Public Health Administrator III - Chronic Disease

About the role

This is supervisory and advanced professional administrative work in the field of public health.

Responsibilities

• Administers a large county-wide public health program.
• Implements and coordinates as the Health Officer a variety of large public health programs within an assigned geographic area.
• Develops procedures to accomplish program objectives, changes policies and procedures as required or recommends changes to top management.
• Interprets department policies and procedures to and consults with other health related agencies, professional and community groups and the public.
• Collects and analyzes public health data and prepares statistical summaries or reports to evaluate program effectiveness.
• Prepares or directs the preparation of budgets, establishes expenditure control procedures, methods for administration of grants, and effective employee utilization.
• Aids community groups in the promotion and improvement of public health conditions.
• Prepares correspondence and maintains or directs the maintenance of files and official health records.
• Evaluates effectiveness of public health education programs.
• Supervises lower-level administrators, professional, technical and clerical personnel.
• Responds to emergencies as assigned by the Health Department.

Requirements

Residency: Allegheny County within 1 year.

Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• One year of experience as a Public Health Administrator II.
• A Bachelor’s Degree supplemented by a Master’s Degree in Public Health or a field related to public health.
• Four (4) years of experience in public health administration with appropriate experience of at least one year in administration of or supervision in a public health program or a program related to public health may be substituted for the Master’s Degree.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training acceptable to the Allegheny County Health Department.

Skills

• Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of public administration.
• State and Federal laws and regulations governing public health.
• Functions and resources of Federal and State agencies in the public health field.
• Principles of effective supervision.
• Basic statistics.
• Microsoft Office programs including Access, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.

Benefits

• Fringe Benefits: Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
• Perks Working for ACHD: Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First Aid, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.

Pay

Hourly: $36.05 || Annual: $75,000.00

Schedule

Full-Time, Mid-Senior Level

Grant funded positions are contingent upon grant funding.