PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER

About the role

This class reflects responsibility, as a non-physician manager, for managing a major statewide public health program located in a major division of the State health agency. Such responsibilities include developing and implementing policies and procedures for the branch; planning, coordinating, directing, and evaluating program services; and preparing program plans and evaluations, including budgeting and staffing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement policies and procedures for the branch
• Plan, coordinate, direct, and evaluate program services
• Prepare program plans and evaluations, including budgeting and staffing requirements

Requirements

To be acceptable, the experience must have been of such scope, level, and quality as to assure the possession of comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities. Experience Requirement: Three and one-half (3-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in social work, public health, or other related field which provided knowledge of public health laws, rules and regulations, public health programs and services; community health organizations and the services and/or programs they offer to the community; and an awareness of current public health problems and related social and economic conditions and concerns.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four (4) year college or university. Excess work experience as described under the Specialized Experience, below, or any other responsible administrative, professional, or analytical work experience that provided knowledge, skills, and abilities comparable to those acquired in four (4) years of successful study while completing a college or university curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree with the above coursework, may be substituted on a year-foryear basis.

Skills

Specialized Experience: Three and one-half (3-1/2) years of progressively responsible professional experience in social work, public health, or other related field which provided knowledge of public health laws, rules and regulations, public health programs and services; community health organizations and the services and/or programs they offer to the community; and an awareness of current public health problems and related social and economic conditions and concerns.

Benefits

The State of Hawaii offers its employees who are members of the civil service a range of benefits. Some benefits are offered as a result of collective bargaining agreements and changes may occur. A summary of these benefits, which is based on full-time employment, is listed below.