benefits

• Paid holidays, personal days, vacation, and sick leave
• Medical and dental coverage
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and deferred compensation plan (after eligibility requirements are met)

Perks

• Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First Aid, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more)
• Opportunities for advancement within the county system
• Job security and meaningful work in public service
• Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness
• Commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable